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6 month check up Good News
Hi everybody, I had my 6 month check up with my correctol dr and all thats left is scar tissue, and he said he doesn't think I will be having a reccurance. He wants to see me in a year, which is fine with me because I have my onco, who examines me as well and I see him about every 4 months. Healing thoughts to everyone.…
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UCSF anal cancer info
Hi Everyone-- Just a quick note to let everyone know that the University of California San Francisco has updated their website on anal cancer. I took a look at it this morning and it gives very extensive information. Just google and you'll get there. This is a very good resource. Martha
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one month out - CT & EUS
So, I finished radiation Aug. 28th and had a CT scan this Sept, 27th, Monday. Followed by an ultrasound yesterday. CT appears clear. Ultrasound significant improvement, Doc thinks just scar tissue showing up and will repeat the ultrasound in four weeks. Doc seemed pretty happy and I felt a huge relief. I am tired of this…
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Should I be alarmed about having discharge
Hello everyone, I am having a discharge and I am not sure when is coming from, but its clear, thick, and a little sticky. Did anybody had this problem? Since I completed my treatment, about three months ago. I had UTI twice, so I am thinking this is related, but I am not sure. I am single, working long hours, and so tired…
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Having symptoms and am so embarrassed I haven't told a soul, until just now...
Hi all, My purpose here, as I have not yet been diagnosed with cancer, is to kindly ask some of you who have gone through soooo much and give so generously with your time and hearts.....if anyone had my symptoms. Here they are: this sounds truly ,...I don't know what the word is/are..but I need to ask.Ii have a mucus…
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Should I go for more testing?
I first off want to tell each and everyone of you how great you all are. I have read the posts here for some time and think you are all brave and wonderful folks. And keep you in my prayers. I have sufferd from anxiety all my life, At points it has been debilitating. This past year it has been Very Debilitating. This past…
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Good scan results - Yea!!!
Hey everyone - hopes this finds all of you in good spirits! I was scheduled for a PET scan last week but insurance refused payment so I had a CT instead. CT scan results showed nothing in the liver and nothing in the pleura. Good news. I will be rescanned at the end of December. Not sure if that will be PET or CT. Mixed…
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systems backing up
The more i reae about healing, the more I realize that I am more hindering, than helping, my successful recovery. I cooked dnner the other nite and the dispoal backed up on me. I cleaned that out whch also took care of the stagnate water n my dshwasher. Then today after cleanng up after last's dinner, i made breakfast for…
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Anal Cancer Foundation Website
Hi Everyone-- The Anal Cancer Foundation website is now up. Please check it out! There is lots of good information and resources. http://www.analcancerfoundation.org/ Martha
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Home Sweet Home
Im finally home after 2 months at MD Anderson. Its been bout 9 days since my last radiation treatment, Im feeling a little better. At first I was truly miserable but its lessened some and the burning is not as intense. I wondered if anyone after the treatment experienced UTI type symptoms, Im having alot of urgency type…
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Vaginal Dialators - I'm Hoping for Hope
I just need some advice and encouraging words to help me to stay positive. I had surgery to remove scar tissue and I have started using vaginal dialators. The onc gyn gave me a med and large size and that only frustrated me because they couldn't fit! I did receive an extra small and a small when I went back for a…
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Quick Question...4 months post treatment
I'm still seeing mucus when I have bowel movements. Should I be concerned?
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2nd checkup
Hey Y'all...I went to my oncologist today, my report card wasn't as good as I'd hoped for. My rectal exam went well, no bumps to be worried about, but my blood counts are under the normal range again. She says she wants monthly lab...so I go a month from today for more blood work. If it comes back low then, she wants to do…
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ALL CLEAR
Hooray...I saw my oncologist today and he gave me the ALL CLEAR. He suggested that I make contact with the surgeon and get the other hem's removed, and to have a test done to determine the type of discharge I am having so it can be properly treated. I see the PCP dr for that on Wed 9/29, at which time I'll also ask for a…
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Help !!! Hemorrhoids
I would love any help with hemorrhoid successes you have while going thru radiation. I am still treating the burns with Silver Sulfadiazine. My Hemmie is so bad, I can't have a BM. Help! Advise needed
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Just popping in
to say thanks for continuing to keep me in your thoughts. I am doing good. Finished the 4th round of chemo 3 weeks ago. Going this evening at 5:30 for CT to see how things look. Praying that they see NOTHING! There has been a lot going on in my life (aside from my health) that has occupied my time and I just have not taken…
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Help !!! Hemorrhoids
I would love any help with hemorrhoid successes you have while going thru radiation. I am still treating the burns with Silver Sulfadiazine. My Hemmie is so bad, I can't have a BM. Help! Advise needed
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Hi All!
