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Giving Hope
I haven't posted on here for a year. Alot has happen. I start with I am 38 and have 3 sons. Ayear ago I was diagnosis with stage 3b anal cancer. 3 of my lymph node showed sign of cancer also I had anal occlusion which I had to have a temp cholestomy. I recieved all this in 1 week. Which was the hardest thing you will hear…
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Update & pain
Hi everyone, this is Carole - Adam's mum. Sorry I haven't written in a while, I have been suffering a lot with anxiety. After I had my biopsy, they gave me stitches and now I'm in a lot of pain. I have an anal fissure and an ulcer. I'm so fed up. It's another two weeks until we get the results. Do you have any ideas for…
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Encouragement
I rarely read this forum anymore since, like most of us, I turned to these discussions only when I had problems. Hence, my reason for writing. Although I experienced a multitude of health issues during the first two years post treatment, I now feel better that ever. I eat anything I want, exercise daily and have plenty of…
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update on mom
Hi all! My mom is about 3 months out of treatment,she had her tborough check up last week. Her colorectal surgeon said all looked good, and maybe a biopsy in 3 months. Her energy is coming back slowly, she occasionally has some accidents (rarely) she is back to work part time. She did say she had some discomfort in her…
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Surgery for Mets?
I have metastatic anal cancer, but I also read various colon cancer forums as its all happening in the same general neck of the woods. Something that I find curious is that they talk about having four or five liver resections, and lung resections as well as really serious open up the abdomen and take out 10 or 15 tumors…
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Proctalgia fugax? Anal/rectal charlie horse
Has anyone had this happen? I am two weeks post surgery and that experience came out of nowhere. I do not remember that much pain for a very long time, a definite 10. Lasted about 15 minutes, had to sit in a hot tub, take a pain pill and a muscle relaxer. Worried for quite a long time after that as to how I would get to…
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Biopsy
Hi guys, Just a really quick update. My mums had her biopsy. The positive thing is that after doing the biopsy, the surgeon thinks that the nodule is OK, he's written that in his notes apparently. The surgeon she saw 3 weeks ago looked at it (somehow) and thought it was probably scar tissue and the oncologist she saw 6…
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You call this healing?
Hello all i made it successfully thru treatment ( more or less). Yay. so, now in the healing stage. I have battled a fever, low white cells, low potassium, a hospital stay... But mostly now is ITCHING. WHAT TO USE FOR THE CRAZY ITCHING?? My poor behind is driving me crazy! xokb
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Newly Diagnosed: My Spouse
Hello Everyone. My spouse was newly dianosed yesterday......Squamous Cell Carcinoma (In Situ). The location of the biopsy was near the Dentate line in the Transitional zone. He is 46.....and HIV positive but is otherwise "healthy" (he has been living with HIV for 25 years). We know that will complicate things when it comes…
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Need some advice on what to do, please
Hi Everyone, I'm really not sure what to do now... and I am hoping to get some advice. Here's what's been happening to me. I am 47 years old. In March 2014, my pap smear became abnormal (and HPV31+) and I started to have some bleeding with bowel movements, followed by a thrombosed hemorrhoid for which I saw a colorectal…
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Advice please - Nodule found
Hi guys, Please help me with your advice as my mum is really depressed. So after being declared 3 months NED in January 2015 for a T1/NO/MO anal lesion, she had her examination today. Her surgeon did a telescopic analysis and found 1) an anal fissure and 2) a nodule which was located where the anal lesion was. She is due a…
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Tagamet for anal cancer
A friend of mine, who is a physician, recently informed me that there has been success with Tagament to treat anal cancer/warts. He said the dosage is 400mg twice a day. He said studies are underway, but it's not well known. Well, I entered "Tagamet for anal warts" into a search engine and indeed found that there is…
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Anal intraepithelial neoplasia, grade I out of III Low grade\there is focal positivity of squamous m
Doctors seem to have an art of grabbing the exit door once they see you have a list of question in your hand. My doctor spent about 120 seconds with me and said there was nothing there to worry about and that we should keep and eye on it so come back in 6 months and we will see how it is doing. He never mention whether I…
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Swollen butt cheek
hello all! I'm not sure if anyone can help me here but here it goes. Every few months I seem to get flu like symtoms that last maybe 24 hrs. This time it's going on day 3. I have chills , low energy, swollen butt cheek that is thickened, red and hot to the touch. My one vulva is thickened also and lymth node is very…
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Pre Procedure Angst
This is a long story but I will try to make it short. I have another procedure Friday. I am pretty nervous about it. Last month I had a bad experience when having a biopsy done, which the surgeon admitted was pretty deep. This month I am having the rest taken out and then fulguration done. Last month the surgeon said it…
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CEA
I have AC IV w/lung mets receiving chemo. My oncologist ordered CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) blood test. Curious if anyone knows anything about this test? Apparently it is a marker used to monitor anal cancer although it would not be used for diagostic or screening purposes. Nic
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Dr suggested Wellbutrin ? Any comments on this medication?
