OH has his recent poo test and received a call this morning to advise that they have found blood in the sample and is he free for a phone consultation tomorrow . . Well if you know us you will realise his stress is out the window. Phoned our help line and asked for our urology nurse to make contact . Told it could be tomorrow . Explained about his anxiety and the nurse called back .
after a discussion about his bowel habits she told him it could be due to the rafiotherapy BUT to wait till we speak to the nurse tomorrow.
anyone have any issues with their bowels post RT. Will he need a colonoscopy ( not told him that )
liz & OH
I had full pelvic radiotherapy and it caused significant bleeding.
I imagine that he will need a colonoscopy.
Hi johnam - I’ve seen this many times before. Even a small indistinguishable amount of blood in a sample will trigger a check. However, it’s almost certainly a by product of post radiotherapy irritation and will heal on its own. AW
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