Did you need pain meds for radiation burns? When did you need them and what worked for you?
My dr just says wait till you need them, but drug stores near me don't deliver and I won't be driving, so I'm trying to have everything on hand ahead of time.
6 months post Apr now. Anyway this scan was clean but oncologist said I am at increased risk due to tumour invading lymphatic vein so 5 year clock set to zero and I will be seeing her every 4 months for the next 2 to 3 years. They are bumping me to yearly scans though unless any concerning symptoms pop up in-between. Not sure how I feel about that as even having scan every 3 months, it still took several scans to confirm the regrowth of my tumour. But then again I'm more than eager to put all this literal shit behind me and get the official NED stamp... Which I'm gonna pretend I have now because this scan showed no evidence of disease, first clean scan in 2 years, so I'm declaring myself ned at least for today.
Hope all is as well as can be with everyone.
I (male 29) noticed a bump on the left inside part of my cheek at the end of December.
By the second week of January, it was very painful and large. It was painful to walk or sit and I had to use and ice pack when sitting. It also had this gross yellowish discharge. After a few weeks, it got to feeling much better.
Now it’s May and this has never gone totally away. It feels like a skin tag almost. It isn’t painful at this point. It does itch. It still discharges sometimes. Sometimes it itches worse or discharges more than other times.
I’m not in pain. I don’t “feel” bad. I don’t feel excessively tired. My bowel movements haven’t really changed. I do have diarrhea sometimes but normal bowel movements other times. This isn’t really a change from previous years. I haven’t bled at all during any of this. Zero blood at any time.
Does this sound likely to be anal cancer? Is it similar to symptoms others have noticed?
I start chemoradiation on Monday and wonder how soon the diarrhea is likely to start?
Doctor diagnose me with anal tumor or rectal cancer with 0.5cm size. Now i'm preparing for MRI and CT scan to get a full image if my cancer invades. The hardest part of my predicament is the time when i needed to poop. I can't poop properly and i need a whole day just to extract my stool out of my stomach. And the most hellish part is where it hurts so bad at the bottom part of my stomach, like a thousand needles are scratching inside and then a small poop will pop out of my ass. I really hate this moments, to the point that I only ate one meal a day just to prepare myself for the upcoming pooping again in next 3 - 4 days.
I really need to get a progress and proceed to get a chemotherapy, mostly a radiation treatment. Cause I can feel my body are starting to give up and im still my 30's and i still want to experience a good life. Just when everything is starting a proper and good life. I'm really scared.