@heid , I'm just chiming in here in response to your post about the laparoscopic surgery. I don't know what @nonni1 's longer-term experience was, but about 5 years ago, after MANY sbo's throughout my life due to adhesions, a doctor told me that he thought he could fix the problem with laparoscopic surgery. I went through with it. Yes, the surgery and recovery were easy, but I've probably had at least 5 sbo's since then. I consider it a waste, at least in my case, as I saw no improvement. So I would definitely ask your husband's new doctor a LOT of questions, and really try to pin him or her down on the prognosis post-surgery. Sorry--I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but I was really devastated when I realized that nothing had changed. I wouldn't want your husband and you to be disappointed as I was!