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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?