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    Nell
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      Has anybody had loose green stools during treatment with yervoy?

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        Mat
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          Nell, as you're probably aware, ipi can affect bowel movements.  As someone who had ipi-related colitis, I would suggest taking any change seriously (as you're doing) and report it to your onc.  I don't recall having green stool, but my stool was loose (and often bloody) for some time before I developed full blown colitis (which I was on the lookout for).  I carried a bottle of prednisone with me and it came in very handy when I developed colitis over a weekend.  As you may know, one sign of colitis is that you have diarrhea that cannot be controlled by Immodium (or perhaps Lomotil) within a 24 hour period. 

          Mat
          Participant

            Nell, as you're probably aware, ipi can affect bowel movements.  As someone who had ipi-related colitis, I would suggest taking any change seriously (as you're doing) and report it to your onc.  I don't recall having green stool, but my stool was loose (and often bloody) for some time before I developed full blown colitis (which I was on the lookout for).  I carried a bottle of prednisone with me and it came in very handy when I developed colitis over a weekend.  As you may know, one sign of colitis is that you have diarrhea that cannot be controlled by Immodium (or perhaps Lomotil) within a 24 hour period. 

            Mat
            Participant

              Nell, as you're probably aware, ipi can affect bowel movements.  As someone who had ipi-related colitis, I would suggest taking any change seriously (as you're doing) and report it to your onc.  I don't recall having green stool, but my stool was loose (and often bloody) for some time before I developed full blown colitis (which I was on the lookout for).  I carried a bottle of prednisone with me and it came in very handy when I developed colitis over a weekend.  As you may know, one sign of colitis is that you have diarrhea that cannot be controlled by Immodium (or perhaps Lomotil) within a 24 hour period. 

              kathycmc
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                My daughter got C.Diff. (sorry don't know what it stands for anymore) during the 3rd session of bio-chemotherapy.  She had to be in isolation at the hospital and it requires treatment.  Vancomycin is better than Flagyl.  Flagyl made her throw up.  They diagnosed it by doing a culture of the bowel movement and it was green diarrhea.  

                kathycmc
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                  My daughter got C.Diff. (sorry don't know what it stands for anymore) during the 3rd session of bio-chemotherapy.  She had to be in isolation at the hospital and it requires treatment.  Vancomycin is better than Flagyl.  Flagyl made her throw up.  They diagnosed it by doing a culture of the bowel movement and it was green diarrhea.  

                  kathycmc
                  Participant

                    My daughter got C.Diff. (sorry don't know what it stands for anymore) during the 3rd session of bio-chemotherapy.  She had to be in isolation at the hospital and it requires treatment.  Vancomycin is better than Flagyl.  Flagyl made her throw up.  They diagnosed it by doing a culture of the bowel movement and it was green diarrhea.  

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