My husband had low anterior resection surgery for stage 3 colon cancer July 24, 2019. Had 18 in of colon removed and 5 of 17 lymph nodes were affected. Since his surgery he has had issues with the lars. We have had trouble getting his bowels right, going from constipated to just clustering, never diarrhea. He has this pain down there which is what we have found out is called tenesmus, which is rectal cramping pain that makes you feel like you have to have a bowel movement. He would experience this off and on however this past week he has had it frequently since his last chemo treatment which is from not have a bowel movement for going on 4 days now. We have tried everything and still no bm just severe tenesmus pain. Has anyone else experienced this? Ideas would be great also for what worked for anyone else to firm up bms to only have one or 2 normal ones per day? Thank you
