@yvetteh
I'm a 12 year ileostomy patient that has had approx 10 completely obstructed bowels over the years. First time it started it was found I had a 8.4 cm incisional hernia that took them over 1.5 years to find. Second time it started , once again they could not find the reason for the obstruction but ultimately found a surgeon that figured it out and repaired it. The stomach itself was herniated and he rebuilt the stoma. That time I had 5 completely obstructed bowels and because it was at the outlet, my whole bowel was completely full and bloated,, very very very painful. I was so glad he found it because I don't think I could have endured another blockage. That was 5 years ago and I didn't have any issues, until about 4 months ago and something has started again. I had about 3 or 4 times, I could tell it wasn't working right, and I was able to get it too pass at home but just a week ago, it totally blocked again and I was hospitalized,,
I was vomiting like a fire hose and the pain was so bad, I was actually passing out. Hospitalized and after 3 days it cleared and instant relief, but ever since I have been nauseous. When I lay down it gets a lot better but as soon as I stand the nausea hits me almost instantly. I'm going to a couple specialist now to try to fix it.
Now 2 points to this whole thing.
First, I never had this nausea after the blockage cleared, none, ever.
Second, when they first removed my colon, I had an intestinal leak, filled up completely with poop, that almost killed me. SEVERE Peritonitis followed by full blown septic shock. Was very lucky to survive,, hospital says I survived a less than 5% survival infection with the SS.
So what I was left with was massive scar tissue, so bad my intestine is all bound together with the scar tissue so it cannot move like it should to promote the movement of the stool. They were surprised that I was able to pretty much what I wanted because of it.
This will give you an idea of how bad,
Removed gall bladder , 9.5 hours,
Removed a kidney and Ureter tube, 3 surgerical teams, 14.5 hours.
This is the first time I've ever had this nausea like this, and I 100% believe there is a pretty good obstruction, just not 100% blocked.
I believe your experiencing the same thing, a partially obstructed bowels.
I don't want to sound negative but from what I've been thru that's exactly what it sounds like.
Best of luck and I'll say a prayer for you.
These abdominal issues are so horrendous and painful that people that hasn't experienced it will never know what we've been thru. That's for sure,,