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post-treatment diarrhea

gbeccles
gbeccles CSN Member Posts: 5
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My wife had anal canal "squamus cloacogenic carcinoma". She went through chemo + radiation this Aug/Sep. Compared to some I have read, she is not doing too badly - mostly fatigue, ... and diarrhea.

From reading here, it appears that this may continue for a while. Has anyone found ways to alleviate it? Immodium doesn't seem to help. One doctor suggested more fiber, which we're doing. In the meantime, any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,
George
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  • ele
    ele CSN Member Posts: 6
    #2
    I have been in remission about a year it took almost a year to stop. But found eating banana's, white potatoes,rice helped. Stayed away from all milk products. And "Lamotrial" RX not spelled right I am sure. I found fiber made things worse and even today if I eat salad or take fiber it makes it worse. I hope this has helped some
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  • beehey
    beehey CSN Member Posts: 3
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    maintain the low fiber/residue diet, if it gets really bad or she starts to lose too much weight look into an inflammatory bowel specialist it worked for me.
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