Overall very good. 😁 I do get occasion pains in my vaginal area and butt area but I am sure it is from the radiation. The radiation in my rectum caused severe bleeding and pain, it was really bad I used to scream when I had a BM.
Stanford gave me creams that didn’t help it wasn’t until I went to my urologist that he recommended nifedipine what a life saver, all those months of pain and I could have been using this.
The pain lasted almost for 2 years but got better as the months progressed. Now I am back to normal what a relief. Since I will be at my recurrence 5 years in March the doctors feel I only need a CT every year but a lot can happen in a year not sure how I feel about that having also had breast cancer.
I did have an MRI of my pelvis last year and a CT but the one thing I noticed later but forgot was that Stanford used a gel in ones vagina at the time of the MRI.
Can I asked what dilator you use now and what gel. All in all I am good. My gynecologist oncologist said my last visit with her will be March but I have a fabulous gynecologist who explains everything as she examines you so I shall continue to see her every 6 months. I find the worst thing is following up on everything and being so proactive it’s exhausting, plus my husband has had 3 cancers also, all of which we seem to have come through okay.
Have a nice day.