Re: A couple questions and update

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Am Praying hard for her. Being backed up is quite painful. I know I

would get backed up often when I was on chemo. Sometimes chemo can do

this to you also. She needs to talk to her doctors about this. My

Prayers are with her. Ingrid

> Hi guys!

>

> Thanks for all of your prayers and positive thoughts. Amy went

home last

> night around 11pm and the docs told her she is really backed up

with poop.

> No bowel obstruction. My mom was quite annoyed because my sister

and her

> husband refused to drive the 1/2 hour to the hospital where she

gets chemo,

> instead they went to a hospital that doesn't even have an oncology

> department (Canada!!!). So she is taking an enema today to

hopefully clean

> her out.

> Amy is constantly constipated and takes 6 laxatives a day (because

of the

> morphine they say). She is often using up to 3 sepositories??

(sp??). When

> she gets back up you can see a huge lump form on her side. Do any

of you

> have these problems??

>

> Thanks is advance

> Peta

>

> >From:

> >Reply-To: colon_cancer_support

> >To: colon_cancer_support >

> >Subject: Re: Re: Joe vs Neuropathy ,

Neuropathy is

> >winning

> >Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 8:11:48 -0400

> >

> >We get ours at Wal-Mart in pills. Be sure and check the grams, he

takes

> >600 a day. They are in the vitamin section in most drug stores as

well.

> >

> >He does have the neuropathy after chemo, but he did not take them

> >consistently (nor the B-Complex) during chemo. Before any of this

> >nightmare started, the ALA had been the only thing to help his

neuropathy

> >in his legs, and the Neurologist had tried several prescription

> >medications. The ALA has been extensively studied in Germany for

Diabetic

> >neuropathy.

> >

> >I really believe that time is about all that will help the chemo

> >neuropathy. But as I said, every other day he says he thinks it

is better.

> > Today it is getting better . Joking aside, I can tell he is

better.

> >

> >MA

> > >

> > > From: deb vamdembos

> > > Date: 2005/07/25 Mon PM 10:41:51 EDT

> > > To: colon_cancer_support

> > > Subject: Re: Joe vs Neuropathy ,

Neuropathy is

> >winning

> > >

> > >

> >