Hi all. I'm just over 2 weeks out of surgery for stoma, in preparation for radio and chemotherapy. So many questions! Glad to have been pointed to Macmillan :)
Hi Elle55a30c and a warm welcome to the board from me. I was going to post the link for the stoma board but I see that you’ve already found it! Hope you’re coping ok with your stoma and there’s lots of great advice on there if you need any.
I’ve attached a link to a post that we did a while ago about the chemo radiotherapy
I found it to be very doable if I’m honest. My feet were a bit prickly by the end but that passed over quickly and I didn’t really suffer from any fatigue. The chemo is in tablet form and a pretty low dose that’s used to enhance the effect of the radiotherapy. It can be very effective at shrinking rectal/anal tumours so fingers crossed it has that effect for you.
Take care and please feel free to ask anything you like - we’re all at different stages of treatment and recovery and will be happy to help and support you through yours
Hi Karen and thank you for replying and for the link. Very much fingers crossed for the radiotherapy shrinking the tumour - it's five weeks of it, so it'll have enough time! The plan then includes 3 months chemo, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it, I guess. Seems like a very friendly and supportive community - so pleased that I was directed to you x
