@samclembeau
I'm almost 59. Precisely a year ago I took the decision to accept chemoradiation at the lowest dose possible for a very low lying rectal cáncer not even stage 1 (positive margins of the resected polyp). I took 2 tablets of Capecitabine in the morning and 1 in the evening the days of the RT (Monday through Friday). I stopped the Capecitabine after 23 or 24 days, because I starting having parestesias in my left extremities. I kept exercising during the RT in spite of the burns, I just adjusted what exercises I did and the intensity.

My polyp was very close to the sphincter. Now I have developped a very rare rectovaginal fistula 3.2 cm from the anus, in the middle of the necrotised rectal tissue, and we found a ¿new? polyp across from the fistula. My sphincter was not affected by the radiation.

I'm going to have surgery to get rid of the fistula and the polyp.