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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…
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only 3 more rad txments left. yesssssss
Hi everyone, I only have three more boosts of rad txments left, for a total of 28 txments!!!!!! I am sick, tired and burnt, but thankfully I see the end of this part of the nightmare!!!! Just a few weeks ago I really didn't understand why they use the term cancer survivor, boy do I know now. Thankfully I have had the…
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PET Scan Coming Up
Well, my first PET scan since treatment ended is coming up on Wednesday and the anxiety is overwhelming. I was anxious to have it done asap but now I'm thinking that if the news is bad, I'll just be back in a world of despair. My treatment ended in April and the CT scan in July showed that my pelvic lymph node, which was…
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New here
Hello to you all, I do not have anal cancer but my wife of 26 years does. I have read through many of the posts on this forum and have already had so many unknowns clarified but I have a couple questions: I have two questions for the group: 1. Is asking about the stage important? 2.Nobody has ever said a word about HPV or…
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Moving
Hey All. Just wanted to say that I've moving to Central Oregon. My last day here at work is tomorrow. I currently work at a place where I can easily pop on the boards and see how everyone is doing and maybe share a thought or answer a question fairly easily, however, that won't be possible with my new job. So I'll check in…
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cancer treatment centers of america
anyone have experience with these hospitals
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thanks
i really appreciate your feedback. in 2008, my proctologist could not see nor feel what I was trying to show him and he kept telling me that I did not have cancer. so I thought it was hemmorrhoid . finally after over 9 months of going to him , I got a 2nd opinion who immediately put me in hospital for biopsy. then i got…
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Fissures
I completed my treatment about 10 weeks ago, and it was very painful. I am still recovering, but suspect I have a fissure, since everytime I have a BM it hurts and even bleeds, depending on how the stool is. When I went back to the surgeon, he said everythings looked normal, and I just needed more time to heal. Has anybody…
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Got good news today
I am typing this while sitting in the infusion chair for my 3rd of 4 carbo/taxol treatments. I got the results of Mondays PET scan today. Apparently the chemo is doing its job as there was not a sign of the pleura thickening on the PET. Got this news from the med/onc. She was delighted. She recommended that I proceed with…
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About to start week 5 radiation & 2nd Chemo - side effects to come?
Hi I'm from Australia and its almost impossible to find local information. I am 40 and had routine surgery to remove a "skin tag" when my cancer was diagnosed. What a shock. Anyway I am on a 2 week break from radiation and about to start week 5 next week. At week 3 my inner thighs started to go purple and my "fanny" got…
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Let's Talk about Sex, Babee (Salt N' Pepa)
I see every other topic on the board, but this one - SEX. What happens from here? I am only 6 weeks post treatment, but I'm still a newly wed! My husband and I have been married almost 10 years and he has been a real sweetheart! When I hit the worst of my treatment, I told my husband that he had to stay away from that area…
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thanks
Again, thanks for words of encouragement. I am allergic to benedryl, however. But Dr. Chiu gave me 2 new meds on Thursday, 1 a cream called Regenecare, which stings like crazy going on, then it numbs it a bit. Then he also gave me a pain patch called Fenadryl which I leave it on for 72 hours at a time, so I've been getting…
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13 months after completion
I was stage 2 . i am still having trouble on my left side of anus. tumor was on the right side. have bumps and inflammation. can not sit for very long. cannot do fast walking for exercise. sweat really irritates. have to apply lantaseptic, aquaphor to go out. have to use KY Jelly to have BM. still have 3-5 Bm's each day.…
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Anal Cancer Foundation
Hi Everyone-- I have learned through one of my forums that three people, the Almadas, who are siblings and the children of a woman who died from anal cancer recently, are starting an Anal Cancer Foundation. I spoke at length on the phone this past Saturday with one of them and am so very impressed by their knowledge and…
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How fast does it spread?
