OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Actually ANY narcotics can make you constipated - My problems weren't any worse with the patch than they were with Vicodin. Make sure that you cover constipation prevention with your nutritionist as it can cause you some serious grief and side effects if you don't. It can ratchet the whole cancer adventure down a few more notches.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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