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Colon cancer metastasized to lungs: Husband severely depressed
Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Nov 14, 2021 | Replies (51)Comment receiving replies
My husband has colon cancer and it metastasize into the liver. It is BRAF type . He is on encorafaib and cetuxmab . Encorafaib is pill form of chemo . He started out with 4 pills but then got bad stomach pains. So they put him down to 2 pills a day . He gets Cetuximab every Tuesday. Now he is getting so he cannot poop. They were worried about a bowel obstruction .if he has that they said they would do a bag where they bypass the colon. At Christmas he had diverticulitis really bad and was in the hospital for 5 days , Thant cleared up and now he has been back on the chemo since the second week in January and now we donnot know what is going on. Our Dr said he is his first patient on this chemo . The results from what he said are not very good odds . Does anyone know anything about this type of cancer and chemo? Please help he is in pain because of hard stools and not beable to relieve himself. He does do stool softeners , laxitives, and drinks prune juice. Any other suggestions would be helpful
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Hello, my husband has colon cancer that has menastatize to the liver. Constipation has been a battle for months following the removal of the tumor in the sigmoid colon. Maybe give Magnesia a try?
After a few ER visits, we learned his colon doesn't empty as before due to some nerves impacted from the surgery (takes Linzess) and the small intestine closed quite a bit due to the scar tissue after the surgery (there is a balloon process to fix this, easy peezy yah!) All to say, he takes stool softeners (twice daily) as a staple, metamucil and mag citrate didn't work for him, so we have landed on Milk of Magnesia. It works great for him and he says that it doesn't give him cramping.
I hope this is helpful.
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Hi, my wife has had trouble at previous times of her life with constipation. She is no longer troubled with that since she started taking an Ayurvedic remedy called Triphala. I would recommend that your husband try this product. It is natural and can be very potent for getting things moving. Here is the Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DZ4T0XQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I realize your husband has a severe issue and it might seem like a heavy duty solution is called for, but this stuff is gentle and works on a subtle level that other things he may have tried do not. At least it may be different than other things he has tried. I hope it can help him. I am so sorry for his suffering. I know personally what it is like to not have a smooth running system, and it's not fun!
My heart goes out to you both for having to deal with chemo. My wife went through that for breast cancer, and the chemo was by far the worst aspect of the entire ordeal. She stopped the chemo halfway through and began using a product called Haelan951 that has kept her cancer free now for 5 1/2 years (after 5 previous bouts that came faster than once per year).
Wishing good luck for you both. My best to you, Hank