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Chronic small bowel obstruction from adhesions
Digestive Health | Last Active: Feb 12, 2023 | Replies (212)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for reading my post. They used to be short( 3-7 days) but this is not going away. I am skeptical about the Clear Passages. It’s very expensive and no guarantees. That’s why I joined this group. I’m desperately looking for relief but also don’t want to be taken advantage of. I don’t want a surgery and neither does my GI doctor. He is afraid it’s to high risk. It’s been months and I can’t keep living this way, it’s more like surviving the day. I’ve also looked into CBD oils. I just don’t know what to do at this point.
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Sounds like me but, mine is adhesions CAUSED "tortuous colon" or they hit the spot I kept tellin EVERY Dr bout n when they couldn't get right thru with the camera they just assumed that's what it is. I FINALLY got a GI, gyno N a surgeon to acknowledge it's the adhesions causin all the ABSOLUTE AGONY n chronic constipation/partial blockages. I was always told n I agreed it wasn't an option for the pain for years but now it is gettin dangerous. I told the surgeon that I am willin to risk how fast they'll grow back hell, they took 27 years to get this bad n there's always the chance they'll grow the opposite direction, n he has agreed to DO IT! at bare minimum he'll cut the one I need cut loose to allow stool passage. I CAN'T WAIT! IMAGINE, a BM done in ONE day... WITHOUT the pure hell it takes to get it out. I'll update after surgery. GOOD LUCK TO US ALLLLLLL!
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@bentley33 , I'm so sorry. I've said it many times before, but it's so frustrating that cures have been found for so many things but no one has a clue about sbo's. And it makes me really mad that anyone would try to take advantage of that with snake oil cures that cost a fortune.
May I ask what your specific symptoms are? As I said, I've only had (many) acute episodes, but I can't imagine how anyone could survive that for more than a day or two (especially if you have a child to care for).
The only thing I've come up with on my own (and does seem to help) is a pretty strict diet, which I've detailed elsewhere here. Once I figured out that it's really purely a mechanical issue (not like a food allergy or stomach virus), it helped a lot in deciding what, when, and how to eat.