Chronic small bowel obstruction from adhesions

Hi. My appendix burst when I was 6yr old, and the surgical team left gauze in me, so a 2nd surgery was required. I had tuboovarianplasty at age 30. A laparoscopy at age 50 found tons of adhesions. My 1st SBO was 1 and a half yr ago at age 63, and I am in for my 5th right now!The good surgeons here correctly refuse to operate until I am really bad. So, feeling pretty deesperate, I plan to seek holistic PT treatment at Clear Passage. Anybody else know of them?

Hi. My appendix burst when I was 6yr old, and the surgical team left gauze in me, so a 2nd surgery was required. I had tuboovarianplasty at age 30. A laparoscopy at age 50 found tons of adhesions. My 1st SBO was 1 and a half yr ago at age 63, and I am in for my 5th right now!The good surgeons here correctly refuse to operate until I am really bad. So, feeling pretty deesperate, I plan to seek holistic PT treatment at Clear Passage. Anybody else know of them?

I have been having bowel obstructions for almost 4 years. No one could tell me what was going on. I was getting them almost monthly. Worst pain I've ever gone through. At one point I lost 17 lbs. In October 2015 I finally ended up in the emergency room. This is when they finally found the small intestinal obstruction. The thought is that they are caused by abdominal radiation I got back in 2003-2004 for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
I sometimes go 3-4 months without an attack, but that is rare. They are part of my life.
The surgeon told me that if I end up back in the hospital, it's NG tube again. If NG doesn't work its emergency surgery.
The problem with surgery is that there is a 60% chance of it creating more adhesions, hence I'd be worse off.
I try to each low fiber even though I am a vegetarian. I cook my veggies. I don't eat any raw. No corn. I peel fruit like apples. Honestly, I feel I never know what helps and what doesn't. It's beyond frustrating and not an easy way to live. I've gotten attacks on vacation (totally bedridden in Paris!). I am in horrible pain for 24-48 hours. Then I'm sick for 4-5 more days. I feel for everyone battling this.

I have a question for the small bowel obstruction support group. I hear that one shouldn't eat bread but I have a hard time not eating any bread and if I don't eat bread I am constantly hungry! So I do eat a bit as well as some small pastries which I know aren't meant to be good for the bland diet I am trying to follow. I am wondering if gluten free bread might be ok and if it would be better for SBO people like myself.

I have a hard time as well not eating pastries and bread. I will eat them in small portions and I will chew thoroughly, more than 20 chews each small bite. I am also careful to make sure that my bread or pastries has no more than 1-2 grams of fiber. So I will eat maybe one piece of white bread toast in the morning with some butter. I also take olive oil everyday at here is actually a study I found on the benefits of olive oil for SBO due to adhesions. Since I started taking olive oil I have not needed any miralax in about a month now and my discomfort has become less often and less intense.

Here is a pic of the olive oil I use. It is hard to find. I recently ordered it on Amazon. I take 1-2 teaspoons. I take Teaspoon daily, if I have not had a bowel movement all day I will take an extra teaspoon that night and the next morning I usually go. I just take it straight. Using this olive oil here there is really no taste, I usually drink some apple juice right after just to rinse the oil out of my mouth.