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EBRT Simulation failed two CT scans because of gas

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (16)
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@garylr

I don't quite get the comments regarding fruits and veggies. While I was undergoing EBRT, I took particular care to include a lot of fiber in my diet so that I could empty my bowel each morning before my treatment. My treatments were scheduled for 8:00 am. My routine was to get up at 6:00 am and fix a cup of coffee to get things moving. Followed that up with the 20 ounces of water I was supposed to drink to get my bladder filled to the level they wanted.

Across 28 treatments, I had one day that they took me off the table because I had gas in my rectum. Walked down the hall with one of the techs on my way to the restroom, farted (out loud), she smiled and said "Alright then - we're good to go!" And we went back to the table and finished up the treatment.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | 4 days ago

You are truly the only person I’ve heard this from; everyone I’ve met - including yours truly - was put on a very strict diet of no fermentable fiber - beans, cruciferous veggies, whole grains, dried fruit, nuts….all the good stuff we’ve been told to eat for the last 50 years.
The changing room at Sloan always had at least one frustrated patient who was thrown off the table because of gas. I even had to give myself an enema one day because I drank Smooth Move Herbal tea and the tech claimed I had a huge gas bubble in my colon which I didn’t even feel.
But having no gas is key to avoiding radiation proctitis down the road.

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