Pooping

Hi Bex123 Welcome to the forum. I remember those poos, I described it as passing razor blades dipped in acid. From what I recall my painful poos started after treatment and lasted for about a week I think. I just used to do deep breathing to get through them. I have seen some on here say they would poo into the sitz bath and found it helped. Only five more sessions and then rest and recover. Sending hugs. Xx

Hi Bungle,

Thank you so much for your response, hopefully I only have a couple of weeks of this pain of pooing then! That gives me some ray of hope. 

Hello Bex123 

Welcome to the forum and I am so pleased that you have found it helpful.  And you are nearly there, well done!

And yes - going to the loo is like passing broken glass, the inside of the anus has had weeks of radiotherapy and is very raw and there isn't much you can do to stop the 'traffic'.  You are doing all the right things.  Towards the end of treatment, I used to poo into the sitzbath filled with lukewarm water, for me it made slightly less painful going under water.  And others have found Instillagel applied internally helped numb the area prior to going to the loo.  I tried it but couldn't get past the stinging but I must be a wuss!

And remember to shout out to your team if you need more pain relief, the last two - three weeks can be challenging so best be prepared.

Please let us know how you get on.

Irene xxx

Hi Bex23, 

I am on day 21 tomorrow my poops are the same, so sore. My skin has broken. I need to go frequently and they are all small pieces, when will they ever return to some sort of normality. 

Hope your last 5 days are okay

Such a true description xx

What numbing gel do you use ? Xx

Hi Flowerpot26 instillagel is the numbing cream, it can sting a bit when applied but that doesn't last long. X

Should I ask nurses at hospital for it? Thank you xx

Hi Irene, 

Thank you for your response, you are definitely not a wuss, i also find is far to sore to poke anything up it to stop the pain. I may well try going in the sitz bath if that helps even a little bit. Hopefully it will ease in a couple of weeks, well thats what I keep telling myself. Xx

Hi Flowerpot, yes its instagel, just tell your team that going to the toilet is like pooing razor blades, can thry give you anything. Good luck. X