Hi, does anyone else suffer badly with bowels all throughout chemo? It’s driving me crazy, I’ve had 2 doses of chemo and only had 1 normal bm in 2 months, I’m going round in circles with it, I eat veg, fruit, drink plenty and eat normally, but still have loose bowels or water ones, I feel constipated so I take lactose then back to loose again, my stomachs is in bits, I’ve been drs twice to see if constipated but not… please help with any advice, thankyou
Hi Meandm I was fine for the first 4 but now I’ve changed drugs I’m constantly going to the loo! My nurses said to only take lactose if it’s been a week so don’t know if you’re waiting that long? I also had bowel cancer and in prep for that surgery I had a low residual diet to avoid too many bowel movements so maybe that’s worth a try? If you Google it you will find it easily, although it’s not hugely exciting it did work! Good luck!
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