First of all, you should never feel bad about going to see your GP if you have concerns about your health - its what doctors and other healthcare professionals are there for! It sounds as if you would benefit from some tests to see if there is an easily treatable cause for your soft stool. Blood tes...

Very sensible advice on diet and lifestyle from the experts on the thread already. The low FODMAP diet is great for the bloating and windy symptoms of IBS, and can be really useful for diarrhoeal symptoms with IBS but it is less useful for constipation symptoms with IBS. Basically, high FODMAP foods...

There is no set time. The best people to ask would be your surgeon or the cancer nurse specialist who is looking after you. As a general rule of thumb, it is best to wait until you (and your bowel!) have recovered from the effects of the initial surgery and the chemotherapy - and this will depend on...