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Exercise...
The oncologist at MDA told me that exercise was one of the best ways to combat cancer. Here I go walking everywhere!
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Slight anal bleeding.
The way most of us found out that we have cancer is that we had blood in our stool. So did I. However 2-3 weeks into the radiation and Xeloda it stopped and so did my pain. I finished radiation about a month ago and I am on my second Folfox. I still don't see blood in my stool, but when I wipe the tissue paper is light…
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Glandular cells present
I went in for routine colonoscopy, which went fine. However, doctor said there was a "nodule" on my anus, and they needed to send some cells to lab for analysis. About a week later, his office called and said I needed to make an appointment for a high resolution anoscopy with a different doctor. First available appointment…
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Hard time with my daughter.
Hi Everone, Yesterday something has changed in me. I just finished a long nasty divorce. We lost everything we made with 20 years of hard work, but I'm ok with that, because I started a new life and despite of my cancer I'm very happy. During and after the divorce my ex has alienated my 15 year old daughter from me with…
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Post anal cancer treatment has left me borderline incontinent.........
Hi, my name's Mitch. I was diagnosed with anal cancer in August of last year. I started treatment in October and finished just before Christmas. In January I was told I was cancer free. Right around March I started noticing that I really didn't have control of my bowel movements. I could be cooking or something, and then…
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CANCER IS SO SNEAKY!
Cancer grows in you silently sometimes for years. It may even spread to other organs without a notice. But boy when it shows up it takes over your body, mind and soul. I had severe pain at the time of diagnosis in my butt. To make sure god gave me a bad cough too, so every time I coughed the pain was excruciating, just to…
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radiation and weight loss (?)
Have had rather massive weight loss, in the area of near-30 lbs. (2 1/2 stone, as they say in UK), after bout with chemo and radiation therapy, six weeks ending last April. My oncologist just has had me in for a follow-up petCT scan, the results of which apparently I have to wait about a couple of weeks for. My doctor's…
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NED
Well, today is the first full day of being knowingly NED although I completed treatment on 25th January this year. They have finally decided that the lymph node that failed to respond to treatment is actually my right ovary. Phew!!! However, my next round of check ups are just a month away. As recurrence usually recurs…
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Misunderstanding about scans
I was a bit hasty when I posted the scans were fine. I had not spoken to the oncologist, my husband spoke with her and gave me the news when I got home that my scans were fine but I needed to follow up with my Pulmonologist about the spot on the bottom of my right lung. I didn't mention that part to you because I have been…
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Sandy and Laz
I know both of you have doctor appointments today and I am sending good thoughts, prayers, and hugs!! Stay strong!
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Best anal Cancer care in chicago area?
Does anyone have any idea which hospital is the best in IL for treatment? I'm trying to get some answers and finding all the information on the internet unuseful. I'm really looking for personal experience here on this one. PLEASE! :)
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Pain - three years later
I had a abdoperineal resection three (plus) years ago. It was a rough go but I've made it with great success. My concern now is I get a dull pain in my bottom - an ache kind of from time to time. I'm very active and work hard in my garden and I'm thinking I might have over done it. Does anyone have these sensations or has…
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First Signs...
I'm showing signs of anal cancer. I have an appointment today to see a different doc. I am losing my mind. I was at a gastro doc 3 weeks ago and he said everything looks fine with an inspection of the anal area only. But I think he may be blind. I feel blockage. I have a horrible rash I've had for some time, narrow stools…
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Good check-up!!
I have been feeling good for a while now but seeking that confirmation to ease the never-ending lingering thing that is always in the back of our minds. My scans and x-rays last month came back mostly clear with the usual little "freckles" that we'll keep an eye on. Last week I met with a new colo-rectal doctor and…
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a future with no more chemo
I don't visit this forum very often anymore since what's past is past, the cancer is gone and I don't feel the need to remain connected to it. It's done with me and I'm done with it. There are lots of people on this forum who can help and advise newcomers, and I have nothing to offer that others can't. That said, I do…
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XELODA(5-FU) INSPIRED JOKE!
