Colon Cancer: Post Surgery Medical Staples Inside The Body Posted: 09-14-07 10:51am
My brother survived stage 3 colon cancer 5
years ago. He has many surgical staples
still inside his body from reconnecting
his colon. He frequently needs to lie
flat to be comfortable, and avoids eating
food in the morning so we can go to work
and feel ok. He believes his problem is
due to the possibly hundreds of staples he
still has in his body. Can the staples be
causing his discomfort? Can staples be
removed since his colon is healed?
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MandMs
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Posted: 10-09-07 04:42am
Hi!
Sorry for the delay post!
Due to surgery of colon cancer, colon and
rectum or both are having changed
anatomical structure. So, the patient can
experience changed bowel function.
One of the main goals after colon or
colon-rectal cancer's surgery is to have
high quality of life by getting control of
bowel movements.
Because, parts of the gastrointestinal
tract are removed with the surgery, there
is a shorter tract for absorption the
liquids and that's causing a shorter
transit time of food trough the GI tract
and changed consistent of stool. This
results in having more frequent bowel
movements per day. Normal healthy people,
usually have maximum three stools per day,
but patients after colon cancer surgery
are having more then that in form of
diarrhea.
Another problem is an inability to fully
empty at one specific time.
Your brother should have one big meal( a
big meal causes a push down the GI tract
to make room for the food taken in and
helps emptying the colon fully at an
expected time each day) and 4 small
meals.
He should avoid taking liquids during the
meal because this will cause more
voluminous mass in his tract and shorter
transit time through GIT and having
frequent bowel movements. It's better to
drink liquids between meals.
Because, GIT's absorption function is
impair,using a medical fiber can slow down
the transit time. Fiber taken right after
a meal in very little fluid, can soak up
excess fluid in the digestive system and
thus slow things down.
He needs to avoid certain foods(spicy
foods, sweets, high-fat, hot liquids,some
fruits and vegetables), because he'll have
increased bowel movements.
Hope a helped a bit!
Marija
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HenryT
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 10-16-07 12:45pm
Marija - this information was very helpful
and confirmed what he is doing now to slow
things down. Taking fiber is a good idea
to reduce the liquid. Thank you very much
for your reply to my post.
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