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@melvinw Your RO’s answers sound dubious - especially the one about overwhelming you with too much information. Really? I think you caught her in one of those situations where she knew she didn’t have a proper answer for you but only an apology. I think an apology would’ve been much better than BS…
Instead, she made herself look like the all-knowing, all seeing person in control of your poor little destiny….well at least you confronted her and now maybe she’ll be more forthcoming in the future.
Glad your next treatments went better, but just exercise a bit of caution with those Senna tabs. I got kicked off the table for having too much gas at one session and I told them I took Smooth Move herbal tea, which contained Senna. Both the RO and his PA both shouted NOOO!!! in unison. They explained that Senna root causes a lot of gas and that’s how it did its magic. But if it worked for you, keep doing it until you’re told otherwise…Best,
Phil

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@heavyphil Yeah, I was less than impressed with her response to the issue. She has good medical creds, and I believe she knows what she is doing as regards prescribing the radiation. But she isn’t so great at answering questions that catch her a little off guard. No one is perfect, and we get on fine otherwise. And my radiation therapist is really dialed in to helping me get things right, so in some ways, that is more important to me. I’m getting good care when I’m on the table. Gratitude for that.

So far the Senna is keeping me regular with bowel movements. Adjusting my diet a bit seems to be working for controlling the gas. Also, I moved to an 11:30a time from a 1:00p time, and that works much better with how things go with my GI tract.

Cheers,
M