Hello everyone
I am about to start my last 9 days of treatment and I am counting down the days like never before! It still seems so far away.
Anyway, I was advised to start taking cocodamol last Thursday having been only using the occasional paracetamol. My nurse said it was vitally important to start medicating for pain now so that I could make it to the end of treatment, and I agreed. So, I started initially taking 2 lots of cocodamol and, almost immediately, my gut went on strike! Unbelievable how little it took. I got worried and reduced the dose to once a day at bedtime as getting constipated is really a very bad idea. I also started on the Movicol and have taken 2 sachets a day for the past two days. This has had little to no effect and visits to the toilet are painful with very hard and small offerings! Typical constipation.
I was looking for advice from anyone who has experienced this. Prior to taking the cocodamol I had quite loose and urgent movements in the morning but I think these were preferable to the alternative. I am evidently very sensitive to opioids, or rather my gut is. I wonder if I simple need to up my Movicol to 3 or maybe more than 3 sachets a day or ask for an alternative, non opioid pain reliever.
I am acutely aware that the last part of the treatment, plus the first couple of weeks after will be the worst. I will need pain relief and I am now worried that I will be in trouble and choosing between being in a lot of pain but being able to poo, or being in less pain until I need to poo and then being in agony
Any thoughts appreciated.
Many thanks
Jo xx
