When can I eat spicy foods again?

when you feel like it, but likely you should wait a couple more months.

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I'll be in the shop.
Age 59, 52 at DX
PSA:
4.2 10/11, 1.9 6/12, 1.2 12/12, 1.0 5/13, .6 11/13,
.7 5/14, .5 10/14, .5 4/15, .3 10/15, .3 4/16, .4 10/16, .4 5/17, .3 10/17 .3 4/18, .4 11/18
G 3+4
Stage T1C
2 out of 14 cores positive
Treatment IGRT - 2/2012

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?

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Age:65
PSA 10.01
Biopsy Gleason 7 (4+3) 6 of 12 cores, all on the left.
MR: Probable multifocal disease with dominant lesion within the posterior
left greater than right mid gland to apex peripheral zone, with probable
extracapsular extension. PI-RADS v2 score: 4.
PET scan showed it localized! No node involvement.
Proximity of left nerve bundle.

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.

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Age 68 at Dx
PSA history: 2000-2012 0.9-1.2; 06/2012 started T replacement
2013-2015 3.0-3.3 (new normal); 11/2015 4.6; 05/2016 5.7
Biopsy: 12-core biopsy 07/2016; 3 cores G3+3, 5% or less; 1 core 3+4, 15%; 1 core HGPIN; 2% of gland involved. Summary G3+4.
CyberKnife SBRT with Dr. Hirsch; start 11/15/16, finish 11/23

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.

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Part I
2015 (Age 54) PSA: 20.8
Bx: All cores G7 (4+3)
RALP & Adjuvant RT
Pathology: G8 (4+4)+5
PSA nadir: 0.1, steady increase until 2019: 64.13

Part II
2019, March: Lupron/Xtandi, PSA: 1 month: 0.126; 3 months: 0.036; 6 months: <0.02

Post Edited (mattam) : 10/20/2019 6:33:53 PM (GMT-6)

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.

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I am not a doctor, just another guy without a prostate
Dx Age 64 Nov 2014, PSA 4.3
BX 3 of 12 cores positive original pathology G6
RALP with Dr Ash Tewari Jan 6, 2015
Post surgical pathology G7 (3+4), - ECE, - Margins, -LN, -SV (+ frozen section apex converted to negative)
PSA @ 6 weeks 2/15, .<02, remained <0.02 until January 2017, .02, repeat Feb 2017, still .02. May 2017-.033, August 2017- .033 November .046, March 2018 .060. June 2018 .068, July 2018 - .082, August 2018, .078, August 2018 - .08 Start ADT. Sept 2018 Start SRT
Sept 2018 thru November 2018 – T = 4, PSA = <.05
Decipher test, low risk, .37 score
My story.... tinyurl.com/qgyu3xq