Wellbutrin?
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Aweful week and today green mucousy poo!
This has been a horrible week. My last day of radiation was last Friday, May 22th. I went to stay with my brother because my neice was graduating. I peood mucous all weekend. Monday I was constipated...with pink blood in stools. On Tuesday took a dose of Miralax along with am and pm stool softener. Wednesday started…
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GI Support Group Houston
There will be a GI Support Group on Wednesday, June 17th, 1 P.M. until 2 P.M. Memorial Hermann Cancer Center 6400 Fannin, Suite 2900 Cancer Center Conference Room Lunch will be provided. RSVP: 713-222-CARE I found a flyer with this information at the cancer center this week and was told I could share it on this forum. I…
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Vasospasms
I started bi-weekly Cisplatin/5-FU infusions mid-May, mainly because Dr Eng at MD Anderson said I couldn't get into the Opdivo Trial without having done a Platinum therapy. The first round didn't go too well as the usual anti-nausea meds didn't work for me and I ended up having to have a steroid suppository that knocked me…
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2 Monrhs Since Colostomy and APR Surgery
Hello all, It has been a little over two months since I had my colostomy and Abdominoperineal Resection (took out my anus and zipped me up) Surgery. Recovery has had a few hiccups, but nothing major as it turns out. Sitting is still pretty uncomfortable, but I am assured that will get better each week and eventually won't…
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For the benefit of those criticized into silence
I've debated with myself for a while whether or not to post something on this topic. The reason I haven't until now is because I didn't really care enough to bother. Not for myself. But I've had two members contact me privately to say that they share my feelings, but feel --like I have--that this forum isn't very tolerant…
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Recent scan results.....
Hi all, so today I met with my doctor to go over my recent scan results. (For those who don't know me, I was initially dx and treated 4 1/2 yrs ago with stage 3b anal cancer treated with chemo/rad and surgery for a colostomy. 1 yr later dx with a rare breast cancer treated with a double mastectomy and daily med related to…
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22 and scarred
hi everyone! well i was trying to get some advice from yall. i am hyprthyriod and i have constipated for about the last 6 years. not going for two days but going once the thrid and not going vary much. when i did go it felt like labor. it still does well for the past week and on going its been horible. i have found bloody…
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Male issues post treatment
This is my first post and I want to start by saying Thank you to all of you that share on this site. It has helped me make sense of what was going on with me post treatment and I know that I am not as alone as I was feeling. I am a 52 year old male 8 months past treatment. I had two rounds of 5FU and Mitomycin along with…
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You've Got to be Kidding Me
I certainly was not in the mood to hop on this website this morning and find a new post titled "Do You Want to Sell Your Kidney." I am going to flag it and have it deleted by the admins, however, I wanted to make sure that other posters here could see the crap that sometimes appears on this board. I have copied and pasted…
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Reality finally hit me
I first want to say I have been on here off and on lurking around, reading posts and on occasion maybe post something of concern. I have tried to ignore and deny the fact I even had cancer. I have been trying for 2 years ( I am 2 years post treamtent) to go back to "my normal" way of living before I had cancer. When I was…
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Having a problem
Hello friends, I don't post much any more but was a frequent poster a few years ago. I've run into a problem and am hoping you have some suggestions. For info, I had chemo and radiation back in 2008. Have been having off and on problems with the runs since then, mostly off except for one year where it was very bad. Just…
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"Virotherapy" for malignant melanoma.
Folks, I'm telling you, we've all had cancer too soon! Here's another new treatment, this time for malignant melanoma. They are using herpes virus as a base for a med to treat MM. How about a viral med to treat a viral cancer? "Virotherapy: skin cancer successfully treated with herpes-based drug" -…
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Looking For Input
Hi everyone, I'm sure these posts get annoying but I'm worried and am waiting to see the doctor again. I'm a 27 year old male, overweight but loosing weight due to a change in lifestyle and diet. I've lost over 50lbs in the past year or so. Anyway, about a month and a half ago I started having some pain that I thought were…