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Anal Cancer

Archives for December 2017

Please help,need guidance, advice, opinions, anything
Where to start, this is such a complicated and long story. My mother, my best friend, my absolute everything was given four months to live yesterday with radiation on treatments on brain. The last several years I've watched this women suffer and be put thru hell and she has fought and fought! My mom is 63 years old. In…
Proton Therapy
Does anyone have any experience with Proton Therapy for anal cancer? Thanks
anal cancer newbie
Hello. I'm so glad to find this forum, writing and discussing is very therapeutic for me. I was recenlty diagnosed with anal cancer stage III A about 2 weeks ago from a biopsy. Since then, I've had blood work, ct scan, pet scan, and meetings with an oncologist and radiology. I've been sleeping pretty well, and my emotions…
9 months
Hello all! Just checking in. Had my 9 month post treatment check-up on Thursday and doc says I am healing nicely and have responded very well to treatment..NED still, so far! Thank God! And thank you to all of you who have been here for me and with me. I wish everyone well!
Anyone else get shingles after their treatment was finished?
Hi everyone. First I want to thank everyone for such great informational posts. I was diagnosed in August of this year with anal cancer and I was able to put together a fairly good sized arsenal before I began treatment and I used almost everything! I had a couple of complications along the way and finally finished…
Terrible nausea 3 weeks after treatment
I completed treatment 3 weeks ago. My six week treatment was interupted by 10 days in the hospital for neutropenia, infection, dehydration, then completed the final week. Has anyone else had terrible nausea after treatment? How long did it continue? Thank you
Dad broke pelvic bone after 1st chemo/rad advice about restarting
My father is 86 and was diagnosed with stage 1 squamous cell anal cancer and underwent chemo and radiation on November 27th, that evening/early morning on Tuesday he fell getting out of bed and fractured his pelvic bone. He is being discharged from rehab tomorrow morning and we are meeting with the oncology team tomorrow…
Help for Anyone Needing Financial Assistance
This is great information for anyone who is battling cancer and has a need for financial assistance. https://www.curetoday.com/articles/help-doesnt-cost-a-thing? https://www.curetoday.com/publications/cure/2017/financial-assistance-2/a-home-away-from-home?
HPV and risk for anal cancer
Hello, I am a 33 year old female who is terrified of a possible cancer diagnosis. At age 21, I had an abnormal pap smear and was told i had a strand of HPV. I had a colposcopy to remove and test the affected cells and told to come in for paps twice a year, for two years. All paps came back normal and I was cleared to…
HELP
Can someone please send me the link to the guidelines for anal cancer monitoring? I tried to see if I vcould locate it but cant remember.
Hello I am doing pretty good
I had my last chemo and radiation treatment July 21st, for stage 1 cancer. Doing pretty good so far. Except now I am lactose intolerant. Never was before, and am having all kinds of indegestion and bloating. It doesn’t make much difference in what I eat. I am going to have an ultrasound and HIDA scan next week on my gall…
Hair Color Treatments
A question for those of you who color or highlight your hair. When is it safe to resume this? I finished chemo and radiation treatments 3 months ago. I did not lose all of my hair, however, it was shedding like crazy and became fairly thin. It still sheds a little every day (more than before treatments began), so I think…

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