Family member diagnosed with rectal cancer

Hi Amber123  

I wanted to say hello and to welcome you. Others will join that have a vast knowledge of the effects of the treatment. 
If you click on names you can read peoples bio. 
Others have worked through chemo. 
Take care 

Hi . I had 5 weeks chemoradiotherapy and found it to be very doable. I asked for early morning appointments then went straight in to work afterwards. The chemo part of the treatment is quite a low dosage so the side effects aren’t as severe as post op chemo which can be harder. I worked in an office and found it to be a great distraction and also (maybe in denial?) made things feel a bit more normal?

Hope this helps and please feel free to ask anything else - we’re a much better source of information than google which should be avoided!

Take care

Karen x

Thank you so much for your reply. 
How are you keeping now?

x

Hi . I celebrated my 5 years all clear in November. If you click on my name then you can see my journey so far. I’ve also attached a link to a post that we did on radiotherapy if your family member wants to have a look?

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/bowel-colon-rectum-cancer-forum/f/new-here-say-hello/227598/radiotherapy-care-top-tips

Thank you so much x