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Has anyone had diarrhea with radiation?
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With IMRT, radiation entry dose, scatter, and exit dose is typical of the radiation (& is often unavoidable).
> Reminds me of the Occam's razor principle.
> How consistently did you maintain the full bladder/empty bowel routine?
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I had 44 radiation treatments which caused diarrhea that took up to 6 Imodium's/day to stop. I also got tenesmus which lasted about 4 hours every morning following a normal morning BM. The diarrhea was awful, but the tenesmus was worse. I had to change my radiation treatments to afternoons because I was stuck to the toilet for 4 hours every morning. This all went away within a week of the end of radiation treatments. However, my side effects with Lupron were even worse than the radiation. I continue to have serious 24/7 sweating and headaches with the Lupron even 7 months after stopping my 4-month Lupron shots. Just starting to feel a little better.