Hi I have been diagnosed with Renal Cell carcinoma and in a lot of pain. My kidney is swollen, I heard that you can use castor oil on a flannel piece of material for organ pain. Have you ever heard this before, I have pain medication but it is causing server constipation.
Hi.thanks for your query. Renal cell carcinoma is one such condition which is treated with surgical resection with or without chemotherapy....alternative or complimentary medicines like such oils have NO role in the management. Yes I do agree with you that some pain medications can cause constipation. Sometimes its becomes inevitable to the usage of painkillers in cancer pain control medications. Allow yourself 2tsps of laxative -Dulcolax to improve the constipation. I suggest you once for all that you need to investigated further to determine the location, size,morphology, localspread, extent of respectability of the tumor...such investigations include CT ABDOMEN, RENAL BIOPSY, BONE SCAN, COMPLETE BLOOD ANALYSIS, assesment of daily urine output etc., since renal cell carcinomas when detected early have got excellent prognosis following surgical resection. I finally conclude that you get these investigation reports to your treating doctor/surgeon to determine the final treatment protocol. Thank you.