Incontinence after radiotherapy

It does appear to be an issue for some however some of what I have read does suggest you raise it with your team to get the help you need to aid your recovery . 
I know chemotherapy / surgery cases issues for my mum and she got referred to a different team who helped her through it and was worth raising with her team .

You might also like to use the helpline .

Really hope it picks up for you quickly .

take care ,

 Court 

Hi and congratulations on ticking off the radiotherapy box. Did you lay on your front or back for your treatment? I only ask because my friend lay on her back with an empty bladder whereas I lay on my front with a full bladder. She had quite a few urinary problems after and felt like she was weeing bubbles at one point. I lay on my front and felt after treatment that when I needed to go then I needed to go whereas I’ve always been able to hold on previously. I also found that my wee seemed to come out very slowly. The good news is that both of our issues resolved themselves after a couple of weeks and went back to normal. Hopefully you will find the same over time but you could always ring your support nurse if you need a bit of reassurance?

Take care

Karen x

Thanks Karen. Lucky it stop now. I laid on my  back with full bladder as I had to have a stoma bag x

That’s good to hear . Do you have the 8-10 week wait before surgery now? x

I had stoma surgery 12th march.. radiotherapy for one week on 20th April and start chemo next friday and having to cycles. Then surgery is about 5 months from what I have been told. I'm just glad i havent been put on hold due to covid 19 as i know a lot of people have x

Hi Littleme80

I’m glad to hear you have been able to have surgery and I hope you are making a good recovery. I also hope your chemo treatment goes well next Friday. Please keep in touch and let us know how things are going. 

Take care and keep safe. 

VickiLynne