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Looking for tips on managing Radiation-induced proctitis
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No, I was one of the freaks who had the symptoms mostly emerge a year later.
But the complication in my case is that the metastasis compressed my spinal cord and left me paraplegic in 2021. I've since recovered a lot of my mobility and sensation below the ribs (not all of it). So it's possible that I just couldn't feel the proctitis and cystitis in 2022, and became aware of it in 2023 as sensation improved.
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Speaking of sensation returning, I woke up this morning with an ache in my lower back from lifting boxes on the weekend.
I haven't missed lower-back aches since I lost a lot of sensation in 2021 after the spinal compression, but on the other hand, the fact that I felt it means that my nerves are still repairing themselves, so I *guess* it's good news.