Hi, So, when my mom was initially diagnosed, it was good news as it was a cancer that spread "very slowly". Does anyone have any idea as to what that means?? As I'd mentioned in another post, we learned that it had already spread to lymph nodes and the liver. The odd thing is that she had a pet scan last Jan as she…
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almost done
Hey y'all...one more week and the rad is done!! Good news today, my lab was almost perfect. My white blood cells were at 1.9 when I started, they are now 10.0. ABC is up to 7.3, hemobloglin up to 2.7hemocrit up to 37.8. My paletlets are only 71, but they were in the 20's just weeks ago. My onc told me that my body produces…
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3 wks into treatment
Hi Y'll. Okay, I'm 3 weeks into treatment and boy do I hurt!! Imagine going to the beach nude, on the hottest day of the year, and falling asleep for 5 or so hours. I am so red down there and I feel like someone has lit a blowtorch every time I go to to bathroom. I use a cream after each incident, but the relief doesn't…
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burning
Hi, thanks for answering. The burning is mostly when I pee, when I have a BM it's just like sitting on glass. I'm almost done with radiation, so I'm hoping the "sunburn" will go away. What's should I expect after radiation? I really have no clue. Melodie
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Another bump in the road
Hi, I'm 3 months post treatment, I just had my first p e t , which did not see any cancer left, but the doctors want to do a biopsy to make sure. I am fine with all of that, butI now have swollen lymph nodes in the lungs. They were going to do a needle biopsy but now want to do an open biopsy because it is not safe to do…
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Oncologist Follow-ups Post Treatment ?????
Question for those of you post treatment regarding follow-up visits to your oncologist. Post Treatment how often did you have follow-up visits with the oncologist and what occurred during the follow-up (blood work, etc.)??? I'm two months out and the oncologist was not particularly diligent during treatment, he seems to be…
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Rectal Cancer Rate Increasing in Young Adults
(Since there is no rectal cancer board, i chose to post this article here instead) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/rectal-cancer-rates-rising-young-adults/story?id=11463628 Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry, Dr. Joshua E. Meyer of New York…
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Advise
I am a 10 year anal cancer survivor. Anyone else out there this long? Side effects now showing up are very severe diarrhea. Can not control. Anyone else experiencing this? Nothing helps.
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ct scan results spn
Hi everybody, I received my ct with contrast results to check out my spn (solitary pulmonary nodule) in my lung. On 5-4 the pet-ct showed a 7mmx8mm spn and on 8-11 the ct with contrast showed a 11mmx9mm spn. I will have a consult with a thoraic surgeon on 8-31 to see what the next step is. This dr told my oncologist if its…
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anal cancer & treatment
I was diagnosed with anal cancer from what I thought was "just a hemorrhoid". I began chemo (mytomycin & 5FU) and radiation on 6/23/10. The skin being treated has started to burn and I'm using 2 creams and cornstarch talc for irritation. During my first round of 2 chemo treatments, I followed doctor advise and started…
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Chemo-more specifically_
My specific question is about Mitomycin vs cisplatin. All my research says mitomycin is the gold standard, but her rad/onc last week said we were going to have a hard time convincing this chemo dr otherwise....We are at MD Anderson and this chemo doc has been on every study confirming mitomycin........but that she will…
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Leg and Hip Pains
While reading the thread about Lymphadema (ankle swelling), I noticed a lot of people mentioned aching in their legs and hips - especially at night while sleeping. I too have had this problem since about halfway through my treatment. To me it feels like the growing pains I used to get in my legs when I was an adolescent.…
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Newbie
Finally ran across this site & really enjoy reading all the info so HAD to join. Im 51, diagnosed with stage 3b rectal C. in May of this yr. Underwent 28rds of Radiation treatments along with Xeloda.PET scan showed spread to 2 LN, liver ok. Have me going back Aug 31st to look and set up for surgery Sept 15th if it has not…
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1st p e t results
So I got my p e t results today. The doctor said nothing lit up or was a red flag, but she wouldn't say there was NED. She wants me to have a biopsy to make sure. She said that the p e t scan does not sometimes give a good view in the anal area. Has anyones doctors ever said that? However I have 2 lymph nodes in lungs that…
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weight loss
HELP!!! I need to know what is the best weight gain plan. I topped off today at 86.2...not good. My skin is hanging off me, I'm wearing the Hannah Montana collection, for Gods Sake, and they are too big. I eat bagels with cream cheese, pudding, oatmeal, cookies, ice cream, sherbet, I drink Ensure every morning, but the…
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thanks for peptalk
Thanks so much for getting back to me on this. Trace (my husband), does try to understand, but yeah, a bottle of water and a bowl of pudding is not all I need right now. He works out of town Mon - Fri, and when he's home on the weekends, I try to make everything as normal as possible. I either sleep too much, or not…