Radiotherapy

Hi Jane,

Hi Jane,

I don’t know if this helps , but I have recently finished pelvic radiotherapy for anal cancer , there are loads of tips on that group. I had 28 sessions of radiotherapy. Good luck with your treatment . 

Thank you Pita 

did it shrink your tumour? 

Yep , I think so . Not had the follow up MRI and CT scans yet, and the cancer was in my pelvic lymph nodes as well, so they have had a blast too! I also had a hysterectomy 7 years ago with a mass in the uterus. Do have a look on the anal cancer forum , lots of help and advice on there I found very useful as there are side effects from the radiotherapy which it is good to be prepared for . I presume maybe they might treat cervical cancer which has spread with radiotherapy too. Oh, I also had chemo at the same time, are they going to do that with you ? Good luck 

Ah ok. Good luck with your results. 
So yours was more cervical cancer ? 
mum just having radiotherapy for now, but may need chemo later on, as it’s spread to my right lung too 

Thank you

jane 

I’m not mum 

Hi Jane,Applogies , my message was confusing, I just meant I think they do pelvic radiotherapy for things like cervical and prostate cance as well. My cancer this time was at the junction of rectum and anus , a squamous cell carcinoma with spread to local lymph nodes. The growth in my womb years ago was different , a benign leiomyoma. I had a radical hysterectomy and the cervix was all taken away at the time .The chemo radiotherapy I have had is meant to be curative . I hope it is for you too, though not great if you have spread to your lung. I believe the chemo can be very effective though . Good luck I hope all goes well for you x

Thank you Pita. I think I understand it now. 
I don’t think any of my treatment is supposed to be curative as told it wasn’t curable. 
I don’t know what the radiotherapy is for, or what it will do, I guess I will find this out later at 4pm. 
Thank you

xx

Hi Jane 

I have had pelvic radiotherapy, 25 sessions along with 2 different chemos and finished with brachytherapy. 

I have had my 1st of 2 MRI’s and as it stands at the moment there is no trace of the disease so up until now, yes it has in my case. 

I understand that you will be super anxious however in my case, I found the radiotherapy less impactful than the chemo. I did experience fatigue as the weeks went on and I have had some issues after treatment. 

If you want to know anything else please let me know 

Jen 

xxx