What to eat during RT

I can't recall details, beyond non-dairy milk with cereal, but was given a pretty comprehensive dietary guide. Have you not? Give oncology nurses a call?

Good luck, Dave 

Hello Parkrunner  I was given advice on diet if the RT caused bowel side effects but don’t recall changing anything except for dropping alcohol, soft drinks, fizzy drinks and caffeine before, during and after RT. I was asked to have a walk and pass some wind just once, the fraction went ahead after that. But we’re all different and I guess it depends on your current diet and windiness, and if/how the RT affects you?

My husband cut out broccoli , cauliflower, cabbage and also fizzy drinks ,alcohol and caffeine which seemed to help

Hello Parkrunner 

The advice I was given was - you don't want anything giving you wind or making you move when you are having the treatment.

It was avoid alcohol, fizzy drinks, coffee, beans and pulses and green leaf vegetables.

It worked for me - 20 fractions no issues.

Best wishes - Brian.

I was advised that gas/wind is the enemy.

Think of all the high fibre foods that are so good for you, and then don't eat any of them.

Stick to low fibre foods. Drinks like peppermint tea (which I now hate) can help. NO fizzy stuff.

It is almost the opposite to what we would regard as healthy.

Talk to your specialist nurse, or look at the hospital's web site for information.

The information I was given was pretty much the above, but some UK hospital's give local advice like this from the Arden Cancer Centre:

https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk/download/clientfiles/files/Patient%20Information%20Leaflets/Medicine/Oncology/Radiotherapy%20information%20for%20patients%20undergoing%20treatment%20to%20the%20prostate%20or%20prostate%20bed.pdf

That is better than the information I was given.

Hope it goes well. It is a good treatment