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Anal Cancer
Archives for December 2019
Discussion List
Worried Son
Dad was told in march that he had stage 3 rectal cancer doctors told him it was curable . He had 8 months of radiation and chemo. They told him after some tests his tumor didn't shrink much . This week finally had his surgery . It took 8 hours and the doctor said it was the worse one she had done . But they got the tumor…
Holiday Wish
Happy Holidays to you all! Wishing you good health. Eve
Which lubricant do you safely use with dilator to avoid UTI
I had been using Astroglide with my dilator but then switched to the Walmart brand equate Personal Lubricant Jelly which was much cheaper and worked just as well. The problem is I had just gotten a UTI and was wondering if this may have been the reason. Doing some research I am finding that many of the lubricants contain…
Mucus During Treatment
Hello, I am into my 4th week of radiation. I have been diagnosed with Stage IIIA anal cancer. I feel as if I have a raging yeast infection because all I want to do is scratch. And...I have mucus when I go to the bathroom and smells awful. Does any of this sound normal? L
Tattooing for Radiation
Hello everyone- Going tomorrow for mapping before beginning radiatio/chemo treatments. Nurse casually mentioned they would be tattooing me. Has anyone else had this done? Thanks so much! Eve
My Four Favorite Words...
On Friday I read 2 voice mails from my cancer doctor that for some reason I missed on my flip phone. Last cat scan showed another area in my rectum that looked suspicious and when I was in his office he scoped me and said I was fine but looked at the scan again after I left and realized he scoped a different area than the…
Pending Pain
Hi everyone! I am new. I am trilled to find people to talk with that understand. I am beyond upset and scared regarding pain. Was scheduled to have old implant replaced from mastectomy 14 years ago; and scheduled a colonoscopy just to check it off my list. What was thought as diverticulum came back as pre-cancer; sending…
CT scan
I had my CT scan 15 months post treatment. No Cancer :) . The past few days, I have problems pooping. No pain, I've taken maralax and natueal vegetable laxative after Thanksgiving dinner, but very little stool comes out only after I put a suppository in. I have a call into my surgeon to ask if I should use a fleet emama.…