Gas and pain

Tracy figg
Tracy figg Member Posts: 36
in Anal Cancer #1

The Gas i have. Is very painfull. I haven't started treatment but any one every had gas and crampes really bad and the pain in my back is terriable its going done my legs. And i know that feeling like have to go is part of it. But the pain is terriable im crying and scaring . its making me sick. Is this normal.

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  • lp1964
    lp1964 Member Posts: 1,239 Member
    #2
    I had a lot f pain too!

    Even though I had rectal cancer, before the radiation treatment started for about 2 months I had really bad paralizing pain. I took 600mg Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) 3-4 times a day that made it manageable. By the middle if the treatment that pain decreased, but came the pain from the radiation. At the end everything was fine for me and I wish you the same.

    Laz

  • Tracy figg
    Tracy figg Member Posts: 36
    #3
    lp1964 said:

    I had a lot f pain too!

    Even though I had rectal cancer, before the radiation treatment started for about 2 months I had really bad paralizing pain. I took 600mg Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) 3-4 times a day that made it manageable. By the middle if the treatment that pain decreased, but came the pain from the radiation. At the end everything was fine for me and I wish you the same.

    Laz

    Thanks its hard they say only

    Thanks its hard they say only a few thing you may have but i dont think they really no for sure. But  people know all the symptom.

  • nicotianna
    nicotianna Member Posts: 209
    #4
    pain management

    Your oncologist should be able to manage your pain.  Some hospitals have a pan management team.  Notify your doc.  Some hospitals have online communication.  If not, call.  Keep us posted.

    Nic

  • Ouch_Ouch_Ouch
    Ouch_Ouch_Ouch Member Posts: 508 Member
    #5
    Empathy abounds......

    I only had pain during pre-treatment at the site of the lesion where it had begun to penetrate the skin near my anus. That part of the tumor vanished quickly once radiation started.

    My intestinal pain and gasseous eminations came from a long history of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). It continues to today. The chemotherapy strips the inner GI tract raw and the radition can leave permanent scarring. Have you started treatment yet?

    Are you taking any meds that can effect GI tract function, like codeine, oxycontin, or fentynal? They have a well-earned reputation for causing constipation.

    You should never have to endure pain. Speak to the oncologist immediately. You may need to be sent to a physiatrist (a doctor of physical therapy, if the pain is caused by muscle or nerve involvement and is not cancer-related). You may need to consider a stool softener while you are on pain meds.

    BY THE WAY - Once your GI tract is raw from chemo, the carbonation in soft drinks can cause a lot of distress. Until you recover, only drink flattened drinks. Let it sit out in a glass or use a much quicker trick we used in pediatrics was to put the soda in a baby bottle, shake vigorously, and push the nipple to open the oriface to release the gas. Repeat until flattened. Nobody told me about this until I was in the hospital, overwhelmed with nausea and full of ginger ale with a sore, distended abdomenn.  >_<

  • Ouch_Ouch_Ouch
    Ouch_Ouch_Ouch Member Posts: 508 Member
    #6
    Ouch_Ouch_Ouch said:

    Empathy abounds......

    I only had pain during pre-treatment at the site of the lesion where it had begun to penetrate the skin near my anus. That part of the tumor vanished quickly once radiation started.

    My intestinal pain and gasseous eminations came from a long history of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). It continues to today. The chemotherapy strips the inner GI tract raw and the radition can leave permanent scarring. Have you started treatment yet?

    Are you taking any meds that can effect GI tract function, like codeine, oxycontin, or fentynal? They have a well-earned reputation for causing constipation.

    You should never have to endure pain. Speak to the oncologist immediately. You may need to be sent to a physiatrist (a doctor of physical therapy, if the pain is caused by muscle or nerve involvement and is not cancer-related). You may need to consider a stool softener while you are on pain meds.

    BY THE WAY - Once your GI tract is raw from chemo, the carbonation in soft drinks can cause a lot of distress. Until you recover, only drink flattened drinks. Let it sit out in a glass or use a much quicker trick we used in pediatrics was to put the soda in a baby bottle, shake vigorously, and push the nipple to open the oriface to release the gas. Repeat until flattened. Nobody told me about this until I was in the hospital, overwhelmed with nausea and full of ginger ale with a sore, distended abdomenn.  >_<

    One last thing...........

    Once you start on pain meds, do not wait until you are in deep pain to take it. It will be harder to control. Likewise with nausea meds.

  • Tracy figg
    Tracy figg Member Posts: 36
    #7
    Ouch_Ouch_Ouch said:

    One last thing...........

    Once you start on pain meds, do not wait until you are in deep pain to take it. It will be harder to control. Likewise with nausea meds.

    Thanks they only thing im

    Thanks they only thing im already on oxyodin and itesnt help

  • nicotianna
    nicotianna Member Posts: 209
    #8
    Tracy figg said:

    Thanks they only thing im

    Thanks they only thing im already on oxyodin and itesnt help

    pain management

    Are you constipated?  Did the doc advise you to take stool softeners?  The oxycodone may be causing th gas pains.  Please give your oncologist a call.

    Nic

  • Ouch_Ouch_Ouch
    Ouch_Ouch_Ouch Member Posts: 508 Member
    #9
    Tracy figg said:

    Thanks they only thing im

    Thanks they only thing im already on oxyodin and itesnt help

    Pain meds.

    Tracy figg - For most of the treatment, I was on a Fentanyl patch 25 mcg with oxycodone 10 mg/325 mg acetaminiphen for break-through pain. At the height of my pain (brought on by being well-radiation-toasted), I was on Fentanyl patch 75 mcg with morphine (don't remember the dose) for break-thorough pain.

    Please - there is no reason to suffer from pain. It increases your stress, makes time go very slowly, and interferes with sleep and eating. Take your meds before the pain gets intense. If your meds are inadequate, tell the oncologist ASAP. You do not need to worry about dependency. It's unlikely that you'll develop one and the onc. will wean you from the meds, anyway.

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