← Return to Chronic pain due to radiation damage for colorectal cancer

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@elizabethrice

Hello - thanks for starting this conversation. I checked with some of our experts and they suggest that if recurrent cancer and small bowel enteritis have already been ruled out, pain rehab could be the most helpful thing for you. If you haven't already found this information, I'd suggest you look into the options available at the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center: http://www.mayoclinic.org/pain-rehabilitation-center-rst/. Best, Elizabeth

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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.

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.