← Return to Bowel strictures after gynecologic cancer: What helps?

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@tymayo

Hi @dor64, I realize your post is from Feb, but I just discovered this support forum a few days ago. Anyway, I have the same issue with bowel strictures and the pain of blockages. It is horrendous. I found significant relief strictly following the Mayo Clinic low fiber diet plan, which I merged with a low oxalate list from Harvard. I use a free food diary template from Vertex42. If you are proficient in Excel, I highly recommend it as you will be able to make a few modifications and track exactly how much fiber you are getting. As for the oxalates, they cause me a great amount of vulvar pain and I think they added to the bowel pain. My diet is soft food, low fiber, low oxalate only. It is limiting but so worth it to avoid that awful impacted pain.

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Do you mind sharing what type of radiation you had, external or brachytherapy? Thanks