HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

When can I eat spicy foods again?

Support Forums
>
Prostate Cancer
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 10/20/2019 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
I finished 26 days of radiation a month ago, when can I eat spicy foods again?

Does anyone have a link that offers any insight? Experience?

I accidentally did a few time and suffered pretty darned bad as a result. Last night I had a bite of something spicy at a club and quickly spit it out when I realized....
Posted 10/20/2019 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
when you feel like it, but likely you should wait a couple more months.
Posted 10/20/2019 8:34 PM (GMT 0)
The rule of thumb for radiation is that the side effects begin soon after treatment ends. They then build up for about 3 years to what is called the "nadir" when they are at a maximum. They then begin to back off. This fits my experience.

If your sensitivity is due to the radiation treatments, you will be on a mild diet for a long time. I am - very little spices, no onions, garlic or hot peppers. sad
Posted 10/20/2019 8:43 PM (GMT 0)

InTheShop said...
when you feel like it,.

Well, I tried that approach and spent hours sick and in pain. Hence my question.

When can I again eat spicy food without becoming ill?
Posted 10/20/2019 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
I eat very spicy food and I never "stopped" eating spicy food during treatment
Posted 10/20/2019 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
I think you've just got to try it. . . gently at first.

For the first six months or so after my SBRT treatment, it really didn't matter what I ate. I had random digestive problems, period. Then, the problems gently subsided. I am now almost three years post-treatment, and really haven't worried about things much for at least a year.

Of course, there were things that gave me trouble before treatment. Those still give me trouble now. Example - raw onion on a burger. I love it. It hates me. Bloating, bad.
Posted 10/21/2019 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the comments.

Seems there is no real answer as one poster indicates it gets worse for years and another suggests it gets better in months.

I guess I'll just need to take it one day at a time and gently try foods to see what happens.
Posted 10/21/2019 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
I haven't required any diet changes due to RT, but Trailguy's "rule of thumb" has been pretty accurate for me with returning to normal bowel movements. For 3.5 years following RT things weren't quite right - a bit on the loose side. about 6 months ago it suddenly started firming up nicely. But, I started ADT seven months ago, so I don't know if that's a factor.
Posted 10/21/2019 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
There is no magic number of days/months/years. Some it's forever, some are never affected.

Try adding small amounts and see how it goes.

Andrew
Posted 10/21/2019 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
And again, we see the constant quandry of many aspects of this disease.... everyone, every situation, is different.
Hang in there mentor. Hope this resolves soon.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply