IMRT Low Fiber Diets and Normal Bowel Movements
This coming Tuesday I'm beginning 8 weeks of IMRT radiation treatments. They want me to start eating a low fiber diet to minimize gas in the bowels. Evidently gas can cause the prostate and other organs to move around a bit which could affect the accuracy of the beam radiation. Also they want me to empty my bowels and have a full bladder daily before receiving treatment. I currently eat a high fiber diet which has kept me regular for years, but just recently I had to go on a temporary low fiber diet for a few days prior to a radiation planning visit where they did CT and MRI imaging then tattooed 4 small dots in the groin area for alignment purposes which will be used during treatment. Anyhow, just those few days of low fiber really messed with my bowel movements. I was not regular and was constipated. Ended up aggravating a hemorrhoid. I'm worried about how to prepare and address these issues. Has anyone any advice on how they dealt with maintaining regularity and a healthy anus during these weeks of radiation treatments while eating a low fiber diet?
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Hi,
I would not doubt you bathroom habits will be screwed up getting use to the low fiber. I would think the hemorrhoids are a result of straining. Ask your doctor if you allowed to take a gentle laxative. Your local pharmacist might be able to recommend something.
Dave 3+4
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Exercise
Nothing gets my GI tract in fighting form like going out jogging. Hiking and walking too. Exercises that directly involve the core like squats and situps. Going for a walk with a backpack with some weight in it. Great for your mental health too!
Turn this journey into something with at least an element of positive in it. Give yourself a gift of time spent moving. Put on some headphones and walk to a happy place.
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Yeah! Or maybe crap my drawers and piss myself whilst I'm three miles from a toilet. Lols!
I do routinely walk about 3 miles everyday the weather permits. It has and is helping me immensely. Can't say I'm in a happy place though. Just got my PSA results after a few weeks on Orgovyx. Has reduced it from 9 down to 1. I know it's only part of the battle, but at least it's putting a temporary hurting on the bandit. I'd be less happy if it were still rising.
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Hi,
Along the weeks of my IMRT I continued eating my breakfast of 100% bran + plain yogurt without any trouble for the treatment. Surely I am not asking you to do the same but I felt very well.
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