“All of the medications you’ll be taking post Bone Marrow Transplant may cause some GI distress.”
UNDERSTATEMENT: a single Imodium after six hours of diarrhea will cause me to be constipated for days. Cellcept (my immunosuppressant) causes frequent (near-constant) diarrhea. Anti-emetics (Zofran, Compazine, Ativan) cause constipation.
These wild swings between unrestrained diarrhea and days of constipation resulted in blood-streaked stool and screaming pain from my backside. So now I’m putting cream up in places I’d rather not and asking my oncology nurse for a steroid suppository.
In the midst of all this, I’d recommend carrying changes of clothes and adult diapers. NOTHING about this is pleasant.
I seriously thought I was going to pass out on the toilet from pain. This isn’t hyperbole or an exaggeration, Vicky was seriously concerned I was going to vagal from the screaming hemorrhoid pain and blood-streaked poop. 🤢