Liz,

Another point I would like to mention perhaps was one of those things that just happened to hit me during Tx and that is constipation! A couple of my Oncology nurses mentioned it somewhat in passing but didn't emphasize it nearly enough as it applied to me. It seems that heavy pain meds will tend to cause this as the meds actually block (not to be gross) the ever so slight signals/pain associated with normal bowel activity. In other words, the brain fails to get the normal sensory signals that normally tell one when to head to the loo!

Just something to mention that you folks might want to keep in mind.

Bill D.