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Vital Info

Name:
Frank (butty)

Member Since:
March 29, 2009

Location:
San Francisco, California

Birthday:
September

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Anal Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Diagnosis Date:
March 26, 2009

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 2

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Colorectal Surgery

Radiation:
yes

Chemotherapy:
Fluorouracil

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
That a cure for ALL has not yet been achieved.

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
Love Abounds In My Life

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Love everyone around you as much as you can, as if there is no tomorrow.

Alternative Cancer Treatment:
Two 550mg Ginger Tables Starting Three Days Before This Therapy

Metastasized? Where?:
None

Cancer Symptoms:
Janury 3, 2005 – discovered an anal fissure while on vacation; went to clinic and was advised to put PrepH on it and check back with my doctor if it did not help. Fissure would not heal since that time and finally a biopsy was performed in 2009.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
March 20, 2009 – Biopsy of fissure tissure

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:
IMRT: May 18, 2009 to June 26, 2009 – 5 days a week

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
5FU: 5/18/09 to 5/21/09 and 6/15/09 to 6/18/09
Mitomycin once on 5/18 and once again on 6/15/09

butty's Photos

Sunrise Today

The First Day of the Rest of My Life shows me her beauty as I awake today.

Posted on July 3, 2009 at 10:29:46 PM by Frank ( Link to this comment.

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Wow that is beautiful! Amazing how we don’t take anything for granite anymore. Hope you are feeling better. Happy 4th of July Frank.

Keeping you close in my thoughts and prayers.

take care and keep me updated on your progress of healing.

Nancy

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 6:40:38 AM by nancyp

Frank—
You are so right—life is good and beauty surrounds us, all we have to do is take notice and enjoy! Hope you are doing well!

Martha

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 11:08:54 AM by mp327

Beautiful——thanks for sharing.

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 11:53:19 AM by staypositive

Wow, that is fantastic. I have to start getting up earlier. ;-)

Posted on July 5, 2009 at 8:17:16 AM by jill

Jill, I was up with butt burns and was given the site of this gift for fun and nurturing,

Posted on July 5, 2009 at 1:55:59 PM by butty

One good thing that comes from cancer-the beauty of EVERYTHING! Even if you already stop and smell the roses, they get sweeter. That’s a sunrise that would bring me to tears!

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 6:59:36 PM by littleprincess

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