Rejoined -cancer back after 4 years

FormerMember over 3 years ago

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Hello everyone. I had eary stage vulva cancer operation in March 2017 and have been in remission ever since.

I have just had biopsy taken this week and have been warned cancer appears to be back but covers a wider area and will need radio or chemotherapy first.

I haven't had radiotherapy or chemotherapy before.

Am waiting for results of biopsies and am having a CT scan tomorrow.

Grateful if i could have any tips on how to cope with radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

Ob-12 over 3 years ago

Hello there.

Really sorry that you have to go through this again.

I had vulva cancer surgery in September 2018 and this was followed quickly by chemo- radiotherapy. I had radiotherapy for 5 weeks with a low dose chemo once a week. Chemo wasn’t as bad as I expected but it was a low dose. Radiotherapy made me tired and towards the end skin got sore but there was always something offered to help the discomfort. A cool fan and no underwear was pretty effective - just had to make sure the curtains were drawn !!!

I do hope that you will have some better news after the tests and scan.

Sending you best wishes x

FormerMember over 3 years ago in reply to Ob-12

Thank your for your best wishes and advice. I hope you are ok now .

Ob-12 over 3 years ago in reply to FormerMember

So far so good thanks - I do have to work hard to push those negative thoughts away.

Let me know if I can help at all. X

FormerMember over 3 years ago in reply to Ob-12

Glad to hear you are ok. Thank you for responding.

Take care

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