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Anal Cancer

My Mom Started Treatment
Hi all, My mom started treatment yesterday, an all day affair! First was her radiation, then upstairs for chemo. She had he blood work done and her hempgloben was 22! I guess 38 is normal? They considered a tranfusuion but her dr feels she is healthy and stable enough to try iron first, the will retest next week. They then…
NED for another year
Hi, everyone: After much anxiety and dreading to hear yesterday's CT Scan results, I read them online today ... no evidence of metastatic disease. All I have is a small hiatial hernia, that explains the heartburn I get kind of frequently. Feeling kind of guilty posting the good news, I know that so many of us are not at…
Xeloda
would like to hear from anyone who had Xeloda...side effects...hair loss...hand and foot syndrome,etc
Next Step.....
Hi all, So I am continuing to recover from surgery to remove the large (3.5 centimeter) mass on my lung which was in fact a recurrance of anal cancer first diagnosed 4 years ago and treated with standard cisplatin/5FU. I met with my oncologist today to discuss the next step. He considers the surgery very successful in that…
Vaginal Bleeding
Hello friends ... has anyone had spotting and vaginal bleeding post radiation therapy? Specifically those who are post menopausal. i've had little brown spotting and when I used dilator had bright red bleeding, no pain. Anyone every have this issue? I'm 3.5 year out from treatment and 4 years since last menstral cycle.…
Moving forward.......
Thank you all for your positive thoughts and prayers.....they have worked so far! Surgery went well (I did not have VATS) but still did have the upper left lobe removed, so have a nice big scar on my back/underarm. I am still hurting but not as much as one would imagine. I have been up and walking around the hospital unit…
Accidents
Hi all. I was diagnosed in Feb of 2013. Finished all the usual treatments at the end of April 2013. After 4 months or so, I was doing well. Totally off Immodium. Things were going well. Even able to tolerate an ocassional glass of wine, but only one! The food was hit and miss, but quickly found my "triggers". So, when I…
Scan results
hello all ! I don't respond on this site too often but read almost daily now. This board has given me so much information that leads to hope and knowledge to get me through my days. I finished treatment March 2013 and was stage 3b. I did the same treatment as most on this board and had simular side effects too. I still…
Pet Scan Results
After waiting three months post radiation and chemo, my mom's pet scan revealed no tumor. Her oncologist said nothing lit up! Of course you would think that we would be elated by this news! And we would have been--but my mom's tumor has always been felt by her on her bottom. For months she thought it was a hemorrhoid. It…
Gyn exam - Oh! My! GOLLY!!!
I had a pelvic exam today for the first time in years as the oncologist wants me checked for cervical HPV. The speculum felt like a sharp knife. The doctor told me to relax, then it wouldn't hurt. I assured her that I was "truly in pain. No doubt about it. Relaxation would not help that much pain!" I asked about stenosis…
my mom was just diagnosed with stage 2 anal cancer
My mom who is 59 healthy women, was diagnosed 4 days ago with anal cancer. I hope im not impossing posting not being the person with cancer, i am just looking for support to support her the best way i can. She satrted with bleeding in September and went to her Dr who recommended a colonoscopy, she went and they said…
Proton Radiation
has anyone had proton radiation? if so, I guess side effects were the same as IMRT?
Results :3 month post treatment for IIIb anal cancer with nodal involment
Hi everyone! I know I fell off the forum for a bit post treatment trying to recoup from all I had been through. For those who don't remember me or have come on board recently...... I have the same story as most here regarding how my cancer was discovered. The hemmorrhoid that no one paid much attention too until it bled,…
Still dealing with Radiation Proctitis
I have not posted on the forum since October. I am glad to read that many are doing so well. The reason I am writing is to me my radiation proctitis seems a little different. I found out I had anal cancer August 2011 that was a squamous cell that was the size if a lime, but it was stage 2. Long story short I had the same…
Update from Laz.
Had my blood work and 1 year CT this week. The CEA is steady at 1.3 and the CT is clear. I'm very relieved, because I have aches and pains everywhere and of course the first thing I think of is metastases. My life pretty much returned to normal, I'm back to work which I enjoy very much. I have to restart everything,…
NED!
