, constipation altho I've been going , its hard to get out witch results me not being able to give my belly a break from pushing so I've a sore abdomen constantly for last 3 months on and off.
I already have a sensitive stomach always gets worse during stress, allergies , sensitivity.
I remember when I was about 7/8 I had constipation for 2 weeks, yes I couldn't go for 2 weeks, I could barley sit down, turned out a lot of years later I realized it was allergies.
Mum always took me to doctor they did nothing.
Here I'm back with these horrible feelings, and physical pains.
I've made them aware at the hospital that I can't have lactose ,literally in every pill they wanted to give to me for the side effects of Chemo so I get liquids.
I hate it, I really don't like , they have offered me some stool softener finally at the hospital after telling me to just take laxatives which I refused as I wanted to try with diet alone get them this week.
I had such good bowels before all this I just don't want to be like this.
I'm eating healthy, eating all the fibre rich foods, drinking plenty, At the same time this chemo might be doing nothing, I've already had surgery so it's not like I can see if it's doing anything.
Finished all EC , just waiting for the pax ,12 weeks of it which I'm not certain I want to do , mayb the first 2 cycles of 3 .
I have noticed that where I have the surgery ,there is more of a dent in my breast , a reduction in size,lord knows if I did have rogue cells, tho it's been 4 months since surgery.
If anything, I found paclitaxel sent my gut in the opposite direction. I found a couple of prunes at night really helped on EC. Well that and sodium docusate - one tablet twice a day and 2 litres of water a day. I think its the antisickness drugs that bung us up. Its so horrid feeling toxic from constipation. I really hope you do find a solution to make you feel more comfortable.
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