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Just finished my 28 treatments, had same side effects as you, but I gained weight. I had lost 60 lbs, was down to 95lbs per surgical weight. 🙁
I’m about a month post-op a radical hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer, grade 3/2C with all female reproductive organs removed including my cervix, 48 lymph nodes and part of my Omentum.
I suffer from colon and bladder complications post-op. When I pass gas or a bowel movement the pain that engulfs me can make me cry. The pain can be a 9-10/10. The gas never goes up to a 9 or 10 max is a 7.
When I live in a bubble: no stress, 100 ounces of water and green tea a day, stool softeners (my stools are not constipated at all, formed, smaller ) no real stress with movement, focus on relaxing my pelvic floor and lightly rock or slightly tip or twist instead of pushing, much cleaner diet, chew my food throughly, get 8 hours of sleep a night. The primary bowel pain can go down to a 3-7/10
The pain impacts my bladder too. If my bladder is more than half full the pain starts to climb. A full bladder could be a 7/10 pain.
My pain tolerance allowed me to deliver 2 babies at different times completely natural, no pain meds, and move through 2 broken ribs without pain meds.
I’ll be starting radiation soon. I didn’t know the bladder needed to be full. I don’t think I could handle that. Never had bladder issues before. Does it need to be full for Brachytherapy too? How can I protect my colon and bladder when a full bladder is used for the protection?
@naturegirl5 Thank you so much for sharing this. I always like to know what to expect ahead of time. To me, the worst part sounds like holding the full bladder! LOL