Xeloda and being a dentist gave me pretty bad muscle spasms in my back and heat was very good for it. Now that I'm getting more 5-FU I figured I'll invest in an Electric Heating Pad. So I went to the medical supply store and the sales man presented me with two products. He said: "This is a German product it's $189, but it…
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Lymph node........or is it?
Had a meeting with my oncologist today following last fridays MRI scan. The original scan pre treatment showed primary tumour in upper end of anal canal, a lymph node in mesorectum & another further up in pelvis. 1st scan post treatment indicated that primary tumour and lymph node in mesorectum had shown a considerable…
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thin stools and itching
hello everyone... i finished treatment March 12/13 and healed pretty quickly with little to no complications and also had first scans and scopes with the all clear (Yaaa). However for the last month or so i tend to get itchy around the anus area much like it did when i had the cancer. Im hoping its just scar tissue but why…
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Scans and MRI clear
The big whoopeeeeee news is I don't have to obsess any more about any correlation between the Vertigo and hearing loss and Cancer . . . and my scans were done earlier than my anniversary date of August 15th. Yeah!!!!!!! Unfortunately the vertigo took a turn for the worse last night but seems better this morning. I guess…
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WHEN DID YOUR CANCER DISAPPEAR?
Thank you for looking up my post, because this question is really important to me. -How long after your radiation and chemo treatment did you have your first scan? -Did this first scan show any cancer left? -How long after your treatment was the scan that showed no cancer? Thank you so much? Laz
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getting close to the one year mark
I am approaching the one year mark of my diagnosis and all that followed. Scans, second biopsy, surgery for unrelated (maybe?) Bartholin’s cysts, meeting three oncologists, and then the treatment. I have been on the edge and over the edge very much lately and I’m so glad that I’ve been seeing a therapist who will help me…
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Radiation Exposure
I am posting the following information from an article that appeared in the April 2013 issue of "Consumer Reports on Health." "CT scans: Know your radiation risk" Doctors today are using CT scans and other tests more than ever before. And if used at the right time and for the right patient, they can be lifesaving. But the…
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New to the site
Hello to all of you on the site-I just found the site 2 days ago, and have been reading all weekend, and I am so grateful for this site being here. I am a 55 year old physician, and I just found out 2 days ago I will be starting radiation and chemotherapy for stage III anal cancer on April 29th. I went to see my doctor…
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HPV........??
So, the local news station is going to be interviewing me one of these days soon on the relationship of HPV and cancer. Of course I will be mentioning my own anal cancer (though my tumor was never tested for HPV, my doc did once say to assume it was positive??) I feel fairly informed but yet a little unsure. Any advice or…
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Bleeding again
I am 6 months post treament. I had a cat scan done 2 months ago and I am cancer free, but I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that the bleeding I get from time to time is normal. Bleeding is what brought me to the dr and had the colonscopy and was diagnosed with cancer. Now after treatment it's normal. I panic…
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Almost scary to feel good again!
Hi Everyone, Yesterday I finished my radiation and Xeloda and I feel great. This treatment brought me incredible relief. Even a month ago I had bad pain, fever, night sweats, anxiety, discharge of blood, stool, mucus. Now nothing, but some minor skin irritation between my cheeks and tight muscles in my back. This is the…
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Thanks and a clarification
Hi, this is Mitch again. To those who replied to my post I say thank you. I want to clairify something though. It's not so much that I have diahrrea, as it is that I cannot at times control a sudden need to have a bowel movement, which fortunately hasn't happened outside my home, but that's probably because I rarely leave…
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Emotional
Today my daughter did a 5k race for life to raise funds for cancer research uk. I was hoping to take part myself, but am not yet quite ready to do so.. what I hadn't anticipated was just how emotional I was. Whilst it was wonderful to see so many people participating, it just shocked me, yet again, that I have had a…
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So true!
I found this article so very interesting. It says exactly what I've thought so many times and reminds me of why I continue to come to this support site, where people truly understand. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erika-lade/cancer-friendship_b_3539970.html
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Just wondering!
In 1967 there was a band called "Electric Prunes"... Ya think maybe they had radiation like we did? would make an appropriate name!