Bowel Reconstruction- throwing up, fecal/bile breath
I am writing this post to hopefully get advice. i have been dealing with eating, digestive issues, and not being able to keep much food down for most of my life. I'm 65 so that is a long time. my issue with the bowel obstruction started in October with severe pain and throwing up. Finally, it got so bad that I passed out and the paramedics were called. went to the ER and diagnosed with SBO caused from an ectopic pregnancy and multiple adhesions and endometriosis. That was removed 2 days later and stayed in hospital for 15 days. everything was good, got out of the hospital for 4 days and the same thing happened. Back to the hospital. Had a NG tube and the obstruction passed. Everything was good for about a month but now the throwing up, not being able to keep much food down and the horrible bad fecal/bile breath. It kind of just comes out all thru my body. Had a CTA scan 2 weeks ago, that showed no blockage and now waiting for endoscopy scheduled for April. Has anyone else experienced these episodes or symptoms, and if so PLEASE give me advice on ways to help these issues. My husband wants to bring me to The Mayo Clinic, thoughts-advice? Thanks Kim!
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Thank you so much for the prayers!
I'm now incorporating Bone Broth into my diet along with lots of protein shakes 🙂 We are going to start trying vegetables in the shakes too. I truly appreciate all the advice and support on this page plus the prayers!!
I'm so glad that your endoscopy was moved up to next week! Please please keep us posted here on what they find out. I think the gastric emptying study would be a good idea and, forgive me but I follow so many medical forums, you might want to ask your doctor about the possibility of you having SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth). I agree with others here about Mayo Clinic. I was there and managed to hit every department in 2007. Ended up having sigmoid and descending colon resection. It's like a Jiffy Lube for medical patients! They leave no stone unturned! I was also back there in 2018 when my bloating and constipation problems became untenable and that's when I was diagnosed with SIBO. And I thought I knew every gastro diagnosis there was! But western medicine still wasn't as aware of SIBO as they are now. I went to the clinic in Minnesota. If you plan to try to get in there, I would recommend getting paperwork and insurance and medical records info started as soon as you can. I hope you can get answers and, again, please keep us posted here when you find out any new info. Praying for you, my friend. 🙏❤️