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Anal Cancer
Archives for January 2020
Discussion List
New cancer victim and scared
I am going to be hooked up to a 24/7 Chemo pump on Monday, 1/27/2020 and getting a PET scan so the Radiation Oncologist can put his treatment plan & schedule together. I am told I will have at least 5 weeks of treatment, 5 days a week. I am scared, nervous and everything else that goes with learning you have the BIG C. I…
Orange Stool
Hello Everyone! I have completed chemo and radiation 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I have had orange colored poo for over a month. Any ideas what this is and if i shold be concerned? Thank you, Leslie
Long term follow up
Hi everyone, I have not posted for awhile but have still been reading posts from time to time. I have a long term follow up question. I just saw my oncologist yesterday and got another all clear, and it is my four year mark. He says CTs are not needed past 3 years and the DREs are not needed past 5 years. He says I can be…
12 weeks post treatment, lump in groin
I am really stressed today _ I discovered a lump in my groin last night. I've never actually felt a lump before throughout all my treatment. I did have 2 lymph nodes show on the MRI but there was no lump. Is this a really bad sign? I also seem to have developed vaginal thrush _ could this cause a swollen lymph node? And…
Rear Cleaner
I was diagnosed it anal cancer in 2008 and wish this would have been available then. I do not know how well it works but thought I would share. It cam across my Facebook page. I have been a member on this site for several years and reading others issues this has been a common problem. I am posting link for anyone…
Strange recurrent fevers
Hello everyone! I am almost two years post treatment, with many of the common issues everyone here is suffering due to radiation and chemo. The challenges never end. I do have something new and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this, or has any advice or input. Two months ago, I had a fever that seemed to spike…
Been too long since I've said "hello"
Oh my goodness...I can't believe its been months since I've posted here. I see so many (too many) new members and just wish this place was not so needed, but thank God it is here as it has been for me and so many others such a life line at times. I pray the New Year brings us all an abundance of health and healing…
nodes shrunk but not gone
Question re node involvement after treatment. 15 weeks after treatment MRI showed no tumor but 2 mesorectal nodes had shrunk to half their size but not gone away. Stage 3 . Does that mean an APR is next for me?
low grade fever, loose bowels with no warning
Hello, I was diagnosed with anal cancer Stage 2 T2NO. I have completed the radiation and chemo protocol on 12/10. On 12/13 was told my blood count was 4+ and I could be a poster child for cancer. I went back to work full time on 12/23 and have continued to have bowel episodes that are loose, pain in abdomen at times,…