Hi,
My husband was diagnosed with colonrectal cancer in October, he has had radiotherapy, oxiplatin and capacitabine chemo.
He has DPD deficiency also. He ended up in hospital in January as he had severe diarrhoea due to the dose on the chemo being too high. Anyway he ended up with an inflamed bowel. He is in his 4th chemo round and finishes today, but he has had an inflamed bowel for the last week.
I wondered if anyone has had the same thing? And if you have finished your treatment did the inflamed bowel go away? or do you have to live with this afterwards.
Thank you
sandra
Hello SandaJH
Sorry for late reply, I haven’t been around last few days – daughter’s wedding
I went straight to surgery followed by chemo, I didn’t have radiotherapy. However, I did suffer from Proctitis (inflammation of the lining of the rectum). I was passing blood and mucus and spending a lot of time on the loo, despite having an ileostomy at that point. It was extremely painful and debilitating, I found it very difficult to walk. It started after my 4th round of FOLFOX and was diagnosed by MRI scan. I was given some suppositories but advised by consultant to try and let it settle on its own, which I did. My chemo was put ‘on hold’ for 2 weeks until it improved. I had my 5th session but the same thing happened again and my body was starting to break down in other places too, so after discussion with my oncologist we decided to call a day on the chemo.
So, the answer is ‘Yes’ it does go away. I honestly can’t remember how long it took and I don’t seem to have written that in my diary. I found using a doughnut cushion to sit on at home, a harder cushion with a cut out at the back for car journeys and a walking stick were very helpful.
I do hope your husband recovers very soon, it is a horrible condition to contend with.
Best wishes,
Net77 x
Good morning,
Thank you for all your information, I hope you enjoyed your daughters wedding 
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I am sorry they had to stop your chemo, it does effect the body so badly, I am sure they may give you chemo at a later date maybe. my husband is back in hospital today, he finished his 4th round of chemo, but the pain in his stomach has been so bad, no drugs we used at home helped. He is having a cat scan today so hopefully he will get to the bottom of the problem.
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I hope you keep getting better and not feel so awful, such a terrible disease.
Best wishes
Sandra
