Should I be worried?

I'm sorry I don't know if you should be worried or not. I was looking at the messages and saw no one responded to you so I wanted you to know someone is at least thinking of you. I wish I could have helped. Good luck to you and to all!

Lou_rp said:

I'm not sure. I went into menopause due to radiation of the pelvic area. But I did have a period a couple times after I thought I was done. What were your results?

Hi,

My name is Nina, I am a survivor of anal cancer. i was diagnosed back in 2004, finished treat-ments in 3/2005.

I am 46, heavy set, never had kids..the doctors told me, i would probably go into menopause after the treatments, when they radiated the anal, they also radiated the pelvic organs....well, for
1yr and 7mths, i didnt have a period...this passed Nov 2006, i noticed, lite pink, to reddish, brown, spotting, bleeding, whatever
you want to call it, and its been this way,
til this day. I dont drench pads, nor do i have excessive bleeding, just lite pink at times, a little or alot, and reddish brown sometimes, or, like a dull looking brownish/yellowish looking stain.
At times i get a pain like a period is going
to start, but, i dont see anything on my pad.
I have also noticed lite blood in urine, some-
times, to the naked eye, i dont see anything
but they also see microscopic blood in the
urine, i have had MRI's, PET scans, rectal
exams, colonoscopy, some of these exams, i
have been repeating within the last mths...!! They all seem to be ok, no urinary
infections.....the MRI and PET scans, back
in Nov when this all started, didnt show anything, but this May, it showed, uptake in
the uterus, on Pet scan, & the Mri, is starting to show, a slight endometrium thickening, first it went from 7-8mm, then to 5mm on MRI,
the pelvic ultrasound, showed a 6mm up til 2 weeks ago.

My problem is, i have been to quite a few gyno, gyno oncologists, noone, can get a biopsy of
the uterus, they seem to think the
abnormal bleeding is coming from there..they think the radiation, that was given to the
pelvic organs, changed or narrowed things up there..and its making it difficult for them
to get a biopsy, & i have been to some really
top gynos!!!!

Back in 2005, the radiation place, forgot to
give me dilators, I find that negligent of
them, plus, they never told me, of these secondary problems.

Has anyone, on this board, who was premeno-pausal, when diagnosed with some form of
colon or rectal or anal cancer, who
had their pelvic radiated also, been having
any bleeding from the front? Or did you lose
your periods for a long time, then get them
back? Bottom line, is anyone having these problems like i am? and has your gyno, been
able to get either a biopsy or a D&C?

This has been a nightmare, plus, not only, am
i an anal cancer survivor, but im also a
breast cancer survivor, (neither were
related). I am so very scared and very frustrated, its been 8 mths, & no diagnoses
for this abnormal bleeding, and all these problems due to rads.

I hope everyone is hanging in there and well.
I am so happy I found all of you, its going to
take me a while to get use to knowing how to
post and reply, i hope, i do this right lol.
If anyone, would like to reply to me, you can reply also to my Survivor1025@aol.com name.

Thanks so much! and God Bless everyone!!!

Nina

GoodHeart said:

Hi,

My name is Nina, I am a survivor of anal cancer. i was diagnosed back in 2004, finished treat-ments in 3/2005.

I am 46, heavy set, never had kids..the doctors told me, i would probably go into menopause after the treatments, when they radiated the anal, they also radiated the pelvic organs....well, for
1yr and 7mths, i didnt have a period...this passed Nov 2006, i noticed, lite pink, to reddish, brown, spotting, bleeding, whatever
you want to call it, and its been this way,
til this day. I dont drench pads, nor do i have excessive bleeding, just lite pink at times, a little or alot, and reddish brown sometimes, or, like a dull looking brownish/yellowish looking stain.
At times i get a pain like a period is going
to start, but, i dont see anything on my pad.
I have also noticed lite blood in urine, some-
times, to the naked eye, i dont see anything
but they also see microscopic blood in the
urine, i have had MRI's, PET scans, rectal
exams, colonoscopy, some of these exams, i
have been repeating within the last mths...!! They all seem to be ok, no urinary
infections.....the MRI and PET scans, back
in Nov when this all started, didnt show anything, but this May, it showed, uptake in
the uterus, on Pet scan, & the Mri, is starting to show, a slight endometrium thickening, first it went from 7-8mm, then to 5mm on MRI,
the pelvic ultrasound, showed a 6mm up til 2 weeks ago.

My problem is, i have been to quite a few gyno, gyno oncologists, noone, can get a biopsy of
the uterus, they seem to think the
abnormal bleeding is coming from there..they think the radiation, that was given to the
pelvic organs, changed or narrowed things up there..and its making it difficult for them
to get a biopsy, & i have been to some really
top gynos!!!!

Back in 2005, the radiation place, forgot to
give me dilators, I find that negligent of
them, plus, they never told me, of these secondary problems.

Has anyone, on this board, who was premeno-pausal, when diagnosed with some form of
colon or rectal or anal cancer, who
had their pelvic radiated also, been having
any bleeding from the front? Or did you lose
your periods for a long time, then get them
back? Bottom line, is anyone having these problems like i am? and has your gyno, been
able to get either a biopsy or a D&C?

This has been a nightmare, plus, not only, am
i an anal cancer survivor, but im also a
breast cancer survivor, (neither were
related). I am so very scared and very frustrated, its been 8 mths, & no diagnoses
for this abnormal bleeding, and all these problems due to rads.

I hope everyone is hanging in there and well.
I am so happy I found all of you, its going to
take me a while to get use to knowing how to
post and reply, i hope, i do this right lol.
If anyone, would like to reply to me, you can reply also to my Survivor1025@aol.com name.

Thanks so much! and God Bless everyone!!!

Nina

Hey Nina, I sure wish I had some answers for you. I will tell you that the answers part is where I'm having trouble as well. My Mom has Stage 2 anal cancer and survived her treatment that ended in Nov. 2007. CT scan and physical show no signs of cancer. She says she has these prickly feelings in her rectum mostly at night. When walking she feels something is falling out of her butt. She's having severe incontinence and is also having trouble with her vagina having sealed shut almost from the radiation. She's still so incredibley weak and now is having trouble with pain in her hip that her oncologists say is related to her cancer treatment. Has anyone had any of these experiences? None of her doctors have any answers for her because they have never seen anything like this before. It's frustrating for her and she's rather depressed from it all. Any information would be appreciated from anyone with similar isssues.

Best of luck Nina. I will keep you in my prayers. Keep up the fight.

Carol