Voices of Resilience: Personal Journeys & Self-Advocacy in Anal Cancer 

As an anal cancer thriver in Australia (diagnosed April 2023) I want to thank you for uploading this. I am so glad you are out there supporting, advising others like me. Please keep up the wonderful work you do. Ian

I want to thank you so very much for this video as I have identified with all of the speakers and don't feel so alone.

Hi dear Anal Cancer Peers, I am in my 8th year post surgeries and treatments for stage 2/3 SC Anal Cancer . From Feb 13th 2016 to circa April 2017 I was hospitalized 15 times not including all the ER as an outpatient. My longest hospital stay was 23 days with CDIF. I was written off a few times but I wasn't agreeing to that. Yes I am a Thriver, I made a paradigm shift from worrier to warrior. I am in constant gratitude and try to maintain Mind Body Spirit balance.I also adapt daily to my new normal an my paradigm shift included going from a life of ambition to a life of meaning, after I read several books from Dr Wayne Dyer, Dr Bruce Lipton , Kelley Turner and many others.

Thank you for this. I am not a thriver yet, ?I can relate to Molly stage three then was told I had a lesion on my liver so now stage IV. Went through the Nigro protocol, 3 sigmoids post and was told remission. 6 months later they found a recurrence. now on Immunotherapy but considering surgery for osteomyelitis. I still have terrible constipation need to take laxatives and then moan in pain due to all the scarring and having to by pass the new tumor. I was always very active and was fine up to the recurrence, my activity level has decreased but I keep pushing through.

A lady here in England somehow got a piece in the news last week about her diagnosis in 2022, Caroline Hyde. It was very short but it's a start of more awareness

Sending all the good juju to all these amazing people. Diagnosed stage 2a and I finished the Nigro protocol in July of 2023 and still getting clear scans so far. And I just spit out my drink when this lovely lady said…”Mom…he has a tumor on his ass!!” That made me laugh. And honestly… This disease is such a pain in the ass. And laughing is a good thing. 🫶🏼