bowel control problems

earied
earied Member Posts: 22
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I am 2 1/2 ned. had lower abdmoninal resction, radition with 5FU then Fulfox with 5FU. Last December I had a hernia repair. Still having problems with bowel control. Take benefiber twice a day and try to eat enough fiber. Anyone else still having problems? It was good for awhile now it's more frequent. I know stress effects it and wondering if I need to stop eating tomato products. It's frustrating

Thanks, Ann

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  • lizzydavis
    lizzydavis Member Posts: 893
    #2
    Hi Ann,
    Hi Ann,

    You might want to try the BRAT Diet. It is Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast.

    Immodium works wonders for me.

    Lizzy
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #3
    just goodluck
    only been reversed 1 week and still learning about my new bowels.
    i hope you find a solution. giving up tomatoes would bw such a sacrifice, the are
    my favourite food and would be the last thing a give up.
    hugs,
    pete
  • canadian4sure
    canadian4sure Member Posts: 5
    #4
    Bowel problems
    Read your comment and question. I am in my fifth year of remission from colonrectal cancer. Had two feet of my colon removed shortly after being diagnosed in May, 2006. Yes, I still have problems too. What you are experiencing are the effects from cancer. Cancer does a lot of damage. I find it hard to eat solid food at times. When I do, I get sick, spend lots of time in the bathroom and often it hurts. I have found I can no longer have fiber, (although I am supposed to) and leafy vegetables bother me too. Especially lettuce. I have found that when I have problems, I lay off solid food for three or four days, sometimes a week depending on how bad I am and just have a liquid supplement such as Ensure or Boost. Then after a week of that, I slowly try and introduce solid food again. Hope this helps. Oh and by the way, when you get depressed or frustrated with your condition as I do, remember this: at least we are still both alive! It is not a bad trade off. A few health problems in exchange for my life.
  • earied
    earied Member Posts: 22
    #5
    canadian4sure said:

    Bowel problems
    Read your comment and question. I am in my fifth year of remission from colonrectal cancer. Had two feet of my colon removed shortly after being diagnosed in May, 2006. Yes, I still have problems too. What you are experiencing are the effects from cancer. Cancer does a lot of damage. I find it hard to eat solid food at times. When I do, I get sick, spend lots of time in the bathroom and often it hurts. I have found I can no longer have fiber, (although I am supposed to) and leafy vegetables bother me too. Especially lettuce. I have found that when I have problems, I lay off solid food for three or four days, sometimes a week depending on how bad I am and just have a liquid supplement such as Ensure or Boost. Then after a week of that, I slowly try and introduce solid food again. Hope this helps. Oh and by the way, when you get depressed or frustrated with your condition as I do, remember this: at least we are still both alive! It is not a bad trade off. A few health problems in exchange for my life.

    They took half of my rectum
    They took half of my rectum out so I have half the storeage. My colon/rectal doctor said I would probably have to live with it. When it gets me down I do try to be thankful that I am still alive. Thanks for the suggestions. I have heard that maybe doing biofeed back may help which the physical therapy department locally works with that, but my insurance doesn't pay for outpatient therapy.
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #6
    earied said:

    They took half of my rectum
    They took half of my rectum out so I have half the storeage. My colon/rectal doctor said I would probably have to live with it. When it gets me down I do try to be thankful that I am still alive. Thanks for the suggestions. I have heard that maybe doing biofeed back may help which the physical therapy department locally works with that, but my insurance doesn't pay for outpatient therapy.

    Hi anne , did you try with a normal diet?
    As per i see you are getting lots of fibre, wich may be healthy but difficult to be processed by you bowels .On the beginning I was having lots of vegetables and fiber and didn't normalize my stomach until I started to eat normal meals, Meat, chicken , fish , and of course some vegetables ,some red wine , not to much just a glass , so just the normal tings i had before, i became to normalize most of my functions also Kefir was a big help! try it I really suggest it !
    Hugs!
  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #7
    Low Res Diet
    Try a low res diet. This got me regular again. I was going to the bathroom many times a day. This slowly got me normal. I preferred Lomotil over immodium. I thought Immodium made everything taste like chalk.

    Best Always, mike

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