Constipation

Constipation is common for people with cancer.

• How to manage constipation: For people with cancer (Odette Cancer Centre)
• How to Manage Your Constipation (Ontario Health Cancer Care Ontario)
• Constipation (Canadian Cancer Society)

Talk to your health care team.

• Call the Odette Cancer Centre at 416-480-5000, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Call the after-hours telephone line at 1-877-681-3057, Monday to Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m., on weekends and statutory holidays. If you are on a clinical trial, do not call the after-hours telephone line. Call the number given to you by your health care team.
• The Patient and Family Support Office offers services to help with emotional, social and financial support, rehabilitation, and clinical nutrition.

In case of emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Need help finding health information? Email us at patienteducation@sunnybrook.ca.