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Anal Cancer

Archives for December 2016

Freaking out. Could use a friend.
Hey all. I had my first ct scan this morning and won't receive results until Tuesday morning at the earliest. I keep trying to replay the doctors words in my head, "caught it early, 3 cm, didn't feel lymph nodes, not a large cancer..." But I can't help but freak out because I haven't gotten the actual scan results. As I…
5 Year Anniversary and 2 Days Later a Growth on Kidney
Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing good and will doing even better soon. I can't believe that on Dec 21st I celebrated my 5 year anniversary and then on Christmas Eve I had a CT scan at the ER because of adominal pains and they found a 2.8 cm growth on my left kidney. I am trying to not to freak out but honestly, I have…
New here. So scared.
Hi everyone. My name is Amy and I was just diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma Anal Cancer. I've been reading some of the posts here and they are helpful, but I'm absolutely terrified roght now. I am only 36 and I have 3 gorgeous babies that I need to live for. I am going for my first CAT scan tomorrow and then I will…
Merry Christmas
Hi everyone, I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope you are all blessed with health and happiness in the New Year. My holiday season was spent mostly at Froedtert Hospital in Wisconsin as about 2 weeks ago my husband was dx with a large cancerous tumor on his spine (a recurrance of a previous dx of…
Gastroparesis registry.
I don't remember who it was here who was struggling through gastroparesis, but I happened to see this request for registration and for a questionaire: http://iffgd.org/clinical-trials-studies/nih-other-sponsored-clinical-trials-and-studies.html ,
HPVandanalcancerfoundation
The HPVand Anal cancer Foundation has a an excellent website with a huge amount of very relevant and helpful information. I urge everyone to check it out! Also, consider adding the Foundation to your holiday list; donations will help move the research forward. Best wishes to all for a happy and a healthy New Year. Tanda
JUST AN UPDATE
Hi everyone, wishing you all a happy upcoming holiday! Just thought I would touch base with were things are at with me since my last posting. I have completed the second round of chemo, and needless to say I hope I will never have to another, for some reason the second round seemed a lot worse than the first, I had a lot…
Newbie
Hi everyone, recently I found this much needed site and I can't thank you all for sharing your stories and experiences. In February of 2016 I was diagnosed with anal cancer, and by June I finished chemo and 7 weeks of radiation. Recovery has been toughish - but the cancer is gone. I wish I had found this site before I had…
IUD and pelvic radiation-helpful hint
If you are just getting started with pelvic radiation treatment and have an IUD I would suggest getting it removed. I was told to just leave mine alone and it has scarred in and can't be found by my gyn. She says it's no big deal but I don't like the idea that it's there and can't be removed.
Westie1981 (copied and started a new thread)
Hi, I saw you had posted this in an old thread so thought it may get more response if started a new one. Often the older posts are still VERY useful so wise to read through them (check dates in upper corner) but they don't always get as much response. I am so sorry for your situation, it sounds quite frustrating to say the…
CT/PET scan versus CT contrast
I have a question about PET versus CT scans. My metastatic (to liver) anal SCCA responded well to systemic chemotherapy (6 rounds of cisplatin and 5FU). The PET scan following the completion of chemo shows no uptake at all (SUV zero everywhere). CT scan shows 65% decrease in the linear size of the liver mets (RECIST…
Surgery in the morning
Well at 6 am I'm going into surgery for anal cancer and breast cancer! I'm scared silly

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