I know this is a small misery in whole spectrum of side effects, but it is crushing me. This is the 2nd cycle, and it seems much worse and more persistent than in the first. Then I had prolonged constipation and 4 or 5 days when I could literally not put food past my lips. The dr tweaked my meds and prescribed laxatives. The unhappy result has been - still several days constipation, seguing into a slow-motion diarrhoea. I can eat, but at the cost of cramping and vomiting. The combination of wanting to eat and knowing it will make me sick, along with the inescapable horrible taste is the worst thing I've ever encountered.
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