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Mediterranian Diet
So I went to an hour-long lecture about diet for cancer patients in treatment and after. Forty-five minutes of the hour-long lecture, more or less, were devoted to plant-based diets and the Mediterranian Diet and it's cancer-protective properties. The lecturer was passionate and animated. There was no new or useful…
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Exercise post Treatment
I learned so much reading the comments in the diet post treatment discussion, I wanted to continue with the question of exercise post treatment. Do you exercise and would you share your daily routine? Did you exercise pre-diagnosis? Did you change anything after treatment? Do you have any short-term or long-term physical…
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Treatment Is Scheduled
It's been a week since I've written on this board. I met both my chemo and radiation oncologist this week, plus had a final MRI to rule out a spot on my liver and got my tatoos. I have had a total of 4 scans plus an hour and a half in the MRI tube since this all started. What a feeling it has been to sit there in those…
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Finished Treatment Today
Hello everyone, I'm so excited that I finished my radiation treatments today! I have all the normal genital inflamation (burns) and some raw skin areas but overall, I'm ok. I was so scared when treatment began but I want everyone to know, this is doable. I've taken two heavy pain pills along the way just to take the edge…
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late effect radiation enteritis
Hi, Does anyone have any experience of radiation enteritis after treatment has been over a while? I understand it is commonplace during treatment. The position of the tumour & affected lymph nodes plus a lack of mesorectal fat has led my onc to call me in again to discuss the above. Anyone know of anything that can reduce…
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Things are sticking together post treatment
Hello everyone, I have a question. Things in my genital area are sticking together. I noticed when I urinated that it wasn't falling immediately and felt something odd. I got a mirror and looked. The skin (which is raw) that lays on the sides of the urethra (not the outer set but the smaller ridged flesh that extends down…
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soooo slooooow
why is this website so slow and hard to navigate?
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juicing, other foods and mouth sore question
Has anyone used a juicer during treatments? Any suggestions regarding that? Any other food suggestions? Ensure is an issue for me due to cost and sugar content. Any concensus about when the mouth sores appear?
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New, Scared, and Questions
Wow - So so grateful to have found this discussion board! The posts show incredible strength, wisdom and generosity of spirit. Before having had a biopsy Wed. under general anesthesia, I was told, should it be positive, this is a very treatable cancer and the treatment of choice is chemo and radiation. The surgeon thought…
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Nerve pain
I posted this in the diet section:-) I tried to reduce the Lyrica dosage I am on, with the help of Rehabilitation Therapy at MSK under a doctors guidance. I got down to 100 miligrams from 150 and it was just like "old times" pre cancer treatments. The pain was unbearable. I got so depressed trying to get up and not being…
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clothing, food and miscellaneous items
Any comments regarding comfortable clothing, food and "things that are useful to have around" during treatments? I know that these things are discussed in various other posts but was hoping for something all in one place. Thanks to all in advance.
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Recurrent fissure developed 3 years after treatment
Hoping some long term survivors out there will have some insight on this. I completed treatment 3 years ago for stage 3 anal cancer. I was fortunate that the sexual side effects of treatment did not last very long and I've had a normal sex life for the past few years. However, a few months ago I developed a fissure at the…
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a helpful link with a lot of info
A friend of mine sent me this link. http://www.analcancerhelp.info/ It has a lot of good info.
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radiation set up
Anyone have their setup for radiation utilizing another CT scan?
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Just Diagnosed
Wow, this has just been a whirlwind for me. I was sent in early (age 48) for a colonoscopy after a nasty bout of diverticulitis. I was so surprised to get a call back with a cancer diagnosis. Right now I feel like the hardest part is all about waiting. I got the call on November 17th after having the colonoscopy two weeks…
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chronic inflammation, anyone diagnosed?
