Help with pains for anal cancer and maybe a diet?

[paulb88319]

I am waiting to find out what treatments is possible for me towards anal cancer at the henry ford clinic and this is been a problem since January. I cant use the bathroom normally I either go to much or not at all but the pressure there to go is still the same. But either way the pain I go through is excruciatingly making me feel like wanting to cut my own intestines out. I need help the vicodin they give me dont work and cant take to many towards making me constipated and even worse pains, I am at my witts end. What makes things worse is the hiv which limits my options for treatment and while they **** me around can someone please give me some helpful ideas???

[todd30]

How long have you been positive? What stage is your cancer (has it spread?) what were your  symptoms? Do you smoke? Are they doing radiation? Did they comfirm this by bioopsy? I'm suprised they havent acted sooner with radiation or chemo!! You might want to consider going to another hospital.  If you smoke stop.. I would eat a macrobiotics diet if I were you it has anti cancer properties and is very easy on the digestive system.

[todd30]

I would take your concerns to the cancer survivors network anal cancer message board. They have alot of survivors and people going thru treatment they can give you alot more info there. Good luck.