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Radiation - What to expect?

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MattButts
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Oct 07, 2012 - 8:12 pm

I was diagnosed with anal cancer last March, and just had my fourth surgery for it. The doc is talking about radiation now. I'd like to find out more about what to expect: will it debilitate me? Will I lose my hair? Etc.

This has probably been discussed on here before; if anyone can suggest a thread on here for me to read, that would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Matt!
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z
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Oct 07, 2012 - 10:11 pm
Matt

Hello, I lost my hair, but it grew back. It will feel like a sunburn, but it will probably get rid of any loose cancer cells running around, so you won't have another recurrance. When you start, your radiologist will go over all the side effects and meds you may use to treat them. I wish you well. Lori
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Oct 07, 2012 - 10:53 pm
Hair

I did not loose any hair except on my butt. I had 30 doses of radiation over 6 weeks. I mainly slept most of this time. The radiation made me extremely tired with no energy.
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Oct 10, 2012 - 2:27 pm