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Dilator
Being a sexually active women I worry about the effects of radiation on my sexual organs. Heard that some women need a dilator to prevent perminent damage to the vaginal area. I'm just in the first week of radiation and chemo. Would like to have some input as to the necessity for this device in the near future. Never have…
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Vaginal dilators - sources and information on use.
[I could have sworn that I already posted information about the Soul Source site, but I can't find it utilizing keyword searching. So, forgive any reduncy.] The radiation oncologist's office gave me two 6" long dilators from Syracuse Medical Devices, a small (~7/8" diameter) and medium (~1-1/8" diameter). They are solid,…
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How to travel when all I can eat is smoothies
It’s been four years, as of four days ago, that I had my last radiation session for BOT Cancer. I still have problems eating solid foods and even some foods not so solid but grainy textured. It’s not that I can’t swallow, it’s more like dry foods stick to the back of my throat, my gums and teeth, sometimes to the point of…
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Rectal Cancer, 80% chance live on Colostomy bag for life
I just got diagnosed with rectal cancer less than 2 weeks ago. I am a 59 Year old male. The cancer starts 3.2cm inside my rectum, is 3.2cm thick and 6.2cm long. That is just the live cancer itself. There is further damage the cancer has caused, and it has spread to my liver. According to my doctors it has been growing for…
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Her we go…
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Anal Cancer - no one to talk to - does anyone survive this disease and come out with reasonable norm
I am a 43 year old female. I watched the Farrah Fawcett documentary regarding her experience with anal cancer and had never heard of it prior to that. I was shocked when only 3 weeks later I was diagnosed with the same thing - especially because I am the picture of health, other than this disease. I was diagnosed with…
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ROOKIE
After a couple of months of diagnostics and strategizing a treatment regimen, I walked into the chemo lounge for the first time. I’d already had a couple of radiation treatments and was starting to catch on to how this was gonna go. I approached this whole thing naively and with overconfidence in my abilities combined with…
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POST RADIATION PROBLEMS HIP AND PELVIC BONE DAMAGE
Is anyone dealing with this? I was diagnosed in April 2011 and had my treatments (chemo and radiation) through May and June. I was stage III so I had pretty intense radiation, including pinpoint to specific lymph nodes that were affected. I have extreme low back pain, spasms (he says probably related to muscles trying to…
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Daughters Bone cancer
I am new at this so please bear with me. My daughter now has Stage 4 Bone Cancer. She was diagnosed with a rare uterine cancer in 2008. After years of medication, chemo, and radiation and a few years in remission the cancer has returned as bone cancer. When this was discovered she was already at Stage 3. She is a single…
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Path report on husband’s new tumor and adrenal gland: Miracles do happen.
I posted about the 4 cm ish small bowel tumor they found when my husband went for his 4 year follow up scans for his chromophobe kidney cancer diagnosis. The tumor appeared out of nowhere and was not on his CT scan from 9 months ago. We were told to expect ladenocarcinoma or another cancer, metastatic disease was less…
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Chromophobe RCC
This is my first post, although I have gained a lot of useful info from everyone else's posts over the past few months. I have my 2nd scan (6 months post-op) scheduled for next Monday. My first scan was clear, and for that I am very thankful. I pray the same will be true with the next one. My question is this - does anyone…
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My Story
Hi All, I've been occationally looking at this forum for the past two years, and I thought it was time to share my story for the benefit of others. I'll be succinct. I'm male, 55yrs, and have been physically active all my life. So, for the record: * 2012: Pee'd blood, kidney pain. Went to clinic, thought to be kidney…
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How much did your doctors get you ready for post-surgery life
Hi All, I'm an 8-year post esophagectomy squamous cell survivor. I am very grateful for being a survivor but also very frustrated by what doctors did NOT tell me life would be like after surgery. So I am wondering if this was just my experience or if others have had similar experiences and what they did not tell you about.…
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Really long term effects of cobalt radiation?
Following the surgical removal of a medulla blastoma (base of brain), I received cobalt radiation treatment to kill any remaining errant cells. This happened 40 years ago. Since then, life for me has been fairly "unremarkable". During the past half dozen years however, I have slowly lost control over the coordination of my…
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IBC after lumpectomy?
Hello, I’m new to this - was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma in August. Had a lumpectomy 4 weeks ago with clear margins and no lymph node involvement. Everything seemed to be healing well until Thursday of this week (exactly 4 weeks after surgery). I woke up with red/swollen breast that was suddenly tender and…
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Newly diagnosed. What to do??
