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Partial Small Bowel Obstruction Pain: Do things get better?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 14 9:57am | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
I am interested as well. I was just hospitalized with a small bowel obstruction, 3 weeks ago,,, I had the NG Tube down the nose to stomach for 6 days of misery until I said enough and took it out,, ticked off my surgeon who after discharge dumped me as a patient , even though he has been my surgeon for 9years since I first had cancer in my colon... The ER I went to did the all the right things,, I had come in after 5 days of suffering and horrific pain thinking this will pass. While moved to my ex surgeons hospital he said they would get it reversed with out surgery,, later when discharged he joked , but he is not funny, so the comment he made that maybe it was just an air pocket was hideous. also telling the other Drs that he would be afraid to do surgery on me,. as I am too thin and the problems he had with my original colectomies (which caused this) were due to me not having any thing to adhere to on my gut,,,, I knew in hospital I needed my GI DR,, no one waws consulting with him or my cardio... The next day out my GI put me back on liquids,, read the second ct from ER that hot shot surgeon didn't read just shushed it ooff as why did they do another,,, if he had read it it clearly shows the obstruction and the stricture as well as major narrowing of intestines,,, had a colonoscopy as well, biopsies taken.., I am toldby all I am at high risk of this happening again,,,, so I am very careful with what I eat,, I keep losing weight, I know I need to drink tthe protein drinks but forget... so something has to be done,,, I was thinking what you had??? so when you ask when do symptoms go away what kind of symptoms are you having and what are you eating ,, are you on a special diet??? What did they tell you to expect after the surgery,,,, have you had a colonoscopy to see where things are,, I would appreciate any info and I wish you pain free days, I know they are horrible,,
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I am sorry you are going so much hell with your intestines. I would suggest that you not hesitate to change doctors as needed until you find someone who can help you.
In my case I wound up with a coli-rectal surgeon sixty miles away who did laparoscopic surgery on me and did lysis to cut or remove a lot of the adhesions which were the cause of my blockage. He told me that IF the procedure was going to work it could take a year or longer and that there were no guarantees of success. Fortunately, after a little more than a year, I have about 90% improvement. I'm still careful with what I eat, mostly avoiding fiber and greasy foods, and have gained back a good bit of the weight I lost. I also have very little pain.
In my case I also have episodes of colitis which results in liquid diarrhea for which I take Meta Mucil daily which at least firms up my stools. It's a pain to do but it helps.
I would urge you to keep looking. The right doctor is out there. Most of the doctors don't want to perform surgery due to the unpredictable success rate but pain free days are definitely possible. All the best.
My mom had stomach pain doctors kept telling her diverticulitis give he antibiotics send her home. 5 week in a row I brought her to ER. Nothing done 6 time she was in bad shape called 911 and an ambulance got her, the paramedics said poor luck at that hospital let's go to another. We did that night emergency surgery for 3 feet of her intestine was dead they had to remove, when you get old if 1 health care facility does not help you change right away mom was within hours of her death according to last surgeon.
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I am sorry you are going so much hell with your intestines. I would suggest that you not hesitate to change doctors as needed until you find someone who can help you.
In my case I wound up with a coli-rectal surgeon sixty miles away who did laparoscopic surgery on me and did lysis to cut or remove a lot of the adhesions which were the cause of my blockage. He told me that IF the procedure was going to work it could take a year or longer and that there were no guarantees of success. Fortunately, after a little more than a year, I have about 90% improvement. I'm still careful with what I eat, mostly avoiding fiber and greasy foods, and have gained back a good bit of the weight I lost. I also have very little pain.
In my case I also have episodes of colitis which results in liquid diarrhea for which I take Meta Mucil daily which at least firms up my stools. It's a pain to do but it helps.
I would urge you to keep looking. The right doctor is out there. Most of the doctors don't want to perform surgery due to the unpredictable success rate but pain free days are definitely possible. All the best.