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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / June 2004bowel and rrp
hi i notice a difference in bowel behaviour after rrp. Even 5 months after rrp. I need to go more often than before rrp. There is pain if I do not go when I feel the urge. or am constipated. Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? I'd have that looked at. It would seem reasonable that your bowel will adjust to the sudden space where once there was a prostate. However, that space fills in fairly quickly. If the space filled in with bowel, or a diverticulae, then you need to know about it and eat accordingly.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > hi > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? > I'd have that looked at. It would seem reasonable that your bowel will > adjust to the sudden space where once there was a prostate. However, that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? I'm agrreing with Steve on this. The void created by the prostatectomy takes some physical adjustment. There was a bit of getting used to several changes and this was one of them. As for the pain have a doctor check it out. It may just be your nerves repairing themselves at the sphincter muscles or it could be something worthy of investigation. Chuck McClellan I am 4 months post IMRT with normal bowel function. Things got better after I started taking psyllium (like Metamuscil) to firm up the stool and make BM regular. The rectel iching has gone away with the reduction in BMs and more firmness. --CDS in TX > hi > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? > hi > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? Time to call the doc... SignatureJK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories Mine is toward constipation, despite eating fresh fruit, salads, and whole grain cereals. A couple months ago my doctor told me to start using a stool softener. Not a laxative. Just the stool softener. The pharmacist told me that all are the same drug, so get the pharmacy generic brand. It has helped some, but I still do not have normal regularity or stool. My RRP was August 2003, so that is what, ten months now. As to things returning to normal. That answer, in my opinion, is no. Nothing returned to normal. At last not yet. Good luck to you. David S. > hi > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Will this go away ? and bowel behaviour return to normal ? |
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