I’m a 65 yr old active male in reasonably good shape who has just been diagnosed with HPV related cancer. Long story short, I was sent to an ENT due to a right side tonsillar mass which was surgically removed. Biopsy result was a bit vague regarding whether or not the removed tissue had clear margins, only stating HPV+ and…
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VIN 3 - Partial Vulvectomy
I read these message boards before my surgery and I'm here for a little support. VIN3 doesn't seem to have much resources so like many women I thought this may be a good place for support. I'm early 40s, no HVP, never abnormal PAP, same partner for 20 years. VIN 3 was removed by partial vulvectomy. Home the same day.…
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3 years remission and on zepbound for weight loss
Well my ldh has been hovering around 174 for 3 years, and after an ER visit due to side affects (extreme lightheadness)from zepbound my ldh was 294. I asked for the test because they were running all kinds of blood tests for my heart. Including 2 images of my heart and lungs, All came back normal. Now I'm scared because my…
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Pathology Report
Got a call from my surgeon today. He said it was chromophobe RCC. I looked that up and it's apparently a rare form of RCC, diagnosed in only 5% of cases. What's strange is that it seems to be hereditary, but neither of my parents, nor any of my four grandparents had (to my knowledge) kidney cancer. Of course, since the…
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New to this platform
Hi All my name is Anthony of 48 years old. I was diagnosed with stage 3 clear cell carcinoma in December 2024. I had a radical nephrectomy in January 2025 and am currently under Immunotherapy treatment every 6 weeks (9 treatments in total). I also have a suspicious nodule in my right thyroid and other "benign" nodules in…
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Long Term Radiation Side Effects
Hi, I'm new to this forum and wanted to reach out and see if others are experiencing similar side effects that my mom is experiencing. My mom was diagnosed with a left frontal lobe grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma back in 98'. She had a craniotomy to remove the bulk of the tumor and then had targeted radiation therapy and…
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Has anyone had a chromophobic kidney tumor?
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caregiver
My husband was diagnosed in December, 2009 with stage three lung cancer which metasisized to the brain and is now stage 4 in both lungs. He has never been in a hospital, was in great health and is not a good patient at all. He has received chemo and radiation and was put on steroids which caused diabetes and a lot of other…
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Anyone with hemagiopericytoma?
My mom has hemangiopericytoma. She has it in her heart (they think-can't do an MRI to tell for sure). She has two mets in her lungs and a few in her liver. She's tried Gemcitabine & Docetoxal, Doxil and now is starting temador & avastin. I've joined a hemagiopericytoma group on Yahoo groups but am curious if there are…
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On_A_Journey's journey
PART ONE Hello all, I joined this forum recently, asked some questions and made some comments, but until now I’ve only given a brief description of what brought me here. I will treat this thread as my own personal blog by telling my story and providing any updates as they happen. I am 59 and from Australia. I have a strong…
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Base of tongue cancer
They discovered I had cancer in Tonsil, base of tongue, lymph node, same side Last Treatment was Chemo and radiation finished Jan 27 2025 CT in 6 weeks post treatment MRI at 3 months post treatment Everything looked the same Then Last MRI a week ago showed a 5 mm increase at Base of tongue Now 1.6 cm Was 1.1 cm 3 months…
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Web chat on HPV/Head and neck cancer
Hello everyone, Saw this on cancerquest. It will be on January 24th at 12:00 p.m. A Dr. Mark El-Derry of the Emery Winship Cancer Institute will be having an online web chat about HPV and H/N cancer. Sounds like there will be a chance for asking questions and getting them answered. The link is below…
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Mother in Law with extensive colon scarring and poor quality of life
hello all I've come to this forum as we are at our wits end as a family. I'm trying to find some advice/guidance on what i can do to help my mother in law who is suffering more and more from the effects of colon scarring due to radiotherapy. She has extensive nerve and muscle damage meaning she can't really keep anything…
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I have questions... new member
I am 53 and might be dealing with prostate cancer. heres my story. I have had my large intestine removed in 2008 from ulceritive colitis. I kept having microscopic blood in my urine and still do to this day. Also in past had a growth on my kidney that they did a cryoablation on 8 years ago and followed up with MRI for 5…
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Bowel frequency after reversal
My husband had stage three colorectal cancer. He had a resection and a temporary colostomy bag. He has since had his bag reversed but, ever since then he has been dealing with frequent bowl movements. He will need to use the bathroom up to 15 times a day and each time he will pass just a small amount of stool. Has anyone…