narrow stools

I am now a year and a couple months post-radiaton and still have to deal with wearing panty liners.  It's really odd that I cannot eat any processed sugars anymore because that seems to cause more leakage and issues.  My rectal muscles are fine.  I was told when they do the digital exam that they can feel an anal stricture which if you can imagine is like a ring inside the anal canal that makes the canal go from I don't know say 1" down to 1/3".  It makes my stools come out like my butt is a playdough machine.  Narrow stools.  I go in for a routine colonoscopy next week and they will be opening it up more using some balloon technique.  Sounds painful but at least I will be asleep for that.  I am hoping this helps remedy the anal stricture.  My symtoms match an anal stricture exactly.   

• Pain when trying to have a bowel movement.
• Need to strain to pass stool.
• Constipation.
• Bleeding after a bowel movement.
• Thin stools.
• Need to use laxatives, suppositories, or enemas to pass stool.
• Diarrhea.
• Stool leakage.

So I am hoping this will remedy a few of the issues.

Scubajoe said:

Anal stricture

I am now a year and a couple months post-radiaton and still have to deal with wearing panty liners.  It's really odd that I cannot eat any processed sugars anymore because that seems to cause more leakage and issues.  My rectal muscles are fine.  I was told when they do the digital exam that they can feel an anal stricture which if you can imagine is like a ring inside the anal canal that makes the canal go from I don't know say 1" down to 1/3".  It makes my stools come out like my butt is a playdough machine.  Narrow stools.  I go in for a routine colonoscopy next week and they will be opening it up more using some balloon technique.  Sounds painful but at least I will be asleep for that.  I am hoping this helps remedy the anal stricture.  My symtoms match an anal stricture exactly.   

• Pain when trying to have a bowel movement.
• Need to strain to pass stool.
• Constipation.
• Bleeding after a bowel movement.
• Thin stools.
• Need to use laxatives, suppositories, or enemas to pass stool.
• Diarrhea.
• Stool leakage.

So I am hoping this will remedy a few of the issues.

Finally found someone going through the same thing I am going through. I am 16 months out post treatment. I feel constipated most of the time. I did talk to my Doctors. Now on a high fiber diet with fiber tabs. Still having issues, thin stools, first is was bleeding from the strcture when I had a BM then I started taking a natural vegetable laxative, it was helping for awhile. Now back to thin poops. I had my CT scan last month, no caner.  

All of this makes me nervous. Is this my new normel? ugh