did anyone have pain in anal area before treatment started

shirlann54 said:

Pain before diagnosed with anal cancer

Yes I was starting to have pain I took Tylenol lot and I always felt like I had to go to the bathroom . I was diagnosed first with hemorrhoids. I waited about 5 months went back to a doctor they sent me for a colonoscopy.  They couldn't even do it I was swollen in there and they couldn't even get the tube in me . It took a few tests before they finally found out I had anal cancer.. this October will make 7 years since I was diagnosed with anal cancer then 2014 the same cancer came back but it was in a limp mode close to my kidneys..thank God they was able to get it out with surgery I didn't have to do chemo that time just radiation

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I was just diagnosed with a High grade anal epithelial lesion. I will be evaluated this week at UCSF dysplasia clinic. Your post caught my eye as I just had a colonoscopy where the lesion was found. The GI Dr. was unable to scope me even with a pediatric scope. She was able to complete the colonoscopy but had to use the tube that they use to go down your throat for an endoscopy. She said she's only had to do that once before. My anal pain last night was so bad I had to take two oxycodones for pain. Some nights I have no pain. I pray that they can get to the bottom of all of this. I hope you're doing well.

Mollymaude said:

Sfcharm

i had pain that varied like yours and found a muscle relaxant (cyclobenzaprine) really helped. That was after my treatment- I would get rectal spasms that made an already sore area really hurt!

I have taken this muscle relaxant in the past for many years. I have a bad back and it helped me so very much. I went off of it just six months ago but am going to speak with my primary about starting it again. I agree with you, it works.

I have had growing 'discomfort' for over 13 weeks now. Ever since I detected that something wasn't right. I too thought I had haemoroids but became suspicious when nothing stopped the pain and I began bleeding from my backside.

Treatment starts next week but I don't imagine that the pain will go away any time soon.

I end up having to lie down. It seems like the only position that doesn't apply pressure on my anus. Even as I lay down, I am very aware of the aching in my hip and back area. Walking, bending, sitting all contribute to the pain. If I do some physical activity like ... vaccuuming (I found out!), sitting too long, climbing a flight of stairs, changinging gears in the car, or being on my feet too long, all send me to bed having to rest and recover. The pain catches up with me and I have no choice but to be still. Having to do a bowel motion really builds up the 'pain in the butt'.

I take Panadol Osteo around the clock, Tramal at night and have a weekly norphine patch, all of which takes the edge off the sharpness of the PAIN. When the week is nearing the end, I can't believe how much of the ache has been dulled by the patch, because the pain returns, creeping into my back, my side and my anus. Not sleeping at night real good either, so napping during the day has been a blessing.

I am encouraged to hear that the burden of the pain does eventually ... pass. 

I was in a LOT of pain before I started chemo.  I was controlling it early on with just 800mg Ibuprofen, but that stopped working.  When I got the chemo port put in they put me on Percocet, and that worked pretty well.  The good part was that my pain ended after my first round of chemo.  Well, the tumor pain.  The other pain followed, though.