10 years and grateful

Hi! 
I am so very glad to see you here after all this time! You helped me along my path. I was diagnosed 9 years ago next month. I hope you have somehow managed to enjoy life again!

Kind regards

Liz

Thanks for posting this positive message!  It's been 8 years since my Stage 2 ordeal.  We are so amazingly fortunate to have the treatments and resources available to survive and thrive, if not perfectly, then as best we can.  My experience convinced me that hope and gratitude are as powerful as any medication.  God bless you and thank you for encouraging others!

I was diagnosed in August, 2017 with Stage 3b anal cancer. I remember my medical oncologist taking both my hands in his, looking me squarely in the eyes and telling me "This is highly curable." I had faith in him and God and never doubted I'd be okay. My husband was with me every step of those brutal months but knew I was cancer free 2 months after treatment. He passed away 6 weeks later. I've recently moved and leaving my cancer team was very emotional. I've moved to a new state and the truly excellent records that were sent ahead to my new oncologist have helped me settle into a new follow up schedule without missing a beat. I'm beyond grateful.

Glad to hear you are doing well.  I am 7 years out.  I remember you from the first few years that I was in this group.  I still check in to blogforacure, several  people are on both groups.

I am interested in how you discovered lymphadema and how you are taking care of it.  I think I may have a mild case in one or maybe both legs.  I ankles are botheringme, but they arenot hot, red or swollen, but they feel very strange.  I wonder if I should get support hose, but don't know what and I think they have to be fitted.

I'm no longer under surveillance by my oncology team; perhaps I should try to return to my pelvic physical therapist who helped me a for a few years .

Radiation is the gift that keeps giving !

Thank you. I have been diagnosed T3N1M0, and start Nigro protocol on January10, 2022. I'm trying not to freak out, and I hope signing up here to read about others' experiences may help me.

Thanks!

I am 13 years out, I too was on this forum daily and everyone was so helpful and supportive. I honestly don't know what I would have done without everyone that cared. It was so scary and I felt so helpless, the pain, the fear was eating away at me and truly no one in my surrounding life could help me but coming here I was amongst people who either were going through it or had gone through it and looking back I was so lucky to have found this board. Martha if you are still here BIG HUG, you are a wonderful caring person with great info and tips to get through the pain. You were always there when I needed someone, Thankyou. 💗

I still have issues sometimes, in the morning I don't stray too far from the bathroom. I have a fissure and a hemmie so I eat alot of fiber, for me being constipated is a bad bad thing. However all in all its probably better now than it was, keeping yourself on a routine and allowing yourself extra time in the morning will help. I on occasion still have an accident but not as many as I used too. I have noticed through the years I may have developed some IBS maybe from the radiation so I am aware of certain foods to eat and not eat. If it something I shouldn't eat but I really like I just eat a little of it, like salsa or spicy stuff. I also found an ointment for any flareups I may have for my fissure and hemmie that has really helped, its call Dr Butler's I purchased it on Amazon and it really helps to relieve pain and swelling. I hope things will get better for you, hang in there and find routine in your daily life, eating the right foods for you and the timing of your meals.

I am over 14 years cancer free. Ended tx in July of 2009 was stage II hpv anal cancer. I used to look for long term survivors when I was on here it always gave me hope. My dr. told me if your going to get cancer this is a curable one and he was right. Of course the tx is an ordeal but it cured my anal cancer. I wish everyone the best.

I would take a bath then go get my radiation tx then come home and take my pain pill. The bath relieved any immediate pain and the pain pills would keep the pain manageable. I took the pain pills as prescribed and never refilled them after they were gone. The radiogist suggested a cow balm which is used on cow udders. I used that to keep the area medicated. Probably does the same as the aquafer.