Q: Ovarian Cancer and Diet
asked by:
DharmaMom
on February 21st, 2009
New User
My sister has been diagnosed with Stage III adenosqamous ovarian cancer. There are individual rapidly growing tumors on the outside of the colon as well. She has completed one chemo treatment so far. I have two questions. First, do the tumors on the colon affect the functioning of the colon? There is often severe continuing abdominal pain and cramps. She is taking at least 4 Senacot-S tables plus Ducolex suppositories daily for constipation. My second question regards diet. Should she be eating a high fiber diet to bulk up the bowels, or should she be eating fiber free to reduce the volume? Her docs aren't any help, except that in the ER they gave her a cat scan to check for blockage (none) and a powerful laxative. The laxative helped a lot, at least for now. We're still wondering about her daily care and diet. Thanks for any help.
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