Wow....so much to catch up on!!!! Just wanted to say HI to everyone and that you are all still in my prayers! Hope everyone is feeling strong from the support on this site.....so nice to see how far it's come, but at the same time sad to see so many new posts! I'm feeling great and trying to forget I have stage IV anal…
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Joanne - how are you?
Joanne, Just checking in to see how you are. Hope all is well. I've been thinking about you and we all miss you. xxoo Liz
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Pain...after all this time
Help!! I have felt relatively ok for almost 13 days, with of course the discomfort of alternating bowel activities, but today I'm wishing for the hemmys to come back. I have not rested, slept in, taken it easy, cuz we just moved into the house, and I think maybe I overdid it. Today the pain is almost unbearable, and my…
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When did you return to work?
I am just wondering when everyone returned to work after treatment. This Friday I will be three weeks post treatment. I need money, so I was thinking about trying to go back next week. My fatigue is better this week, although certainly not gone. Norma
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back from MD Anderson
I am 13 months post tx for anal c. just had procto and blood work. all good. still have inflammation and pain on left side of anus (tumor on right). thought i felt a bump but apparantly is scar tissue. Dr. said might need another year to heal radiation damage then if not healed after that probably permanent. I am amazed at…
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cystoscope
hey, have had small amt of blood in urine for over 2 years. only noticiable in blood work, not to my eyes. no symptoms of UTI . this was happening even before my radiation and chemo so not related to that. now my Monroe urologist wants to do cystoscope. have anyone of you had this??? i think that it is an easy test but…
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looking for the foolproof (ha!) chemo/rad survival tricks (insider knowledge)
I am headed to MDA-Houston tomorrow to begin treatment. I have been reading this board and find the support here and information here very valuable. I will just put out the request to give me what helped you get thru the treatment the best and what do you wish you had known then that you know now?
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green discharge, yes I said GREEN
I went to my pcp dr because of a clear discharge that I believe to be coming from my urethra. She has referred me to a gyn dr, and that appointment is scheduled for Monday. Since I saw my pcp dr, I have had two episodes of GREEN discharge, now from what might be the vaginal area. Has anyone else with anal cancer…
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5-FU cardiac toxicity
I have Stage 2 anal cancer and was put on standard treatment of 5-FU infusion + Mytomicyn for 1st and last week and 30 radiation sessions. During first chemo cycle I developed severe cardiac reaction to 5-FU including chest pains, abnormal EKG and left ventricule dysfunction so that it was pumping at 30% instead of the…
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good news....
I just got my results from my biopsy and the doctor said it was clear (NED) I had a pet at the beginning of the month but my onc wanted a biopsy also.I still have the port in hopefully I will get that out soon. I have wanted it out ever since it caused a blood clot in my neck! With an earlier post I made about the swollen…
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what is vaginal protector
i read that Dr. Crane gave some of you a vaginal protector during radiation??? is this a dilator or something else. i did not have Dr. Crane last year when I was going thru treatment but was given dilators after treatment. maybe they learned something better. sephie
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HELP PLEASE;;;5 YR ANAL CANCER SURVIVOR , PELVIC RADIATED ALSO ABNORMALLY BLEEDING?
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME....I HAD ANAL CANCER 5 YRS AGO, AND AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WHEN THEY RADIATED THE RECAL ANAL CANCER, THEY ALSO RADIATED THE "OUTSIDE" PELVIC ORGANS, WITH NO CANCER PRESENT, THEY DID IT AS A PRECAUSION...BECAUSE OF THE LYMPH NODES....IVE NEVER HAD KIDS, I GOT ANAL CANCER AT 43....NEVER HAD HYSTERECTOMY…
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post tx for anal cancer...urethral discharge (women)
I am post treatment by a little over a month now, but I have been having a discharge. I called the radiation doc and went in for a visit, explained my symptoms and she prescribed diflucan for what we thought was a vaginal yeast-type infection (the 2nd one since radiation started). However, I actually think the discharge is…