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My 84 year old Mother has been diagnosed with anal cancer.
My Mom was diagnosed with anal cancer (squamous) in mid December. She started chemo and radiation on January 18th. She says the Dr's say she is between stage 2 and 3. She had one week of chemo (the kind you carry with you in a pouch) and her second week is set to start on February 15th. She seemed to tolerate the first…
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Today was the last day....
I am finished with treatment and as you all predicted, it is exciting but a strange feeling. Now its waiting for the tests... how does one handle the anxiety? I see all of you and feel so happy because it seems that most of you are NED. Now 2 month until I have my anoscopy. Then they want to do a PET scan 3 months from now…
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constipation/diarrhea
hi everyone: I am a year and 4 months post radiation. Right now I seem more sensitive to what I eat; I often have days of loose stools. Does anyone else have this challenge? i think what's hard for me is the unpredicability of it.(needing to be near a bathroom) I am so grateful for this site; I read the posts and want to…
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Check Up Time
Well, on the 2nd I have another check up with my Onc. I usually get so anxious at this time going into these check ups. I noticed I have had absolutely no negative thoughts nor any anxieties going into this one. I know everything is going to be just fine, I guess I feel this way since I feel so great. The only concern I…
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diagnoses
Ok update to my status: I have been to the gyn doctor and the urologist for discharges. The gyn dr determined the discharge I've been experiencing since about 4-6 weeks post chemo/rad treatments have all been a result of menopausal changes. My oncologist asked that stop taking the HRT pills, which was back in June 2010. I…
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Chemo induced menopause
I am just wondering if any of you were thrown into menopause from the chemo? I need to go see a Doc and see about some relief. My irritability is bothering me the most (probably bothers others more). Of course, I have a host of other symptoms as well. How have the rest of you dealt with this? N
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Chemo induced menopause
I am just wondering if any of you were thrown into menopause from the chemo? I need to go see a Doc and see about some relief. My irritability is bothering me the most (probably bothers others more). Of course, I have a host of other symptoms as well. How have the rest of you dealt with this? N
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last day of treatment
Today was it. I am finished with treatment for my cancer! I made it. The last three were as my doctor promised, minimally painful, with minor skin irritation. Now I get to concentrate on the rest of my healing. I want to comment on something very postive that you all have mentioned at one time or another. And that is how…
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I really need some HELP
I am an Anal Cancer Survivor. Short history - I was diagnosed in Feb 2006 with Stage 3b Anal Cancer with a fistual through my vaginal cavity, which was inoperable. Treatments included chemo and radiation. Unfortunately, If there was a side effect - i.e. infection, alergy to medications, etc. I got it. Spent most of 2 years…
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Final days...
The chemo is done and 8 days of radiation left. My skin has been holding up ok. It's red and is starting to turn black in some areas. It hurts to go to the bathroom but it's still ok. I am hoping that my skin will get through it without breaking down but know, from reading all of your experiences, to expect anything to…
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Treatment Finished/home from Hospita
Wow, what a week. Just got released from a 6 days stay in the hospital. Did not expect that one. Here's what happened. At the onset of week 6 of treatment, my pain was becoming pretty intense. My whole underside was one big open wound. Sunday night as I walked about the house I literally was leaving a trail of blood in my…
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The days right after radiation treatment ends
After 6 weeks of radiation and chemo the first and final week, I thought I was doing so well . . .until the very last day of treatment and now in the days following ~ whoa, Nellie! I was naive in thinking when the treatment was over, the healing would begin immediately. But my doctor did warn me that it would get worse for…
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new symptoms
Hey y'all, I know I haven't been here in awhile...so much going on. I finished treatment in August, and then this week I have started experiencing tears and bleeding from the rectum. And ALOT of pain. Sissy, you were just a couple of weeks ahead of me in treatment...does any of this sound like something you went thru?
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fissures
Hi everyone, I am new here and have not yet been diagnosed with anal cancer, but seem to have all of the symptoms. Did anyone get diagnosed with fissures (multiple times) before the actual diagnosis of anal cancer? I had a colonoscopy in early 2009 and had no polyps (have had them before). I have had rectal bleeding for a…
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Lingering Pain
I am approximately 4 months post treatment (radiation and chemotherapy), lately I have been having painful bowel movements and even had a little blood. It seems like its more so when my stools are firmer that it hurts, but Im not constipated nor would I saw my stools are hard. Maybe they are larger in diameter its hard to…
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Week 5 now
I am following Darcee and am no going into Week 5... it's really tail end of week 4 for me since we had the holidays and that delayed things. I am starting the second round of chemo on Monday. My white blood count went back up to 3.8, thank God, as otherwise it would have been too low. 13 more radiation appointments with…
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Week 5
Thought I would check in, I've just completed week 5 and it was all I thought it was going to be. Almost threw in the towel on Wednesday but reading on this website and seeing all you amazing people fight your way through this, I knew I had to go on. I want to be like you guys. So here I am, Friday, with two days off, and…