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Bladder and Bowel Preparation for prostate radiation
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 29 8:16am | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
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.
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@chippydoo - You're quite right - all of the instructions I received from my treatment team had to do with what they didn't want to find in my rectum. I just figured the best way to make sure my rectum was empty was to have a full bowel movement before the treatment (my treatments were scheduled for 8:00 am, which worked well with my usual "constitutional" schedule). Across 28 treatment days, I used an enema three times (no need for concealed carry - my prep was done at home). I had one day when I had to get up from the table because they said I had some gas in my rectum. That cleared as I was walking down the hall to the restroom, so I was only delayed about 5 minutes.
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I met with my RO once per week during 25 sessions. Every week he’d say the same thing: “You have so much stool! But it’s not in the rectum so it’s OK…”
In protest, I would counter that I had a good BM every day…but he’d shake his head and laugh. Finally, after about the 5th time I said “So Doc, are you saying that I’m full of sh**? Because my wife already knows that!” 😆