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I just want to let you know you are certainly not alone. I was sitting on the porcelain throne wondering if I was the only person who still has life affecting bowel issues 10 years after chemo radiation treatment. It isnt as bad as it was 9 years ago, but I still try hard not to schedule anything before noon - or at least 11 am. I do wonder if anyone else spends a lot of time on the toilet when they might be "done" for the moment because they know as soon as they get cleaned up and ready to do something... they will have to go through it again. Across the holidays I must have eaten too many things that upset the precarious balance I can sometimes maintain. I have to remind myself that I am lucky - at least I am cancer-free...
Hoping you find relief -

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@salsify I have these issues 35 yrs after radiation. I take immodium which was working. But now I take more and more and nothing is working. Good luck to find a solution