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Chronic small bowel obstruction from adhesions

Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 12, 2023 | Replies (212)
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@dc10

I am currently in the hospital with my 6th SBO. The same protocol is followed each time. The surgeon thinks that I have scar tissue that stems from a laparoscopy I had back in 1980. So this was my only abdominal surgery before the obstructions began 3 years ago. I did have an exploratory surgery in August to determine the amount of scar tissue. I did not come away with much information, but have been warned that more surgery results in more scarring. I honestly don’t know what to do since the frequency of these obstructions is increasing. Are you talking about Clear Passage? If so, I’ve read about that also and definitely would consider that since my doctors don’t seem to have any suggestions other than to come into the hospital each time and go through the protocol. Such a painful thing! And I don’t know what to eat!

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nancybev | @nancybev | Mar 5, 2019

@dc10 , welcome. It's such a miserable thing to deal with, and very frustrating that doctors don't seem to have many answers.
On Clear Passage, my feeling is that you should be very careful before you lay out large amounts of money for their "treatments." I have not read a shred of evidence from the legitimate medical community that what they do really works. Look carefully at the list of "authors" on any of the Clear Passage "studies" in medical journals, and you'll see that they include the people who own the company--seems sketchy to me. I figure that, if the technique REALLY worked, it would be offered by legitimate gastroenterologists all over the world to offer some relief! Just my two cents...
But if you read through these threads you should find a lot of pointers on what diets and other tips people can recommend to at least make the issue more bearable.
Feel free to ask questions!

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