Gas!!!

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beck1965
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Gas!!!

Postby beck1965 » Sun May 29, 2016 8:38 pm

Hi everyone. I'm 3 months post resection. The gas is causing me to slowly lose friends and my dog stays away from me too. Kidding there. Anyone else have this issue at this point? :lol:
*50 y/o Female
*Sigmoid Mass found on routine colonoscopy/Feb 2016
*4cm villious lesion found at the rectosigmoid
*Surgery three weeks later to remove 13" of Sigmoid/resection
*Used DaVinci Robotic surgery
*Stage 1 rectosigmoid cancer/T1/N0/M0 = 18 negative nodes
*Acute renal failure during recovery, unknown reason[/b]
*Clear colonoscopy one year post resection!!
*Normal CEA's since surgery
*NED two years out.

Nik Colon

Re: Gas!!!

Postby Nik Colon » Sun May 29, 2016 9:11 pm

Yes, that is very common and may never completely go away.

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Jacques
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby Jacques » Mon May 30, 2016 3:12 am

Nik Colon wrote:Yes, that is very common and may never completely go away.

So true ...
More debilitating than the cancer have been the post-treatment digestion side effects. For three years after surgery there were very few foods I could eat without having to run an Olympic dash to the bathroom. I returned to work as an executive assistant—taking my problem with me, which made it difficult to be around people. I was embarrassed, angry, and depressed. My life was controlled by my uncontrollable body.

Reference: http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.showArticleByTumorType/id/809/tumorCategory/Colorectal/article_id/1315


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Secrets to Gas Control
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Gas Reduction Diet
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DarknessEmbraced
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Mon May 30, 2016 9:20 am

I had my colon resection November 20th, 2014 and that bad gas has never gone away for me. I don't think it ever will unfortunately. It has been much worse since I had ischemic colitis and now have some other bowel issue going on.
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)

Colon King
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby Colon King » Mon May 30, 2016 11:07 am

Does this apply to a mucosal resection as well? Or just limited to colon resection?
Also can you guys advise on how much colon was resected? Did that make a difference in terms of post-surgery effects.
39 year old male, Canada.
Husband; father of 4.

5/16/16: 3cm x 4cm Intermediate Serrated Polyp found by fluke (elective colonoscopy)
5/20/16: CEA 1.7 (phew)
06/10/16: EMR complete
06/16/16: Biopsy result: Fragments of tubulovillous adenoma; negative for high grade dysplasia
09/08/16: Follow up Colonoscopy scheduled.

My blog: https://colonking.com

midlifemom
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Location: NJ

Re: Gas!!!

Postby midlifemom » Mon May 30, 2016 1:11 pm

beck1965 wrote:Hi everyone. I'm 3 months post resection. The gas is causing me to slowly lose friends and my dog stays away from me too. Kidding there. Anyone else have this issue at this point? :lol:


Have you tried Gas-X. It helped me. Also learning which foods cause the worst problems.
Stage 3 cc - dx Jan '14 age 53, cea 2.9
t2n2m0, KRAS mutant, MSS
Folfox Feb - Aug '14
Nov '14 cea 27.7 -2 liver masses
Dec '14 left lobectomy and HAI
Jan '15 FUDR and FOLFIRI
Aug '15 fudr done, liver clear, add avastin for lungs. Cea 4.3
Feb '16 CEA rising
May '16 2 wk break then drop Iri for 6 weeks.
Jul '16 cancer grew, constricted main bile duct. Stent inserted. On break till jaundice clears. CEA climbing. Doing reduced Folfox. Allergic to Oxali.
Sep'16 chemo failed. Trial or hospice?

Lee
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby Lee » Mon May 30, 2016 1:29 pm

A friend and I concluded, chemo gas was thick, deadly, and it doesn't move, rather it lingers around for some time :D .

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!

OrchardWriting
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby OrchardWriting » Tue May 31, 2016 7:34 am

Gas is the bane of my life. If I have to be at some event that will be quiet and around people I will not have so much as a thfft until everyone sits down and the room is quiet. Then it is a continuing embarrassment. It has happened in all sorts of places and once so loud in the Boston Museum of Fine Art that people were visibly disturbed.

I can't stand it.

But I have learned there are foods to avoid like the plague and I don't eat them if I know I will be in a challenging situation. Vegetables of any kind, all dried fruits (especially these), all potatoes and especially sweet potatoes, I also try to limit sugar so there is less energy for the gut bacteria to feed on, oatmeal, some fruits such as apples and any others high in fiber or thick skins, and most breads. There's more, but that gives a general sense.

So before challenging situations I eat chicken, but any meat should be okay as long as it isn't fried or covered with a lot of spices. A raw carrot can be okay too.

The big problem with all of this is that too stay regular you need the veggies and high fiber foods, but they are the ones that cause the issues with gas. Can't win.

The other thing I do is irrigate my stoma, especially before an event. This helps clear the gut. And I don't take senna or any other laxative because these will increase gas.
Diagnosed with stage III rectal tumor (though probably late stage II) January 2006.
Chemo/Radiation
Full APR Surgery
Folfox Chemo
So far NED.
Ooops. Liver tumor diagnosed 10/13 after elevated CEA. Liver resection for 5cm tumor 12/6/13.

tif2112
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby tif2112 » Tue May 31, 2016 9:23 am

I am 4 years post resection and still have gas pretty bad a lot of the time and still have near misses with bowl movements. It sucks, I know!
51 year old female
Henderson, Nv

T3N0M0
2012 DX - Rectosigmoid Mass, Colon Resection, rx - radiation and chemo
07-24-2014 NED
2014 englarge lymph nodes, biopsy of 1 negative
07-07-2015 even bigger enlarged lymph nodes, shown on MRI & CT
2015 biopsy of bone marrow, lymph nodes-negative
3-6-2018 still enlarged lymph nodes, no diagnosis

Ragman
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby Ragman » Tue May 31, 2016 10:22 am

Quite literally, the only good thing about having my colon completely removed back in February is that my gas isn't as bad as it was for the 9 months after my initial resection. I really thought my kids were going to disown me! It was like a national emergency every day there for a while.
44 yr. old male w/family to live for
Rhabdomyosarcoma - Stage III -- dx 21yrs old -- 1991 & 1992 (surgeries, chemo, & rad)
Colon Cancer - Stage IIC -- 2014
Small bowel and Transverse colon resection -- 2014 (w/adjuvant chemo in 2015)
2nd primary discovered in colon - 2015
Total colectomy w/ileorectal anastomosis - February 2016
*More cumulative exposure to radiation in my life than a resident of Nagasaki in 1945*
"You are only as healthy as you feel" - Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver

beck1965
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Re: Gas!!!

Postby beck1965 » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:49 pm

thanks for the feedback folks. I can't see myself basically eating nothing in order to avoid the gas. Lucky for me, I had no chemo and no need for a stoma, etc. I can try the Gas-X though!!
*50 y/o Female
*Sigmoid Mass found on routine colonoscopy/Feb 2016
*4cm villious lesion found at the rectosigmoid
*Surgery three weeks later to remove 13" of Sigmoid/resection
*Used DaVinci Robotic surgery
*Stage 1 rectosigmoid cancer/T1/N0/M0 = 18 negative nodes
*Acute renal failure during recovery, unknown reason[/b]
*Clear colonoscopy one year post resection!!
*Normal CEA's since surgery
*NED two years out.


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