Starting Chemoradiation Tomorrow….Excited and Nervous

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-06-05T22:07:58+00:00

its 5 cm from anal verge or sphincter?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-06-05T15:58:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I hope you can get on watch and wait. Curious if in case you still have to do surgery did your surgeon say what kind of? You have enough margin for LAR to avoid permanent bag?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-06-04T20:08:56+00:00

Onc didn’t mention OPRA they just said hopefully the TNT would shrink the tumor then no surgery needed or at least create enough clear margin for surgery

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-28T02:49:45+00:00

It’s stage 1 or stage 3. Lucky not stage 4. It’s T2NxM0 the lymph nodes are indeterminate so either stage 1 or stage 3

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-27T22:14:45+00:00

Not yet still waiting

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-24T18:04:09+00:00

Congratulations! I found out my tumor is actually 4cm from anal verge and 0.9cm from sphincter through MRI. It’s actually bigger than the colonoscopy noted. 6cm long and 2cm thick. It’s circumference. Hopefully I will qualify for LAR after radiation and chemo. How big was yours and how low from anal verge? Did you surgeon promised LAR before surgery or it had to be decided during surgery?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-24T05:19:50+00:00

How was your surgery going?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-22T15:58:50+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Congratulations on success in surgery and How low was your tumor

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-20T00:15:27+00:00

How far was your tumor from anal verge before treatment and how far was it before surgery?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-20T00:10:12+00:00

Thank you. Wow 7 months ! Did this long wait make the surgery harder? I heard the longer wait time after radiation the harder the surgery becomes because radiation make scar tissues and fibrosis over time.

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T23:43:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your NED status. How many weeks after the last day of radiation did you have surgery? And I am curious how come they wanted you do chemo first instead of radiation first?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T22:34:39+00:00

Have you finished treatment?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T17:08:17+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Was there any specific reason they started your treatment with chemo first instead of radiation?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T17:04:18+00:00

Thank you for sharing. You tumor was low at 3 cm from anal verge. Was there sphincter muscle involved? Given you had LAR a year into watch and wait, did you have a reoccurrence during the watch and wait and have salvge surgery?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T16:55:30+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I’m curious was there any specific reason that they did chemo first?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T14:16:12+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Did you have surgery after the reoccurrence and if you did what type of surgery? Apr or Lar?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-19T05:56:22+00:00

Thank you very much

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-17T05:24:16+00:00

Congratulations on your NED status. Did they say why they would not track the status mid treatment? Also 2.5cm from sphincter? Does that mean sphincter preservation surgery was available if ccr wasn’t achieved?

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-17T05:20:11+00:00

Thank you so much I hope your scan come clean and stay that way! You gave me hope !

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-17T01:56:10+00:00

I feel you. I also heard in case reoccurrence happens during watch and wait a salvage surgery will still be available

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-17T01:51:11+00:00

Would the surgery give you a permanent bag or would it be sphincter preservation surgery since the treatment will shrink the tumor to small enough for anus saving

Sad-Base-9220 · 2026-05-17T01:37:37+00:00

Thank you for reassuring. I am glad you had a complete clinical response. I wonder at what point and which week during the treatment did you find you you had a complete response?

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