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Bladder and Bowel Preparation for prostate radiation
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 29 8:16am | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
@vircet - My treatments were delivered with a Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator machine.
My understanding is that there are some treatment centers that ask patients to administer an enema prior to each treatment.
When I was given my prep instructions prior to the start of my treatments, I asked if I should administer an enema each time. I was told "No, that's not necessary." But I wasn't told that it was something I shouldn't do - so I did it on a few occasions when it seemed like my bowels were not completely empty.
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They are concerned with stool in the rectum not the bowels in general. I used psyllium to help me get regular and gas Ex. They didn't want use doing an enema and they wouldn't provide it so did the conceal carry of one if needed. Partial insertion into the rectum and had to use it once. Can't imagine doing a full blow 5 days a week. My salvage was EBRT 25 sessions and developed both bowel and bladder urgency which sucked the life out of me. Told my urologist yesterday that I would probably choose recreational drugs next time.