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  • sandysp
    sandysp Member Posts: 868 Member
    #22
    You must not be in NY!
    Wow - I was diagnosed May 5 and start radiation and chemo after the fourth of July weekend. Had some complications and even surgery along the way, though. Did you get your port? I got mine today. I'm glad I have some down time. They say the tumor has not changed in size, so that's good. My husband is going to California for his Mom's 90th birthday. I'm staying home with the dog and then taking a trip to Holy Cross Monastery, where I like to hang out for true down time. It is on 20 acres along the Hudson River where the air is startlingly fresh! I will say prayers for all of us.
  • sandysp
    sandysp Member Posts: 868 Member
    #23
    gratefulmom said:

    hi cph
    you didn't mention how young or healthy you are,so I will add this. I was 47 when diagnosed with stage 3B anal cancer. I am a self-employed hairdresser. I missed about 3 weeks of work altogether because I became so burned from my radiation that I couldn't even sit up in a chair. When I rode in the car I layed on the back seat, but I also healed very fast with the help of silver cream.My treatments had to be stopped twice. Once because my white counts were too low and once to let my burns heal some. This is a very painful treatment but If you are healthy and keep up your protien you will heal quickly, and it will bee over with before you know it. I am now one year out of treatment and have no problems at all. Scar tissue is all gone,can eat anything, and sex is great. I consider myself very blessed,and I wish the same for you. Good luck and God bless

    Best post I've read!
    Wow - especially the sex part! Weren't you in pain before the treatment? I have been in pain with the tumor and was in a lot of pain with the ovarian cysts they removed after my CT scan revealed masses in the pelvic bowel. I already feel so much better in my lower abdomen, I can't believe it. Even with the surgery. But reading you post really helps me. I start treatments July 3, I think (after the official holiday). I am 61 and probably could have kept working when I was your age, but I sell real estate and the driving was causing me to be a threat to myself and others! I told my boss I'll be back in the fall. Luckily my realtor friends say it hasn't been that much going on to miss. Got my port today and tattoos this week too. These things probably just seem incidental to you but it's been a big week for me.
  • patacz
    patacz Member Posts: 64
    #24
    cph1127 said:

    Captain 11 Thank you for your post.
    Thank you for your post. This has been a crazy 3 weeks but "If God brings me to it, he will bring me through it"

    My doctors have been great so far and are telling me most of this stuff up front. I am wondering if I will be able to work through this. I am an accountant so I sit all day. Did you work?

    Thanks again for putting your experiences out there to help others.

    Hello cph1127,
    I took time
    Hello cph1127,

    I took time off work, and I also work on a computer all day, and I recomend it. I was determined to fight the cancer 100%, so I made that my full time job. I didn’t want to have to worry about work related issues and wanted to be rested and allow my body to do its work. It might be different for other people, but for me this was a good option because the Chemo made me very tired and at the end of the radiation treatments sitting down was very painful - I was so burned.

    I am glad you trust and like your doctors, that is a blessing. Faith is so crucial in times like this. I am wishing you the best and keeping you in my prayers.

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