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Anal Cancer

Archives for July 2011

mucous discharge
I am 9 months post treatment for anal canal cancer. Can anyone tell me when and if the anal mucous discharge ends? I am sooo tired of having to wear a pad 24/7
Constipation????????
I know just started treatment Chemo and Radiation this week only 4 days in, and I'm so constipated. Eating well, no nausea, lots of gas, and burping. Taking colace in small doses for two days, along with prunes. Lots of water and fluids. Sat in a bath of Epsons salts someone suggested. Didn't work. I don't know if I should…
Just Diagnosed and Trying To Decide Whether To Do the Treatment.
Hi Everybody, I gratefully found this board this morning and have been pouring through the posts. I'm a 55 year old woman with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal. A month ago, I had 3 lesions removed, all with HPV features. (I'm still suffering the aftermath of that one!) I wouldn't recommend it to my worst…
Shame...anyone else feel this way?
Dear Friends ... I never knew I had HPV until I was diagnosed with cancer. I feel shameful and am having a hard time dealing with my shame and sense of "causing" this in someway. My husband (second husband) loves me unconditionally, however I'm having a hard time with accepting myself right now. Can you share your feelings…
Any one heard of squamash cell rectal cancer?
I am newly diagnosed and really scared. Have been told this is a rather rare type of cancer and do not really know where to go for info. My doc has referred me to a Hospital and my case is before the review board. If THEY don't take me, then what? Help pls!
Follow-up testing
I'm curious about what kind of follow-up studies your oncologists and colo-rectal surgeons are doing for you after treatment is done? Do get a DRE, EUS, PET CT, CT only, PET only? And how often? Also, my oncologist requests a PET CT every three months for the first year ... I fear my insurance won't cover this. What are…
pain at excisional biopsy site-delayed healing ?
OK ... I need some support. I had an excision of the anal lesion/ulcer which turned out to be a tumor/SCC and finished chemo radiation 5 months ago. The issue is I'm still having pain in the area of that ulcer/lesion/tumor excision. It burns at times, itches and aches ... mostly when I sit. It is very specific to the area…
HPV transmission????????
Is my partner at risk????????????? Should he be tested. I understand their is a blood test for HPV. If anyone has the name of the test please advise. Thanks
Dilator
Being a sexually active women I worry about the effects of radiation on my sexual organs. Heard that some women need a dilator to prevent perminent damage to the vaginal area. I'm just in the first week of radiation and chemo. Would like to have some input as to the necessity for this device in the near future. Never have…
hair is falling out
Made an appointment for a much shorter hair cut. Would rather have little tiny airs fall out than long ones. Not ready for a buzz though.
Ideas for Pain???
Im looking for someone to please tell me how to help with the pain from radiation. My mother has Stage III rectal cancer and the site where she is receiving radiation is so badly burned. I just feel so helpless when I see her crying from all the pain. She is taking oral pain medicine around the clock and putting Silvadene…
Worried about my treatment, or should I say lack of it.
I had an operation to remove Hemorrhoids, in May 2009, shortly after I was told one of my Hemorrhoids was a Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Situ, which was high grade. I was then referred to a professor at a university hospital (I am in the UK). He told me that it had been removed intact and it would be unlikely to return, he…
insomnia
Hey y'all, I know I've broached this subject before...but how do you live with the insomnia? I started taking my bp pills at night for a couple weeks, but I would then sleep til 12:30 or so. Today I took it in the am and I am wide awake at 2:45 am. I didn't nap in the afternoon, even tho I wanted to, thinking that I would…
Not feeling too well
Hi everyone, Tomorrow I'll be at the half way mark. The doctor called me at home tonight and said my blood work is not looking so good this week. She took me off of Vicodin for just plain old oxicotone (I'm to lazy to look up how you spell these drug names). She doubled the morphine this week. Last week, from that shot my…
To Sandy, Diane, and others - How are you?
Sandy, Diane, and anyone else currently going thru treatment - how are you all doing this week? One more day and you'll be through another week. Hope all is well.
Recurrent (persistent) Anal Cancer--Please Help!
Would very much appreciate feedback from members about treatment suggestions for recurrent (persistent) anal cancer and/or HPV that have worked (or not worked) for other people. My mother was just diagnosed with a second recurrence (persistent disease) of poorly differentiated anal squamous cell carcinoma with basaloid…
Half Way Through and Counting Down
Hi Everyone, It has been awhile since I posted and alot has happen. My last day at work was the 15th. I am still driving to my Rad Tx but probably starting next week I will have my brother drive me. My Doctor said my numbers from my blood test were great, right where they should be. I am making it pretty good on the sores.…
water squirt bottle
all those who are new. please get a water bottle with little holes in top and spray your bottom after a bowel movement. do not use wipes or toilet paper. it will scratch. my water bottles came from patient supply at MD Anderson. they are smaller and thinner than the regular type of water bottle that you use for excercise…
IMRI ????????
Could anyone explain the IMRI radiation treatment vs the old style.
port vs pick line
First timer, can anyone tell me the pros and cons of port vs pick. Thanks in advance.
The blues
Had the blues yesterday. Pain in the sternum felt like a heart attack several times, winded going up and down the stairs, crying at the drop of a hat and whining (oh God, I hate my whiney voice), diarrhea all day, terrible cramps (double over kind) and guess what???? Went to the doctor today and she said "did you take any…
Glutamine to help with both diarrhea & healing wounds
I wanted to find out if anyone knows anything about L-Glutamine powder. The dietician at the radiologist's office gave me this to take starting right away, before treatment begins. They explained that L-glutamine is an amino acid that fuels the cells of the digestive tract, as well as the immune system. Our body naturally…
Just Diagnosed & Preparing to Start Treatment
Good Morning! I've done a lot of reading on this board and thought I'd reach out for some advice. I went for a routine colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago (just turned 50!), and doc found a cancerous polyp. I was sent to a surgeon and had the area excised, with the expectation that would remove surrounding tissue and…
full bladder during radiation
just caught this in some posts. why do they want you to have full bladder during radiation? sephie
Darn Side Effects
Good Morning Everyone Well I completed my eight day of radiation yesterday. Only 20 left and I am wondering and scared to death what my vagina is going to look like at the end. On day 7 I went to the restroom at work and thought I would pass out. The burning was terrible. I had some good ole vaseline so I put that on and…
first day with sore tush
Started on Tuesday so shouldn't complain if this is my first day with a sore tush. Yesterday I was almost euphoric. It was the lease amount of pain I have had in years. I drove my car for forty minutes with no pain down my legs or in my back. Unbelievable. I called almost everyone I knew last night to just rave about how…
New to Board and Question
I just had an Digital Rectal Exam and a colonoscopy. They would have found anal cancer during these procedures, correct?? It was done by a GI doctor at a Medical Center.
My brain after chemo - and returning to work
'Your Brain After Chemo' by Dan Silverman, MD, PhD is a God-send. The worst side effect of all of this for me has been brain fog aka 'chemo brain' that my doctors and family don't give much credit to. But I know that it has been very, very real for me and the primary reason that I haven't returned to work. I don't feel…
Mouth Sores or Sorness from 5-FU
Hi everybody, I posted something on another discussion concerning mouth sores and had a reply that they liked the way my doctor explained it and that they had learned something new. I don't know if I have exceptional doctors or if I just keep asking the right questions but I think I will share stuff like this with…
Sandy
thinking of you hope all is going well.

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