Hi all I have just spent 6 days in hospital with oral thrush and induced immunotherapy hepatitis which is raised lft in blood was on iv steroids but finally allowed home yesterday on oral steroids for 2 months but since discharge now developed diarrhoea like 8 times in 10 hours so think I’ll be back in hospital very soon any one else experience this
Hi Coddfish, so grateful to have found this forum. I finished chemo in May, I had carboplatin, paxtotaxel, Pembro then on EC. I had my op on June and now having radiotherapy but have had a cough since before surgery. Ive had two lots of antibiotics which haven’t really done anything. I’ve had a CT scan and referred to a respiratory dr who now wants me to have a camera,biopsy and flush before possibly given steriods. I’ve had a bit of dhiahrrea but assumed it’s because my head is all over the place and my eating goes a bit nuts! Did you have the camera etc??
Hi Timewatcher. Can I ask you if you had to have a camera down the throat/biopsy/ flush? I’ve had my chemo and surgery with good results but had a cough I can’t shift so before giving steroids they want to carry out this camera test?
Hi I did have several procedures to diagnose my colitis. One was a tiny pill camera I swallowed. Then a few months later I had a combined endoscopy/colonoscopy but neither were to do with my lungs, sorry.
No worries, thank you for taking the time to answer x
No, I haven’t had a camera down my throat. Fortunately, despite having lots of complications, throat issues haven’t been part of it. I did have a CT-angiogram which detected the lung damage from immunotherapy. I also don’t get diarrhoea, but I do get loads of wind and discomfort. Hope they can solve it for you.
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