mucous discharge

EtheB

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1115064#Comment_1115064

My sentiment entirely 👍️

knowwhentowalkaway

Hello group. It is nice to join a group where there are people who have been through the same experience. I am 4 1/2 months out and have had the mucous before, through and after. My docs and Google said mucous is a normal body function to lubricate the stool. It is always there but don’t usually see it like I have with the cancer. I lost count of the boxes of panty liners have bought.

I started losing hair a couple of months after treatment. My oncologist thinks it could be a thyroid issue. He also gave me Silver Sulfadiazine cream. It really helps when the area is tender. Not for long term use.

Recovery is slow. Fatigue is major. I need to remind myself of the 6-12 month recovery. I try not to be hard on myself and just do one thing a day.

The hardest part for me besides the cancer is my mental health. My daughter wouldn’t let me stay at her home and take care of me. I found an apartment. She came to take me to some appointments but became more work involved and did that in the waiting room. She never engaged interactively with my docs. Then on the last week and one half of treatment she left the country on vacation with a friend. My heart was broken. I am so grateful to my girlfriends and son in law who stepped in helped care for me. I stayed in the apartment each day alone. Nearly every day they would drive from out of town to take me to appointments. They would call and text when I was alone each night at my apartment. I will never forget what they have done and continue to do for me.

Cancer is hard. No sugar coating it. I couldn’t have done it without my friends. I wish you all the very best.

mis714

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1109410#Comment_1109410

First...fart thing..Very Tru! Second, i found aquafor or cortisone worked best for me

BeaRose

I am 15 years out and still have uncontrollable bouts of diarrhea. I take 5 Lomotil daily. Also started recently on Budesonide 6mg. I am currently undergoing treatment for stage 4 triple negative breast cancer.

MGLENN

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/223447/mucous-discharge

What triggers discharge

mak1970

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1723012#Comment_1723012

The mucous may be caused by inflammation and/or infection. I am 8 months post radiation and my frequency has gone down considerably, but I still get that discharge occassionally. I do not have a trigger before it happens, but when I see it, it is followed by a few days of fever and fatigue.

I still have anal leakage and have resigned to period underwear, which works okay except when the poo causes the irritated skin, then the depends seem to provide a slight buffer space for the poo.

I have to admit, I do joke that if I could control the shart (poo + fart), I probably would in long queues at the market.

EtheB

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1137513#Comment_1137513

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1723016#Comment_1723016

I'm now 12 months out from chemo/radiation therapy and, like you taken to wearing pads. These certainly help but the underlying problem doesn't appear to be declining :-(

mak1970

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1723023#Comment_1723023

There must be a secret way or a doctor that can help (which your insurance won’t cover anyway); but it seems we are the unlucky ones that fate has destined to whine on message boards. I will waste my time looking for unicorns and being ever so grateful I am alive so I can subsidize insurance companies and their investors, as I waste my money looking for a cure.