repost of groove question

LaCh
LaCh Member Posts: 557
in Anal Cancer #1

I've had this groove in my poop since prior to diagnosis and assume that it was the tumor. But I still have it. I feel confident that the tumor was "killed" and that my cancer is cured and will have biopsies when the time is right just to satisfy my gastroenterologist's curiosity (but not a PET scan because the risk/benefit analysis --mine-- has led me to that decision.) So the thing is, I'm curious about this groove, though not alarmed by it. Has anyone had a groove like this prior, and most importantly, post treatment?

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  • mp327
    mp327 Member Posts: 4,440 Member
    #2
    LaCh

    This could possibly be caused by scar tissue.  Most of us probably have a certain bit of scar tissue after this treatment. 

  • LaCh
    LaCh Member Posts: 557
    #3
    mp327 said:

    LaCh

    This could possibly be caused by scar tissue.  Most of us probably have a certain bit of scar tissue after this treatment. 

    mp327

    yeah, maybe.  It's the same groove I had from the tumor. 

  • geneviasue
    geneviasue Member Posts: 89
    #4
    Groove

    I had a groove or what I called a divot. My divot disappeared at about 3 weeks into radiation treatments but at times I still see a slanted groove.  I was told is being caused by a small hemmie and I do know I have scar tissue in the same area which could be causing it as well.

    God bless...

    GiGi

  • LaCh
    LaCh Member Posts: 557
    #5
    geneviasue said:

    Groove

    I had a groove or what I called a divot. My divot disappeared at about 3 weeks into radiation treatments but at times I still see a slanted groove.  I was told is being caused by a small hemmie and I do know I have scar tissue in the same area which could be causing it as well.

    God bless...

    GiGi

    geneviasue

    Hmm.  Well, I've had internal hemmoroids in the past and even thought that the bleeding I had pre Dx was another one, but it turned out to be the tumor. I assume that the groove that I have is the same one that I had, and that that was the tumor.  I assume that it's dead tumor and not dividing tumor, just because I assume that the thing is taken care of and cured.  Since I'm opting not to have a PET scan, I'll have to rely upon biopsies to confirm that but I imagine that when I do, my gastroenterologist will be able to tell me what's causing the groove. But the groove is most definitely, still there, as is the remainder of the pain that I feel, which I can place at the tumor site.  Time will tell, I guess, what's what.

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