2 months post treatment, still dealing with diarrhea

Will_Coons

jena58 said:

I too had lots of problems. I

I too had lots of problems. I had 'accidents', in the change room of a s ports store! Luckily I had heaps of tissues and just got out of there, in my car and home as quick as I could, one in the supermarket, just left my trolley and ran, another in the car, I had to pull into the first place I could find, a Hungry Jack and, clean myself up in the toilet. If I had got go any where in the morning I had to be up at least 2 hours earlier to make sure I had 'emptied out' before I left the house. I'm a massage therapist and work from home so if my first appointment was 8 am I had to be up no later than 6 am to be ready. I still have to run to the loo within 10 minutes or rising in the morning. It has gotten better over the last 6 months ( I'm 17 months out of last treatment). I found that bread or anything with flour was the culprit, I still can't tolerate it, bloating and diarhia. I refused to give up my greens purely on a nutritional basis, but flour, processed foods and sugar reek havoc. Red meat also, terrible pain. I've found that the 'cleaner' the food, the better I am, I can't tolerate any sort of takeaway, even the good old Aussie meat pie is trouble.

working

Hi Jena -

 

I too am a massage therapist and also a yoga teacher. Since my stage 2 diagnosis and treatment in December 2013 I have been unable to work, and being self-employed I can not draw unemployment insurance nor am I too sick for disability. Money is running out and I will need to try to begin to work again.

My question to you, if you would be kind enough to answer, is how far out post-treatment did you begin to work and how were you able to do it? All my clients know and I am sure some will not return, assuming I am 'sick' and that my energy will not be good for them.

Thank you!

Will Coons

www.massageandyoga.com

Phoebesnow

mp327 said:

Mike

I agree.  I, too, am at the 5 plus-year mark and find that Imodium has to be with me at all times.  My bowels can act up suddenly, when I also find myself having numerous BM's in a day.  Most of the time, it's food-related.  I just returned home from a trip over the holidays that did a number on my insides.  It is so hard when traveling, as we have much less control over what we eat.  I was staying in a hotel and visiting family and was often-times dependent on what they served, which was not always gut-friendly.  I would certainly love to go back to having just one BM per day, but that's not likely.  I have never taken the probiotics in pill-form.  I eat a lot of yogurt--usually twice a day.  I may have to give the probiotic tablets a try.   

Wills

I returned to work 2 1/2 months after tx.  I took the Imodium in the morning and wokeup 2-3Hours earlier in order to get my going over with.  I usually felt best around 12 pm.  Iwork physically as a landscape designer.  I did not return to surfing until seven months post tx as work was my physical priority.

None of myclients left me.

 

You will find your clients waiting for you.  

 

Hope you feel better soon!

 

 

Marynb

Will_Coons said:

working

Hi Jena -

 

I too am a massage therapist and also a yoga teacher. Since my stage 2 diagnosis and treatment in December 2013 I have been unable to work, and being self-employed I can not draw unemployment insurance nor am I too sick for disability. Money is running out and I will need to try to begin to work again.

My question to you, if you would be kind enough to answer, is how far out post-treatment did you begin to work and how were you able to do it? All my clients know and I am sure some will not return, assuming I am 'sick' and that my energy will not be good for them.

Thank you!

Will Coons

www.massageandyoga.com

Will
I certainly hope that your clients don't avoid you because had cancer! That is ridiculous. I recently had a friend, a devotee of yoga, tell me he believed I got cancer due to "bad karma". I am not a yoga devotee, as I have my own religion and I was really offended! Needless to say, I crossed him off my friend list! After all we have been through, we do not need to deal with ignorance. What irks me the most is the holier than thou attitude of some who claim to be enlightened by an Eastern religion. Who needs that?
I am almost 3 yrs. post treatment and I still have some issues, though much improved, have you tried adding about 1/2 cup of hummus to your diet daily? This really helps me. It adds bulk to the stools. I now take 1 Immodium every morning, on my way to work. I need 2 hrs. In the morning before work to use the bathroom. After that, I take the Immodium.

pamela_preib

I'm a year out and still have

I'm a year out and still have bad days, but also a lot of good. I can find no rhyme nor reason for it. I just eat and hope for the best. I eat healthy and try and stay away from sugar. I am big on chicken and rice. Usually mornings are the worst. Sometimes I'm up in the middle of the night. Then again I sometimes go a few days and feel perfectly normal other than my new pencil sized poo. I am never ever constipated which I think is a huge advantage as that sounds painful.