Constipation solutions for chemo

Hi,

I used natural products,plenty of fresh veg , fruit ,nuts and dried figs and prunes,you soon get used to fine tune it!! Lol

  Hope all goes well,

      Yvie

Hi Cupotea

Yes, I remember I had to take dulcolax before my C/T scan and it caused quite a reaction!!! For my EC, my doctor gave me 6 sachets of Movicol to be used morning and night for the first 3 days, and I found it helpful but not overly.... explosive! I also used prune juice, just a shot glass full in the mornings for the first week or so, and that worked well for me too. 

Hi

There is also Dulcoease, which is a softener and kinder than the laxative version. I use that when the natural products ( usually prunes!) aren’t quite doing the trick

Hope your next cycle goes as well and this helps

Thank you!  I've added prune juice to the shopping list.  I've also been recommended licorice,  so ordered a bumper bag of licorice torpedoes, Catherine wheels and those little pink and blue bobbly sweets

Be careful with liquorice if you have high blood pressure or heart trouble as I believe it can make it worse ( my father in law loved liquorice but was told to avoid it once he’d had a heart attack)- or kidney issues. I tend to just add 3 prunes to my breakfast 

enjoy!

Ah I do have high blood pressure,  just the prune juice then

That’s a pity, but better be safe than sorry. Green leafy veg are also good or any dried fruit

Wishing you all the best