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Hello @rioa21,

I'm so pleased to hear your good news and I'm glad that you have some plans for follow-up and that you will be seeing your GI doctor next week.

If you are comfortable sharing more, would you mind sharing what type of "stomach issues" you are having? Are they related to the treatment you had for the cancer or were they existing prior to the cancer treatment?

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My stomach issues began the second week of chemo and radiation. They called it radiation enteritis. Uncontrollable diarrhea. I lived on baked potatoes, toast and English muffins for months. I tried Imodium but was fearful of constipation. My tumor was in the anus and extremely painful. The cramping was awful. There were times when I thought I was going to vomit from it. The gastroenterologist gave me Dicyclomine and that helped with the cramping. One day, I woke up and the diarrhea stopped. Just like that. It was replaced by fecal incontinence. I don’t know which was worse. I now wear heavy duty sanitary pads 24/7. I saw the gastroenterologist yesterday and she said I have Proctitis. I will have a colonoscopy next week. I’m hoping, with time, everything will heal. The thought of living like this indefinitely is more than upsetting. Has anyone else had these issues?