QUESTION ABOUT USING THE REST ROOM

Lori-S said:

Bobby
Poop, poop, poop. This colorectal cancer is a Chitty disease! I think that most of us have the experience of our intestines not working the same as before surgery. They just don't like to be man-handled let alone cut and sewn. I have a colostomy and hernia and adhesions so I'm probably not the best person to respond to what it's suppose to be like. But, I do know that I have a terrible time with constipation from chemo which really puts my system into a tailspin. You are not alone in having "not normal" poops.

POOP
Ya....... you can say poop..pooopy...runs...whatever. I have had the poops for about 18 months...ever since surgery last year.... I think I have pretty well taken everything from pills to shots for it. It has been "controlled" over the months but far far from "normal" I was taking 4-6 Immodium every day to dry things up...and then I would just FART...yes, you can say that too! Fart is even too kind of a word to describe the poisen coming out of my butt! Chemo farts are worse than dog farts..LOL! Boy....am I ever paying my husband back for all his MAN farts. Anyway, something real strange happened last week. When I woke up the urgency to do my first morning poop...gone...so I didn't take my normal Immodium pill. Many hours passed...still no poop. So whats the first thing I think...Maybe I got a blockage....is this what happens??? Just no poop??? Finally later in the day.... A familiar sensation came over me...one I had not felt in a long time.... That "I gotta have a BM....a REAL BM!!! Well, wave your magic wand cause lo and behold... a TURD was born..ya you can say that too! I don't mean to be gross here but I was soooooo happy. It was such a "normal" feeling. It was my only BM that day and by the end of the day I was asking myself.."Why ain't I pooping..whats wrong with me???" I mean I usually go 10 times a day. Then I realized...wow..this is not wrong...this IS normal!.... Been so long I forgot what normal was. I don't know why all the sudden my pooping changed...but since that day.. I have had 1 (ya, just 1) NORMAL bowel movement per day... NO more Immodium. It feels great. God have I missed THIS part of normal!!!!! Don't know how long it will last but dang has my toilet paper usage gone down!!!! Anyway... just another day in the neighborhood....you take care!

Jennie

Lori-S said:

Bobby
Poop, poop, poop. This colorectal cancer is a Chitty disease! I think that most of us have the experience of our intestines not working the same as before surgery. They just don't like to be man-handled let alone cut and sewn. I have a colostomy and hernia and adhesions so I'm probably not the best person to respond to what it's suppose to be like. But, I do know that I have a terrible time with constipation from chemo which really puts my system into a tailspin. You are not alone in having "not normal" poops.

OK Bobby
Consider this an update as just as I hit the send button on my message to you, the constipation stopped and the diarrhea started. How's that for normal poops? UGH Guess I shouldn't gripe about constipation anymore.

want to sit on the john
Hell, I just want to sit on the john and not have to kneel in front of it to do a bag dump.

8.2 days to go.

Kerry

I was still having poop
I was still having poop problems a year post-op. An Integrative Medicine MD recommended that I take GI Revive daily for 30 days. It's a powder or capsules that contain herbals that help regenerate the mucosal lining of your gut. I did this in conjunction with 40 billion cells of pro-biotics daily. Since then, I've been pooping normally. And since I was resected in 3 places, this is a major accomplishment. (I still take pro-biotics. You want a combination of Bifidus and Lactobacillus.)

See if there is an Integrative Med specialist associated with your oncology group.

Good luck - it's a long, hard road.
Alice

John23 said:

Kerry, old man....

Re:
"Hell, I just want to sit on the john "

Call it sumptin' else, willya'? That, gives me the creeps....



John

I did not capitalize the T or the J
Sorry about that John. How about crapper. That be better. But did you notice I did not capitalize the T or the J.

Kerry

Kerry S said:

I did not capitalize the T or the J
Sorry about that John. How about crapper. That be better. But did you notice I did not capitalize the T or the J.

Kerry

"The Kerry"

Re:
"I did not capitalize the T or the J."

Yeah, I was surprised, too.... what with you being such a capitalist and all...



(yuk-yuk)

John

Annabelle41415 said:

Normal
Mine aren't normal. Mine are usually on the runner side and go about 10 times a day, although mostly lucky because it happens about 9 p.m. so usually doesn't keep me from doing things. Remember you are on the colorectal board, we say anything here If you were modest before you probably got over that real fast.

Kim

New Normal
Bobby,

You just have to get used to the new normal,I'm like Kim. Do my business about ten times a day, and the consitency varies greatly. I think hydration and diet are key here. My biggest problem is staying hydrated, since I have a colostomy. I'm hoping you have an AHA moment like Jennie and just realize things are back to your old regular normal.

Don

I get excited when I have a normal Poop
How is that for pathetic, I am 2 years NED, and I get so excited when I can take a poop and its a normal one. I havent had alot of problems with not being able to go its the always having to go that kills me. I swear sometimes I can barely finish a dinner and I have to run to the bathroom, not that its the runs all the time its just I have to get it out. And the worst for me is, when I go I want to go all the way, not go a little, wipe, get up, leave the bathroom, get a few steps away and Bam I got to run back to go a little more, wipe, get up, oh and I do wash my hands forgot that part, leave the bathroom and BAM again, right back to the bathroom, it really sucks when I am at work. I used to be really embarrassed but I am at the point now, if I gotta go, I gotta go, its either that or wear a diaper and well have done that already, didnt like it much. So when I can go to the potty and be finished all in one trip, I get excited, crazy huh?

HUGS
Beth