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How many years for pet/ct scans?
I am now 5 years post anal cancer treatment...everything is fine...feel great. Have had annual Pet scans and now my Dr. wans me to get another. It is hard to find Info on this subject. Anyone know how many years we have to get these scans?...Do we ever stop them?
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Curiosity question
Did you lose your pubic hair with radiation, and if so, did it come back? Just curious ... certainly not a big issue. Ooops ... I found this info in another discussion item in March ... however, would still like to hear your experience.
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3 days in hospital
Hi - I finally escaped from being in the hospital three days. It started with just my counts being low and getting a transfusion, but my blood pressure dropped really low and I got fluid around my heart and lungs and had to be admitted. This is where everything went really bad for me. They had to handle the meds of course…
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painful area in anus - 6 months post treatment
Did any of you continue to have pain and burning in the area of your tumor after your treatment? Like a stinging and burning? I seem to have an area that just doesn't seem to want to heal. My exam under anesthesia 3 months out and DRE was normal and I don't have blood on BM it appears, just this specific area that stings…
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Internal Radiation
My last radiation treatment will be this week. It is a two minute internal one. Has anyone experienced this type of radiation?
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Books
Someone mentioned an e-book related to anal cancer and I can't find the entry! Can someone help me? Thanks! Lorie
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How do I tell my husband?
My husband lost his father in the mid 90's after a hard battle with cancer. He lost his mother about 3 years ago after a long and painful battle with cancer, this time he was the one who took care of her, by himself, we were not together yet. He also lost his brother when he was 14 (his brother was older). I was told…
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Platelets
Platelets dropped 40 points again. How weird is that? 8.3 now. They are supposed to be at 100. 8 is when they give you a platelet transfusion. Tomorrow they won't give me radiation until after I have had a blood test. Hopefully this is nadir or whatever you call it and I will have finally pulled out. No chemo-therapy this…