"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | The Hopkins oncology nurses recommended the herbal tea Smooth Move (heh heh) for constipation. It is available at most health food stores and also, think, GNC. It tastes pretty good and they say it works better than Senakot tablets. They also recommend using Colace with it ( a stool softener).
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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