Treatment is over-am I cancer free

csalek
csalek Member Posts: 23 Member
in Anal Cancer #1

I finally finished my treatment-2 weeks post radiation...now I find my self wondering if the cancer is gone (stage 2 no mets no nodes). I guess I just have to wait ?

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  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #2
    Csalek

    Hello,

    I also had stage II no mets, and I completed tx on 6-30-2009 so far so good.  The waiting is the hardest part.  After your 1st couple of scans where it says your fine, you'll start feeling better.  I know every scan I get scared, I guess its just what you  have to do you do.  On the other hand, if there is anything wrong its found out really quickly. 

    I wish you well Lori.

     

  • mp327
    mp327 Member Posts: 4,440 Member
    #3
    csalek

    I was also diagnosed Stage 1 or 2 (depending on which of my doctors you asked) with no nodal involvement or mets.  If it gives you any encouragement, that was in June 2008.  Fast forward to February 2016 and I am still here.  I do deal with some treatment-related issues, but so far I have maintained my NED status.  None of us likes the waiting for find out scan or test results, but it is part of the deal, I guess.  I hope you are recovering well.  I think you have every reason to be hopeful that your cancer is gone.

    Martha 

  • nonichol
    nonichol Member Posts: 170
    #4
    Still here

    Late stage 3 in 2010. Still here!!!

  • csalek
    csalek Member Posts: 23 Member
    #5
    z said:

    Csalek

    Hello,

    I also had stage II no mets, and I completed tx on 6-30-2009 so far so good.  The waiting is the hardest part.  After your 1st couple of scans where it says your fine, you'll start feeling better.  I know every scan I get scared, I guess its just what you  have to do you do.  On the other hand, if there is anything wrong its found out really quickly. 

    I wish you well Lori.

     

    Thanks...it is good to hear

    Thanks...it is good to hear from someone who has been there and been fine !

  • csalek
    csalek Member Posts: 23 Member
    #6
    mp327 said:

    csalek

    I was also diagnosed Stage 1 or 2 (depending on which of my doctors you asked) with no nodal involvement or mets.  If it gives you any encouragement, that was in June 2008.  Fast forward to February 2016 and I am still here.  I do deal with some treatment-related issues, but so far I have maintained my NED status.  None of us likes the waiting for find out scan or test results, but it is part of the deal, I guess.  I hope you are recovering well.  I think you have every reason to be hopeful that your cancer is gone.

    Martha 

    Thanks....I love to hear this

    Thanks....I love to hear this from real people who have gone through and can say yes you will be around a while longer : )

  • csalek
    csalek Member Posts: 23 Member
    #7
    nonichol said:

    Still here

    Late stage 3 in 2010. Still here!!!

    Wow...love to here that !!

    Wow...love to here that !! Thanks I appreciate it !

  • horsepad
    horsepad Member Posts: 146 Member
    #8
    I was diagnosed in 2011,

    I was diagnosed in 2011, stage 4, mets to 3 nodes and liver. After treatment I worried constantly before each scan   Over time those worries faded. My oncologist told me cancer usually comes back in the first 2 years so once I made it past 2 years my concerns subsided a lot 

  • csalek
    csalek Member Posts: 23 Member
    #9
    horsepad said:

    I was diagnosed in 2011,

    I was diagnosed in 2011, stage 4, mets to 3 nodes and liver. After treatment I worried constantly before each scan   Over time those worries faded. My oncologist told me cancer usually comes back in the first 2 years so once I made it past 2 years my concerns subsided a lot 

    That is great news !

    That is great news !

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