Life after a small bowel obstruction due to adhesions

Yes I have exactly the same symptoms and I too had to go into hospital 29 Dec and surgery on New Year’s Day as adhesions causing small bowel obstruction.
Now at home recovering with the same you are having ? It’s horrible and wonder will I get back to normal ?

Maybe I need that scan and the dye too, I have exactly the same symptoms and I can hardly eat without getting bloated and feeling terrible

What kind of bowel test is that ? how is it done ?

She called it an enterography. They put some kind of dye in you that looks grs up your bowels when they do the CT scan. She told me this will show any other possible problems causing my obstructions or discomfort. Depending on what I eat I feel bloated a lot. Some days are worse than others. I keep a journal of everything I eat and drink trying to learn what aggravates me and what doesn't.

Yes, it's called a CT enterography. That's the scan I do every year or two to keep track of the severity of strictures in my intestines from my abdominal adhesions. It's a scan specifically used to locate bowel obstructions.

FYI: My gastroenterologist did some research and found out that enterography can also be done with MRI. Last September I had a test called MRI abdomen enterography. I had to drink one kind of contrast material before the test and then another contrast material was given via IV during the test. Basically it showed everything that the previous CTs showed but without having to be exposed to x-rays. It showed the size of my mass, the "tethers" that extend from the mass to the small bowel loops, and evaluation of Bowel Motility: "Reduced peristaltic activity." It also showed "Small volume ascites." "IMPRESSION: Lobulated calcified 5.9 cm lesion centered at the root of the small bowel mesentery with associated tethering of loops of small bowel. Findings favored to represent calcified retractile sclerosing mesenteritis." I have also posted elsewhere in the sclerosing mesenteritis section as this is what I am presumed to have even though two sets of doctors have concluded biopsy is not possible (too risky) due to the location of the mass. I follow a low fiber, low fat, high protein diet to avoid bowel obstructions. FYI: I never had any kind of abdominal surgery prior to the discovery of this mass, so my case is highly unusual. I am now on a trial of prednisone and tamoxifen to see if it will cause the mass to shrink. Surgery is not possible for me. Best wishes to all suffers of bowel obstructions. No fun at all!