Lamont,

We are both Emory patients and I see that you had the same experience in the "constipation" arena. If I had to be critical in any way at all regarding my overall treatment it would be that the constipation issue was not presented to me with enough emphasis. This was, at least to me, a serious issued during my treatment and caused much misery. It was briefly mentioned to me somewhat in passing but not highlighted nearly enough. Perhaps everyone's plumbing reacts a bit different to outside influences but from months of reading on this site I think this is a major issue to patients.

Bill D.


Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.