Anal cancer diagnosis - waiting for treatment and getting anxious

I have been recently diagnosed and feel so so low as I feel there is a stigma attached but am a happily married Middle Ages woman !! I am awaiting treatment and am getting so anxious I can’t sleep as the waiting list for oncology is unbelievable and is it spreading !! 

  • Offline in reply to EliHove

    Hi  

    I wasn't to bad with the treatment, it wasn't a walk in the park but not as bad as i expected. I had bad wind pain from day 1 but cutting veg specifically green helped with this, the skin got quite sore as time went on and towards the end and post for a while i had a lot of mucous and having a poo was painful. Try to remember though we all react and cope with treatment differently. In terms of how to prepare i would say moisturise well all the time. The things i couldnt have done without were mens baggy boxers, water wipes and a limbo sleeve. Quite a few people on a different forum all had sitz baths on their lists and rate them (i never got one). Xx