Well i have survived my first two weeks of treatment - yippee! Haven't felt too bad (so far!) a little nausea early morning so i have a slice of toast then take my first chemo tabs out of the way. Feeling tired of course especially with the travelling to and from the hospital.
i have to rush to the loo a few times in the morning bowel wise and am suffering from a lot of bloating and embarrassing wind!! in fact the wind caused a problem with my radiotherapy one day last week. After setting everything up they came in and send they couldn't proceed as there was a pocket of wind so they told me to have a walk round and come back after the next patient! So embarrassing but I must admit the walking round did release the wind they were right and then they could complete the treatment. I was panicking it would happen again the next two days and kept my fingers crossed and luckily they didn't - phew! Wondered if this had happened to anyone else?
So okay so far and so grateful for the advice I keep reading on this forum and will continue to read - thank you everyone.
Hi Carole21, that’s great to hear you’re 2 weeks down already & you seem to be coping really well. The fatigue was by far the biggest side effect for me, I just felt exhausted sometimes & would have take myself off for an hour or two nap to recharge usually when I got back from my hospital appointment & I’d still be ready for bed by 9pm!!
I didn’t suffer with too much wind or bloating during treatment but I sure as heck did for a quite long time after my treatment had finished. I now know there are some foods my digestive system just can’t cope with anymore. The issue you’re having right now is probably just your bowel becoming a little irritated by the radiotherapy but if it continues after your treatment is over & you’ve passed the couple of weeks post treatment stage then keeping a food diary is a great way to eliminate trigger foods. You could ask your treating team if it would be ok for you to take charcoal tablets for the wind issue, I find these work for me personally but as I said I would always check with your team first before taking anything new even a natural product such as charcoal.
It’s also great that you’ve found some of the tips given by our lovely members useful.
Good luck for week three, it’ll be over & done with before you know it.
Nicola
Thanks Nicola,
I'll have a word with my nurse at my review tomorrow about the charcoal tablets. I do have a lots of fibre in my diet as i've suffered with IBS in the past due to stress. So i'll ask about my diet too - just don't want to get constipated! 
Carole
Hi again Carole (Carole21),
When you speak to your nurse, if you haven’t already, mention about your IBS & ask if there’s a chance you could be prescribed some Movicol or the like just incase you do get any constipation, I always keep them on hand as I also have mild IBS that has become more apparent following treatment & it usually results in some constipation.
Nicola