It just occured to me that my asthma, prediabetes, hypertension, fatigue and SCC might all be attributable to chronic inflammation. I'll have my internist run a c-reactive protein test asap, but has anyone tested postive for this? Has it affected your treatments for anal cancer or influended recovery and/or side effects?…
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New Hip update
Hi everyone...I haven't been on for a while.As my old friends here know, i had a hip replacement may24th.My old hip was fractured and was collapsing due to radiation 4 1/2 years ago.We moved to Florida in july and i am now playing golf.I am also going to the gym 3xs a week to build up my core.The exercise has done wonders…
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Treatment without radiation
Just found out that I have anal cancer. I am a prostate cancer survivor after having brachytherapy. I am also unable to have any more radiation in the anal region. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Kicking Cancer in the Butt
There have been several request recently for lots of information about how to prepare for treatment, lists of things to have on hand prior to, and how to deal with side effects. I am posting a link below to a book that is available on Amazon.com that was written by a virtual friend of mine, Theresa Mayhew, which gives…
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questions about the radiation
How long does each radiation treatment last? Does the direction of the beam depend upon exactly where the tumor is? Is it aimed front to back or back to front? Is it directly up the caboose? Also... after, say, 10 or 15 treatments (with the concurrent chemo) is it generally possible to get around and manage on your own?…
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newly diagnosed, looking for info
Hello-- Just diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, 3cm, no lymph node involvment and no metastisis. I'm seeing oncologist for the first time tomorrow. I'm trying to get a feel for the side effects people have experienced from the treatment, long term and short term, (knowing that there's a range of side effects and that…
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Newly diagnosed
Hi folks. I have recently been diagnosed with anal cancer. Staging not yet complete but I do know it has spread to local lymph nodes & involves the sphincter muscle. Don't think it has gone further. Anyone else had this & if so did you become incontinent of faeces post chemoradiation? I live in UK & so glad I have found…
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Almost a year out from treatments but no catscan
Hi Friends! I have another appointment with the surgeon that originally found my cancer and who has been doing the digital rectal exams for me for the past six months or more. He will give me another DRE in January but I am concerned that I am not having a catscan. I lost my job in April and now have no insurance but the…
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Hi Guys & Gals...it's been awhile!
Just wanted to say hi to you folks because last year you really helped me a lot while I was going through treatments. I alwo wanted to let you know that my mum passed away on Saturday, September 22nd. She just went so fast that day and I was here in Provincetown and not in Maine where she passed away in the hospital. We…
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Urgency keeping me up all night
I have stage iv colorectal cancer. Am waiting to see the oncologist in 10 days but for now i hardley get any sleep as the frequent urgency at night has me going to the bathroom every hour. I am feeling so tired from not getting any sleep and need to be strong for when treatment begins. Has anyone tried any kind of…
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Could it be cancer?
I have had a bump on my anus for about a month. There has been minimal pain and no bleeding. Could this be cancer? I had cervical cryosurgery three years ago for abnormal pap and I had breast cancer a few months ago. Should I go to a proctologist or should I tell my oncologist at my next visit? Thanks
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Diet post cancer
From reading past posts, it seems that many us were treated at the best cancer hospitals in the country. So, I am wondering whether any of these hospitals have spent anytime instructing patients on the relationship between diet and cancer prevention. The hospital I am being treated at does not approach the subject at all.…
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Lymph Node Removal
I was diagnosed with Anal Cancer in September, had a colostomy in October. I am going in tomorrow for removal of all the lymph nodes on my right pelvic and upper thigh area. Concerned with swelling, has anyone had this procedure done?
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2 years NED!!!!
I have not been on this board for a little while. I still get my PET scan every 6 months and see my surgeon every 4 months for follow up. My last PET scan has been CLEAN!! NED!! It has been 2 years. I still get so nervous before the scan and think I feel something here or there. The mind is a powerful thing. I have changed…
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question about first follow-up appt after treatment
Dear friends...I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have my first follow-up appointments after treatment in December. I am scheduled for a PET scan and will see the radiation and chemo oncologists and the surgeon. A couple of questions... First of all, can anyone tell me what to expect? I imagine I need to be…