490 Stage 2 Cancer Blogs

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Squamous cel carcinoma

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Treated for hemorrhoids. Felt like I was passing broken glass. A surgeon in emergency saved my life and finally got me my diagnosis.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Yes surgery 2x for infection

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Unknown

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Squamous cell

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Bleeding , pain, itching

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Squamous Cell Anal Cancer

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Slight bleeding and dull pain in butt cheek.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Colonoscopy, 12/09, no side effects

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Mitomycin and 5 FU beginning 1/18/10

Bio: Well it's been a long time since I've checked in. I've changed my name and forgot old password so have had to reregister with blogforacure. By next October I will be five years from my last treatment for anal cancer. It's a great reason to celebrate, but I really try to live one day at a time. My stomach has…more

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Squamous cell carcinoma

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Bleeding, painful protrusion.

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Rectal bleeding

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Aug 20, 2020 surgery in attempt to remove tumor and hemorrhoid. Difficulty and pain following surgery

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: 2 chemo infusions and 6 chemo pills a day for 6 weeks

Cancer Type: Tongue Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, HPV+

Tongue Cancer Symptoms: Brachial cleft cyst at the base of neck - HPV+, noncancerous. 2 1/2 years later, swollen cervical lymph node.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Right partial glossectomy, less than half the tongue (3.1 cm with necrosis). Right tonsillar fossa tumor resection. Right neck dissections, levels 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 (55 lymph nodes removed, 7 cancerous - one necrotic). Pathology reports show invasive p16-positive HPV carcinoma with perineural invasion, lymphvascular invasion, and carcinoma focally extends to the deep margin (which means…more

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Cisplatin - will start in Oct. 2021.

Bio: Updated: 06/02/2020--I am 57 y/o female. 05/09/2020 was my 9 year Cancerversary!!! I am blessed-especially, when I learn that we lost another Warrior (Patty, 2019) who was Stage II anal cancer, as was I. What was different? I had surgery (that is how my cancer was found. Also, I just reread her profile. No Mitomycin was…more

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: squamous cell carcinoma of the anus

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Chronological order: Blood-tinged drainage for months, then heavy bleeding with BMs-which I "hoped", for months, would go away. A hard skin tag, change in stool appearance, increased difficulty defecating. PAIN!

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: 02/17/11: Anal fissurectomy with lateral sphincterotomy. Only SE was pain. Now, I can poo w/o pain for the first time in MONTHS. It still looks weird (TMI.) This found the CA. 07/03/12--anal/rectal biopsy of suspicious tissue found during a DRE. Thankfully, it was only scar tissue.--I hurt like hell for 3 wks after though!! :/

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Mitomycin and f5u-begin 4/12/11. . . . I was EXTREMELY tired and became EXTREMELY short-of-breath (ended up with bronchitis, but I have asthma.) One of the meds, Mytomycin, I think, can adversely affect the lungs. My thyroid got messed up so I now take meds. Nodules on lungs, on CT . . . monitoring those.

Bio: Was diagnosed with cancer at 28. Younger than the norm. I just want all woman to be aware of this awful cancer but also know that there are wonderful people in the world. While having a successful surgery I am now going through a Breast Reconstruction that has not been easy. I have been blogging the progress of my necrosis and…more

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Symptoms: A lump in my left breast the size of a ping pong ball.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Radical Mastectomy October 28th 2011. The surgery was a successful one. Was very happy with the clean cut. No side effects.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: 2 types of chemo started November 21st 2011. Nausea, migraines, fatigue, mouth sores, dizziness, bad taste in mouth.

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: squamous cell cancer

Anal Cancer Symptoms: Hemorrhoids- went to OB/GYN in Feb complaining of hemorrhoids. Then again in April with pressure she said hemorrhoids. Knew something was wrong so self scheduled with colo rectal doctor.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: May 16th colonoscopy - May 17th Path report - Anal cancer - constipation, itchy burning "hemorrhoid type" symptoms then pressure on vaginal wall

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: 5 FU - through port for 5 days June 6th and again July 5th - survived first dose with severe sore throat, mouth sores and rash. Dreading July 5th

Cancer Type: Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: squamous cell carcinoma

Anal Cancer Symptoms: rectal bleeding

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: polyp removed during routine colonoscopy - pathology diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma