Treated for cancer & living with the consequences?
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Patient stories
1. My quality of life has improved so much since I have received treatment for PRD.
“Dr Andreyev has helped me most and I was lucky to have been referred to him so quickly. The normacol sachets helped somewhat but since I was on the HOT II trial my bleeding has improved greatly.
I will not know for some time if this is due to my having been given oxygen treatment until trial results are published.”
2. I simply did not have a life worth living.
“I simply had no quality of life. 3 weeks out of 4 I would throw up, followed by days of non-stop diarrhoea. I would become dehydrated – had to be put on a drip. I could not make any plans or appointments as they frequently had to be abandoned. If I had to travel anywhere, I had to go without eating for days before. I joined Dignitas, as I simply did not have a life worth living..”
3. GPs seem to be unaware of ongoing problems.
“I know that if I pig out on fatty food I will suffer for it!! I at least have control now! And I know what is causing the problem which has taken away the fear of a possible recurrence of the cancer. It was very helpful to me to know the cause of my diarrhoea and learn how to manage it. I no longer have the occasional “accident” that I had previously experienced. I would advise a friend to see a gastroenterologist. GPs seem to be unaware of ongoing problems.”
