Tummy upset, acid reflux?

stayingpositive
stayingpositive Member Posts: 89
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Ok, guys for the last four days my stomach has been a little tipsy, and i've had acid reflux building up sometimes in my esophogus, enough to make me cough a little. Is this the onset of the dreaded radiation sickness? I've only got tommorrows rad treatment and then i'm done with my cookin', but am curious as to whats happening, if its the rads, then I won't have to worry about an ulcer or something...lol, just what i'd need now.

Bill

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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Acid Reflux...
    I've had acid reflux every since chemo an rads three years ago....

    Protonix is what is prescribed for me, and it has worked great.

    Best,
    John
  • stayingpositive
    stayingpositive Member Posts: 89
    #3
    Skiffin16 said:

    Acid Reflux...
    I've had acid reflux every since chemo an rads three years ago....

    Protonix is what is prescribed for me, and it has worked great.

    Best,
    John

    chemo next week
    I start chemo next week, well if interferon is considered chemo. LOL, I wouldn't know, but i've got one month five times a week, then at home 3x a week for the next year. Does the chemo give you stomach problems? My sis-in-law had to do interferon for a year, she lost like 40 lbs and was sicker than a dog, most days she just got up drank a little coffee a a small portion of breakfast and slept in the sun room. I'm hoping that since i'm a little more healthy body-wise and spirit wise than most, that the chemo won't have too bad of an effect on me.
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #4
    stayingpositive said:

    chemo next week
    I start chemo next week, well if interferon is considered chemo. LOL, I wouldn't know, but i've got one month five times a week, then at home 3x a week for the next year. Does the chemo give you stomach problems? My sis-in-law had to do interferon for a year, she lost like 40 lbs and was sicker than a dog, most days she just got up drank a little coffee a a small portion of breakfast and slept in the sun room. I'm hoping that since i'm a little more healthy body-wise and spirit wise than most, that the chemo won't have too bad of an effect on me.

    You Never Know...
    But if you have a good MD like I did, they'll have something.

    My chemo md always told me, "whatever symptom you have, let me know...I have something for it"..., LOL and she always did.

    JG
  • hawk711
    hawk711 Member Posts: 566
    #5
    Skiffin16 said:

    You Never Know...
    But if you have a good MD like I did, they'll have something.

    My chemo md always told me, "whatever symptom you have, let me know...I have something for it"..., LOL and she always did.

    JG

    Son of a gun
    I didn't know any of you had acid reflux. John, i've had it for a year or more. Somewhat glad to hear that it may be caused by chemo or rads. At least i have some idea that I am "abi-normal" as the saying goes. I take a med also that also works. So go tell you Dr., they have some good pills to help it or stop it...
    all the best,
    Steve
  • longtermsurvivor
    longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,842 Member
    #6
    hawk711 said:

    Son of a gun
    I didn't know any of you had acid reflux. John, i've had it for a year or more. Somewhat glad to hear that it may be caused by chemo or rads. At least i have some idea that I am "abi-normal" as the saying goes. I take a med also that also works. So go tell you Dr., they have some good pills to help it or stop it...
    all the best,
    Steve

    lots of things are related
    I never had a single episode of reflux in my life, until the day after my radical neck dissection. That was 14 years ago, and I've had reflux every day since then, beginning with the very first day after my surgery. It responds well to medication. I'm on one of the OTC preps (famotidine). But if I miss more than one dose, here comes the pain. There is a strong relationship between the two, though it wouldn't seem like it should be so.
  • arndog64
    arndog64 Member Posts: 537
    #7
    longtermsurvivor said:

    lots of things are related
    I never had a single episode of reflux in my life, until the day after my radical neck dissection. That was 14 years ago, and I've had reflux every day since then, beginning with the very first day after my surgery. It responds well to medication. I'm on one of the OTC preps (famotidine). But if I miss more than one dose, here comes the pain. There is a strong relationship between the two, though it wouldn't seem like it should be so.

    Very strange that you all
    Very strange that you all got acid reflux after treatment. My husband had horrible acid reflux prior to treatment. Hw would eat rolaids by the handful. Now, he has no reflux and has not touched a rolaid in a year.

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