A couple questions and update

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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

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>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

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>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.

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>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

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

> > To: colon_cancer_support

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

>winning

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