Hi guys, Just a quick message to say that yesterday my mum got her results back and she's now officially 3 months NED! The oncologist said that the cancer looks to have completely gone, the lump is not there anymore etc. He said it's very unlikely to come back as well, used the word "Cured" and we're just ecstatic really.…
Eyebrows and eye lashes
I notice that everyone has had hair loss on their head...some have lost all, others just had hair thinning. Did you also lose eyebrows and eyelashes? I haven't begin treatment as yet (possibly Xeloda and mitomycin-c), but my hair has been thinning for the last few years . I am worried that it will all fall out and not grow…
Biopsy Results..............
Hi all, Well the verdict is in......Anal cancer recurrance and I'm officially Stage 4! I guess although I knew this has been a possibility for the past 4 years, as my scans came back clear and my health appeared great, I kind of tucked it far in the back of my mind.....well now its front and center! I pride myself on being…
Newly diagnosed
Hi All, I am a female in my early 50's just given a definitive diagnosis of anal cancer. I had surgery this past Monday to remove a mass that showed pre-cancerous( in Situ) cells from a colonscopy biopsy done in early Dec. My surgeon was unable to remove the entire tumor due to deepness and sphincter invlovement and he…
Letter from my mum to you all
Hey guys, My mum has written a message to you which she has asked me to upload. She doesn't come on due to the anxiety of what she might see, I think she likes to try and forget it as much as possible and I send her the replies you all write. Anyway, she does appreciate everything and she's asked me to pass this on to you:…
Past Ain II, possible recurrence, a lot of bleeding
Hello, I have followed this board for a while, concerned about my wife, and let me just say that this board is a blessing and the community here is a blessing. I wish all of you here the best. Anyway like I said I'm concerned for my wife who was diagnosed with HPV 4 years ago (she was 23 then), had anal warts and AIN II…
PET scan vs MRI and CT scan?
Hi everyone, hope you're all feeling ok this lovely (but windy here in the UK) Saturday morning... Just a quick question which I'm hoping someone will be able to throw light on...I'm due to have my first follow up scans on 20th and 21st January - they're giving me a CT scan and an MRI scan however, when I was first…
Transfer Factors
I posted a while back when my mom was going through chemo and radiation for anal cancer. She was having lots of pain issues. Thankfully that resolved. We thought things were ok and then she had a PET scan last month and "spots" were noticed on her liver. So her we are now with what the doctors are telling us is Stage IV…
CT scan
Hi all, I don't even know for sure how to write this as I am usually anxiety free and positive.....but, I met with my oncologist today to review the results of last weeks Ct scan and x-ray. Almost 4yrs ago I was diagnosed with Stage 3b anal cancer followed the next year by a diagnosis of a rare unrelated breast cancer. For…
From the UK, expecting results soon
Good Morning everybody. I hope you don't mind me being on this site as I'm from the UK but I can't seem to find anything similar here. I've been helped a lot by the various posts you guys have put up here. It's great to find people who have been through similar situations as me and come out the other side. I finished my…
New Dr.
My son went to the new doctor today. He is a colorectal surgeon. He wants to do another biopsy and said that the "invasive squamous cell carcinoma" is only in the places that were removed. He feels that there is nothing to worry about. I'm still worried.
Biopsy Results: My Son
Hello. I am new here and searching for information for my son. He's 25 and has HPV. He's had several procedures to remove them and in his last one in December, they did a biopsy. He got his results last week and it says there is evidence of invasive squamous cell carcinoma. It also mentions numerous mitotic figures. His…
Hey all
Hi guys Thank you for your replies to my last thread about inflammation. I hope you are all having a nice time at the moment! My mum has her MRI in two weeks!! Just out of interest, now that she's about 11 weeks post-treatment, is it normal that she still feels fatigued? She'so worried because it's not consistent, one day…
marynb
not sure if anyone has a personal e-mail address for Mary but if so, I would appreciate if you could e-mail it to me, I would like to get in touch with her to see how she is doing, thanks .
for all those
For all those whose cancer fight is behind them and for all those whose fight lies ahead, may 2015 see you all the way through.

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