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Anal Cancer

Archives for May 2017

Finally started treatment
Hi everybody - not just lurking around the edges anymore. I'm in. I've had 3 rads and received the MMC and 5FU pump on Friday. I get unhooked tomorrow afternoon. I haven't nausea to speak of but I've been tired. And since yesterday my mouth and all the lower mucous membrane places all feel swollen, hot, icky. Sitting isn't…
post treatment confusion
Hi everyone, hope you all are well, I'm posting today in hopes of some answers as to the best way to follow up and monitor this type of cancer, I have read many conflicting information which makes it very confusing as to the right thing to do. I finished treatment in Dec. I was staged as 3b anal cancer with lymph node…
Feeling worse instead of better
I'm just a couple days shy of one month post treatment and I feel awful! My blood counts are still low and falling. There's been so much attention to my low platelets that I don't even know what my WBC's and RBC's are. They are low, I know that much. Last check they were at 19k. For the last few weeks I've been having a…
Zofran vs. Marijuana - feedback?
Anybody have any input on taking zofran vs. using marijuana for nausea during the chemo? Thanks!
chemo
rectual cancer: tumor removed after radiation and chemo treatments. then reattachment made then more chemo. After first surgery took out tumor amd all lemp nodes 1 node had a speck they called it stage 3. now on chemo again. Doctor says do not have cancer the chemo is precautionary. chemo 2 kinds and very strong everyother…
I joined yesterday
I'm sorry this is so long, but it's complicated. As a result of a July 2014 colonoscopy biopsy, I found out that my hemorrhoid was actually squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal - HPV driven. My surgeon/gastroenterologist recommended removing it with a transanal procedure which was done ten later. At my first…
Comparison of 5-FU vs capecitabine in combination with mitomycin
Comparison of 5-FU vs capecitabine in combination with mito Abstract of a study to be presented at ASCO annual meeting June 3.mycin Comparison of 5-FU vs capecitabine in combination with mitomycin or cisplatin in the treatment of anal cancer. Citation: J Clin Oncol 35, 2017 (suppl; abstr 3576) Author(s): Irene Yu, Winson…
FISTULA - warning, it's gross
OK, I'm about to try and tackle the fact that the fistula is worsening, and I haven't even started treatment yet. I was only getting gas through the hole from the anus to the vagina, and now I'm getting poo. Really, unbelievably gross. And dangerous for infection both inside the fistula and also migrating into the bladder.…
Villous Adenoma found in my Anal Canal at the Verge and Mid-Rectum
Hello everybody. I posted my situation on another site but nobody seems to know anything about it. So I read a few postings here and thought I would give this forum a try. On May 1, 2017, I received the following diagnosis (verbally and in writing) from my Doctor (Gastroenteroloy) including biopsy pathology report. 1) At…
Test / Scan updates
Hi everyone, Earlier this year I had mentioned that I was scheduled to have follow-up scans, and I need to apologize for not updating sooner. Some of my tests needed to be rescheduled, once because of a conflict on my part, and then again due to my doctors schedule. While the scan was primarily a routine follow-up, I had…
Changes all the time
I feel like I can't trust my body. The side effects change daily it seems. I've gone from the horrendous screaming BM's of last week to BM's that just decide to occur with no warning, no pain and no real feeling at all. 10+ times per day. Back to wearing pads 24/7. I'm SO gassy too. No appetite still, but not really nausea…
Help
Mom went in today for her colostomy, after 9 hours we heard back it went ok, they found spots on the vagninal wall? And remove some it, I need to get more detail tomorrow frm the doctor. Anyone have anything like this happen? Also they said she wasn't cleaned out enough and there was some contamination with stool. Just…
have anybody just had surgery to remove the cancer instead of doing the treatment for so long
did anyone have pain in anal area before treatment started
5 more to go, questions
Hi everyone, new to the forum and thank you for all who have posted such valuable info. I have 5 more radiation treatments and today they started come down. My skin is in pretty bad shape this week for first time. He actually said if it were last week we would break but so close we are going to push through. Doc wants me…
worse before it gets better?
Today is 6 days post treatment. I feel sure that somewhere on the forum I read that sometimes things get worse before they get better after treatment ends. At least I don't think I imagined that. BM's are the worst right now. Stools are formed and soft, but the pain is beyond anything I felt before. You know how on the…
NEW Discussion on Brachytherapy (seeds)
Hi everyone, I'm sneaking up on my treatment decisions, and I was told that UCLA might do brachytherapy INSTEAD of external beam if the tumor is of a certain size and shape. My MRI isn't until 5/5/17, so I don't know that information yet. When I get it I'll be sending it to them to determine whether I am eligible. If it…
New Here & Looking for Info, Concerned
Hello, I found this website after doing a google search about Hemorrhoids. I am a 49/F and have had Hemrrhoids just about all of my life but never really had severe issues until about 10 years ago, I was having some pain, more then normal and started going to the Dr about them. My insurance at the time wouldn't allow me to…

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