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a month agoHi everyone. I am new here. I have a new diagnosis as of December 2025 with anal cancer. I didn’t even know there was such a thing until now. Anyway, I am 45 and I have 7 children. My youngest is 5 months old. It was due to a fissure caused by the pregnancy that lead to the discovery of this cancer. I thank God that it was found early, but thinking about the treatment and what it might do to my body is hard and really gets me down. I go back and forth with thinking, “I can do this!” And then, “Why do I have to subject my body to this?” .. and the tears flow.. When I think about my children and how much I need to be here for them, I know I can do anything, so I am trying to keep my mind focused on that.
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a month agoWhat a challenging time this must be, especially with so many little ones counting on you. The emotional rollercoaster between feeling strong and feeling overwhelmed is completely normal when facing a cancer diagnosis - many parents in this community share similar feelings about balancing treatment decisions with family responsibilities. Your love for your children clearly gives you incredible strength, and focusing on being there for them can be a powerful source of motivation throughout your journey.
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a month agoGood morning
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22 days agoI've had a similar cancer. I have vaginal cancer Ann's, and I had to go through a lot of chemo radiation in intense brachial therapy radiation. What I found is through the help of God and the strength. And faith that you can do all things through Christ, Jesus, and you keep the faith in. Hope and remember the little ones were stronger than we know that we and you take One Day at a Time. That's what helped me in having the support of family loved ones and friends that were there. And willing to help me get to the chemo. I had someone to drive me and my husband stayed with me on the days that i had chemo to help me get up-and-down, and it's just life itself. And you got a lot of people counting on you. So you just keep fighting and you got to just do it. Let you find it early. So the the good news of that is that he has an answer or you could have found it in a later stage. But you found it early, and you thank God for that. And you go through I wish you the best you keep being positive. I am new on here myself. But I was just reading the different stories, and I saw this one. And this is more related to the type of chemo and cancer that I had caused either one of them affects either part. You know, they're so close to one another. So I've had a lot of pain coming from the anal due to my cancer. So you can do it, fight, fight, fight.
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