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incision site leaking in rectum
Hey There !! i had stage 3 rectal cancer , done radiation ,chemo, had surgery . the incision area did not heal fully due to what i was told soft tissue from radiation and now scar tissue so area will not close completly doctor had me do 3 Barium enema test over a period of year to see if it would heal on its own ! Nope so…
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Any recurrent stats? Or info?
my mom was diagnosed 1/15 with stage 2 Anal cancer treated with standard protocol. She was doing well until 2/17 we found out she had a recurrent Anal Cancer, she was treated 5/17 with an apr colostomy and has her struggles but overall doing well. She had a petscan July of this year and it was clear her dr seemed shocked…
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Lactose allergies/intolerance
SO I am about 9 months post-treatment and was having a lot of issues with urgency and bleeding in the morning. It would always seem to be a bigger issue when I had dairy. I wondered why after my morning protein shake (whey protein isolate). It should not contain much whey but I hear people still have issues with it.…
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colonoscopy
I was treated successfully for anal cancer 6 years ago. Today I received a message from my colorectal surgeon's office asking me to schedule a colonoscopy. My last one was 6 years ago and led to my diagnosis. I couldn't find anything in the guidelines about anal cancer survivors requiring colonoscopies more often than…
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moving forward and all that jazz...
Hi everyone, Thank you all so much for the kind thoughts, prayers, and well wishes, so freely shared for myself and each other throughout this journey. Last week I finished radiation to my lung area for my second metastasis of anal cancer. (Initial dx of stage 3b anal cancer in 2011, 1st mets to lung in 2015, 2nd mets to…
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Post 73 Days...Still Sore Bum...
....continuous loose stools and anal fissure that doesnt seem to heal. Wearing one Compression Stalking on right leg ( very difficult to put on each morning...especially with arthritic left hand fingers!). Taking 20 mg blood thinners once a day ( was taking 2 ) now just one. Blood Clot from Radiation Treatments. CT…
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Ten Years
Please disregard my previous post (copy and paste did not work!). I only meant to post that I reached the 10-year mark on Sunday without much fanfare or celebration, aside from a piece of carrot cake at Golden Corral. The day was spent riding in the car, heading back home from a very busy and exhausting week cleaning out…
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Getting where you need to go for treatment.
When I found out that I still had cancer, Martha suggested that I see Dr Eng at M.D. Anderson. I felt that it was pie in the sky to travel somewhere far away due to the cost of housing and traveling, so I opted for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC, which is much closer for me. * The radiation oncologist's…
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Wanting to find a reason to chicken out of anoscope
Hi, I am scheduled for what I think is “regular“ anoscope as opposed to the high resolution anoscope procedure I’ve been reading about. I live near Kansas City. Should I cancel the regular scope and try to find a provider who does the high resolution type? Cancer was large but had not spread to any nodes, CT was good in…
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Post 66 Days Back Wearing Diapers Again....
All my poos are 'soft and wet' staining my underwear and changing 5 times a day has me back wearing diapers...frustrating after post 2 mths...developed a horrible chest cold...bad first thing in the morning...have to question Docs and Pharmacist now about drug interactions (no Aspirin Products ie including Voltaren and…
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Extreme newbie
Seems I am just starting this journey. Just diagnosed with anal/rectal cancer. Stage 4, no lymph nodes but liver Mets. I thought I had a hemorrhoid. So confused. Stage 4 sounds bad but no lymph nodes sounds good. Can't seem to find much regarding survival...which concerns me. Doctors are saying chemo and radiation but no…
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So far so good...
Hi everyone, Just a quick check-in to let you know I'm doing well (or so it feels anyway). I am half way through my SBRT radiation for my most recent (last one was 3 years ago) anal cancer met to my hilum (lung area). The radiation treatments themself seem like a walk in the park after pelvic radiation but do come with a…