I have an ulcerated anal rectal fissure. I am on antibiotics and pain medication. It is very painful. Has anyone here had a siimilar problem? If so, how long did it take to get over it and what...
Go tod your doc and get a colonscopy done, you may have some problems that need to be looked at....
Has anyone here had the experience of an anal fissure? I have just gotten through IMRT radiation beam therapy for prostate cancer, so I thought my painful butt was due to radiation proctitis, but it...
After complaining here about PC post external radiation pain I had a sigmoidscopy done. The result was I have an anal fissure. they even gave me a photo of it. Has anyone here had a simlar...
Thanks you guys for your concerns and best wishes. I will not be on here for awhile now as I have been medically advised that to do so can have a negative effect on my mental wellbeing and therefore...
I was not giving medical advice. Like most people here I am only relating a personal experience that may benefit someone else. I have done research online regarding this -- and diabetics and people...
For those of you that are considering what treatment to use to fight your PC. Look at the facts, radiation proctitis is high on the adverse effects of radiation. Three months after having IMRT/IGRT...
Bill, Thanks for getting back with me. If you can get your friend to respond I think it would help me get a grip on when, if and how I can overcome this problem. Right now all I am doing is waiting...
Ivdgs, PS: Regarding the Zyflamend, talk to your rad/onc doc before your husband begins taking it. It probably cannot hurt but check anyway....
Ivdgs, I had a colonscopy two months before radiation, I had three polyps removed and the rectum was okay. I had no reason to expect the problem I have now. My advice to you is to research your...
Don, Thanks for your input. Today my approach is what is done is done, maybe I should have done more research regarding my rad/onc, but that was yesterday. This whole PC thing is a learning process,...
jackcc, I have checked out YANA, it is a good site. However, I am unable to find one person there who has the problem I now have. This is very frustrating because I have no reference to find out what...
Les, I realize now that due diligence was not done. Mostly because there are only two radiogists in the county. I'm a newcomer to the county and all the locals love these guys, including my wife and...
As both a PC and an external beam radiation victim, at least that is what I feel like now, due to post radiation rectum burn lasting 6 weeks with no sign of leaving -- I have two questions. 1. Can...
If anyone here has experienced rectal radation burn after IMRT please contact me. I'm post radiation for 6 WEEKS and my rectal burn is still with me. How long does this thing take to heal??...
Bluenose, You made the right choice, those who say surgery is the gold standard are correct. I went with External Beam Therapy, to say I got burned is an understatement. If anyone reading this has...
Here is something you might try, if you want to hang tough. Go to the lab that did the pathology report on your biopsy. Tell them who you are, tell them you want a copy of the results of your biopsy....
Whatever you do, find doctors that you can relate to! Almost as important as the doctor is his/her staff in the office. A good staff usually means a good doctor is in charge. If any of these people...
35 years a go I had a bowel problem, and was taking azulfidine, valium to calm me down etc., etc. One day I sat down and read the side effects of the drugs I was taking, I called my doc and told him...
Thanks BIll -- will look forward to hearing from you again. I see you are in Dallas/Ft. Worth and a pilot. I know DFW like the back of my hand -- spent 30 years living there, in Irving, and the past...
Your father is very lucky that he has a daughter like you that is going to be there for him. Support from a child is comforting to a parent and it is the best kind of healing therapy. The battle...
I completed 40 IMRT/IGRT radiation treatments five weeks ago. Half way through the treatments I experienced painful rectum burn. My radiation doc assured me this would go away after I completed the...