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Need fix for small uncontrolled bowl movements after radiation?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 4:40pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
I dealt with bowel incontinence for a couple of months after radiation then it quieted down. Then 10 months later it returned with a vengeance and brought copious amounts of bleeding with it. I left a blood trail from the kitchen to the stairs one morning. Didn't even know I was bleeding. Got a GI appointment and Sigmoidoscopy which confirmed Radiation Proctitis and the doc cauterized some veins and stated I might need 2-3 more sessions. It seems the urgency is starting to come and go which is an improvement. It seems torching the rectum with radiation is the gift that keeps on giving. Hope you get it resolved soon.
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@chippydoo wrote "It seems torching the rectum with radiation is the gift that keeps on giving."
Yes, very true. But I keep telling myself that the same radiation spread that caused my radiation cystitis and proctitis likely also killed any stray prostate cancer cells that were starting to spread into my bladder or rectum. A little irritation beats dealing with new tumours.
The good thing about very-precise radiation like photon is minimising the side-effects; the bad thing about very-precise radiation is minimising the serendipity (killing nearby cancer cells you didn't know about yet). There are always trade-offs.