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Posted 28 Jul 2024 at 21:37

Had RT in February 2023 and had no issues around that time but over a period of time I started with radiation proctitis. I have had 3 FIT bowel screenings and all clear. No blood or worrying signs in my stools but I continue to have wet farts and wind. I have always had loose stools and wind even prior prostate cancer which GP said could be IBS. Does anyone else have similar? Is there anything I could do? Thanks. 

Andy 

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Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 14:45
Interesting….Steve didn’t have RT but during his RARP, as his prostate was partly stuck to the bowel, his bowel got perforated in the removal.

It ended with him being quite poorly and in hospital for two weeks (we were told by the surgeon that the bowel is THE most sensitive organ in the body (contrary to what you men believe lol!!)….and it doesn’t like to be touched. It meant his bowels were thoroughly cleansed out in a big way. He had suffered from dodgy bowels for years (has mild diverticula disease) and when he got the urge to go…he had to go! Since the surgery complications, bonus result….his bowel habits have improved 100%….at his check up, he complimented the surgeon on not only removing the cancer but solving his bowel issues! Every cloud and all that!

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Posted 28 Jul 2024 at 21:37

Had RT in February 2023 and had no issues around that time but over a period of time I started with radiation proctitis. I have had 3 FIT bowel screenings and all clear. No blood or worrying signs in my stools but I continue to have wet farts and wind. I have always had loose stools and wind even prior prostate cancer which GP said could be IBS. Does anyone else have similar? Is there anything I could do? Thanks. 

Andy 

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Posted 29 Jul 2024 at 21:34
I don't have an answer but I sympathise. I had salvage RT in August 2022 and I share the wet farts/wind issue. My anal sphincter doesn't seem to be able to manage wind in the way it used to, and if I can't get to the toilet when I feel pressure/cramps there is a risk of some leakage. To be fair the problem is mostly in the morning when I start moving around having been lying down all night, and happily at that point I am in easy reach of a toilet. But it occasionally strikes at less convenient times.

And a friend I made in the waiting room for RT has recently been suffering proctitis. So you are not alone in that either.

Good luck, it is one of the problems we have to deal with in exchange for a growing cancer.

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Posted 30 Jul 2024 at 12:47

Have you had a referral to colorectal? If not, I would ask for this.

I think my mucus farts had gone by a year (and mostly well before then).

I do have radiation proctitis in the form of minor rectal bleeding, but that doesn't cause any issues other than red toilet paper a couple of times a week. (I've managed to pass a couple of FIT tests in between.) I did get referred to colorectal to check it wasn't bowel cancer.

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Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 10:54
Darn, I just seem to have been lucky after my RT

Typically I was not regular - 2-3 days constipation and then some movements of not well formed stools.

However, after the RT I am now as regular as clockwork - 10:30-11am daily and a proper clearout.

I wonder if it is based on how you start prior to the RT - if you were regular then you get the problems?

User
Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 11:40
I had the Proctitus problem - it reduces eventually - I did have some treatment with treatment from the Cole-rectal dept at the hospital.
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Posted 29 Jul 2024 at 21:34
I don't have an answer but I sympathise. I had salvage RT in August 2022 and I share the wet farts/wind issue. My anal sphincter doesn't seem to be able to manage wind in the way it used to, and if I can't get to the toilet when I feel pressure/cramps there is a risk of some leakage. To be fair the problem is mostly in the morning when I start moving around having been lying down all night, and happily at that point I am in easy reach of a toilet. But it occasionally strikes at less convenient times.

And a friend I made in the waiting room for RT has recently been suffering proctitis. So you are not alone in that either.

Good luck, it is one of the problems we have to deal with in exchange for a growing cancer.

User
Posted 30 Jul 2024 at 12:47

Have you had a referral to colorectal? If not, I would ask for this.

I think my mucus farts had gone by a year (and mostly well before then).

I do have radiation proctitis in the form of minor rectal bleeding, but that doesn't cause any issues other than red toilet paper a couple of times a week. (I've managed to pass a couple of FIT tests in between.) I did get referred to colorectal to check it wasn't bowel cancer.

User
Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 10:54
Darn, I just seem to have been lucky after my RT

Typically I was not regular - 2-3 days constipation and then some movements of not well formed stools.

However, after the RT I am now as regular as clockwork - 10:30-11am daily and a proper clearout.

I wonder if it is based on how you start prior to the RT - if you were regular then you get the problems?

User
Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 11:37

I suspect RT probably permanently changes bowel habits in most cases, but not necessarily for the worse. I go twice as often as I did, but that's not a problem, and I can hold on with no problem if it's not convenient to go.

After I'd got over the immediate effects of the RT, I found it was much easier to go for the next year or so than it had been before treatment, probably because there was more rectal mucus so anything slid out easily, but not enough for the mucus farts (as my oncologist calls them) any more.

Apart from tending to go more often and occasional blood, that's all now back to how it was before treatment.

User
Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 11:40
I had the Proctitus problem - it reduces eventually - I did have some treatment with treatment from the Cole-rectal dept at the hospital.
User
Posted 01 Aug 2024 at 14:45
Interesting….Steve didn’t have RT but during his RARP, as his prostate was partly stuck to the bowel, his bowel got perforated in the removal.

It ended with him being quite poorly and in hospital for two weeks (we were told by the surgeon that the bowel is THE most sensitive organ in the body (contrary to what you men believe lol!!)….and it doesn’t like to be touched. It meant his bowels were thoroughly cleansed out in a big way. He had suffered from dodgy bowels for years (has mild diverticula disease) and when he got the urge to go…he had to go! Since the surgery complications, bonus result….his bowel habits have improved 100%….at his check up, he complimented the surgeon on not only removing the cancer but solving his bowel issues! Every cloud and all that!

 
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