colitis and chemo

BelaT

I had my first chemo 10 days ago and developed sever diarhea and was in hospital for 12 days. Has any one have this happen and should I continue and change meds?

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7of9

What Chemo drugs are you on? I have had UC for 19 yrs and my docs think my first round of Adryomycin (sp?) and Cytoxin along with the antinausea meds Zofran (plugged me up bad during pregnancy) and some other steriod I take for the 4 days after should "help" my colitis. Talk to your doc or get a GI involved. Remember the first drug they give you is usually the strongest and best to fight the cancer though they have others to use as well. I just had my first hit yesterday and so far nothing....but if my colitis is going to go off, it usually takes 1 - 3 days so I'm not in the clear yet. Also best to look up Ulcerative Colitis and get the list of bland foods (rice, chicken, applesauce, crackers, low dairy, Get on Acidopholis, no citrus exp tomatoes,, cut back on veggies, harsh stufff etc.) Good luck and let me know how it goes. What did they give you for the Colitis Flare? Prednisone? Asacol suppositories are awesome...get over how you have to administrative. If the medicine works, deal with it, heal and trudge on sister!

BelaT

i had ac last thursday , did ok. just very uneasy feeling in the body. taking lalda for colitis, prednisone and ya soft foods