Post #51- CONSTIPATION!! Finally Relief!!!

Constipation is a side effect associated with over 150 prescription medications. It seems like every medicine that I take can cause constipation. Chemo constipation is the worst!!!!! Last week I suffered and suffered. I was told to take Miralax it did nothing in fact I think it made me worse, I know it made me feel worse. Yes, there are people who say I am full of Sugar Honey and Ice Tea but last week I really felt like that. Miserable, stomach pains, gas, bloated. Chemo induced constipation plus I have never been what you can call "regular". That makes for a bad mix. The Miralax did nothing. I could tell it was a lot of bowel in there and it just did not have the push it needed to come out on it's own. So I gave myself an enema in fact two enemas. It was not a good experience. I felt like I was having a baby out of my butt and once it started it didn't want to stop. The whole situation ended horribly. I could not sit because of the pressure, blood in my stool and my Doctor thought I pushed out a hemorrhoid!!! I never had a hemorrhoid before so I was freaking out. My Doctor told me to put an ice pack on my butt. I was miserable!!!!!

My chemo nurse told me to try Senokot-S. I tried it last night and I just went to the bathroom and it was pain free. I know this is not the best thing to talk about, however, when you are on chemo and are constipated it's pure hell. This may be too much information for some of you but my Cancer family can understand and I hope this helps someone else. When I went to move my bowels at first I was disappointed because it only felt like a little came out. NO cramping, no pain so I thought well maybe this is just the first one. I got up and much to my surprise bowel filled up the toilet and was coming above the water line. I never felt it come out. It just slid out. Now what other constipated people know is that sometimes when you are constipated your stools can be thin like pencils and you will experience sharp pain for this little bit of nothing. Well the stools produced from the Senokot-S were big, well formed and obviously soft because I could not feel all that come out. I know this sounds crazy but this has made my day!!! It feels so good to be free, like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. LOL, a weight has been lifted but not off of my shoulders... You can say a lot about me but you will never say I don't keep it real!!!