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Radiology Enteritis

AlMona
AlMona CSN Member Posts: 6
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My Wife Had Colorectal tumor removed whent through Chemo and Radiation treatment ended 7/2007.Enteritis set in 10/2007 Just getting worse as time goes by she's been on TPN since 11/2007. Anyone else gone through this?
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  • 66Rose
    66Rose CSN Member Posts: 58
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    What is Enteritis? I guess if I went through it I would know, I also had radiation, but have never of this term.

    God Bless,

    Liz
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  • AlMona
    AlMona CSN Member Posts: 6
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    66Rose said:

    What is Enteritis? I guess if I went through it I would know, I also had radiation, but have never of this term.

    God Bless,

    Liz

    what we are being told is the intestine are damage due to the radiation. it does not function nothing will pass. she cannot eat has been being fed thru the arteries. nausea and vomiting are now a constant thing. she has been hospitalized numerous times due to the nausea and vomiting
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