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DiscussionChronic pain due to radiation damage for colorectal cancer
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I'm not a physician and we cannot provide specific medical advice online, but I did find the following information on Radiation Enteritis: http://www.mayoclinic.org/radiation-enteritis/. If you'd like to be evaluated at Mayo Clinic, please click on the button at the top of the page to request an appointment.
I'm not sure what small bowel enteritis is. I do have bowel movements, but they are not regular. I do know that it takes me about 12 hours for my food to digest. When I vomit, usually my food isn't even digested yet. And as my vomitting becomes uncontrolable I end up becoming dehydrated. I end up having to go to the ER because the pain is unbareable and the vomitting don't stop resulting in dry heaves. This happens about every 3 months. My potassium drops very low, my white blood count usually is affected, and at times I run a low grade fever. So, about every 3 months I end up in the hospital for 3-5 days to get everything under control. Are there any test that the mayo clinic has that may detect something that a ct & x-rays wont? I know I went for over a year with problems before they realized that my gall bladder was completely filled with stones. I had been hospitalized at least 4 times before they found it because the pain was in places other than the text book places. I guess because of everything my body has been thru. I'do have a colostomy that is permanent. With everything I've been thru, I am concerned that maybe something has been overlooked.