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Hello @michrn
I am sorry to hear of your current symptoms. I can understand that you want some answers and a way to treat those symptoms.
Your question about whether a bowel obstruction can be missed on a CT scan is not something I could answer. You should really contact your GI doctor to see what he/she thinks about that. It would be a good thing as well to discuss your current symptoms.
Regarding the liquid diet, it has helped many of us, but there is no way to be sure it would work for you, especially since you do not know what is causing your problems. If you do decide to try it, get a lot of nutrition with a liquid nutrition product like Ensure, which will be high in protein. I also use the Atkins shake because I'm pre-diabetic and it is lower in carbs than some of the other liquid nutrition products, yet high in protein.
It sounds like a call to your GI doctor's office is an important next step for you. Having nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and constipation for long periods of time does make it difficult to maintain weight as well as nutrition.
Will you post again and update me on your progress?
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@hopeful33250 , may I ask if you are on a permanent liquid diet? I've gone mostly liquids, smoothies, and soft, easy-to-digest foods, but I have been desperate enough to consider trying to stay on a liquid diet altogether--I know that diet doesn't actually prevent or cause sbo's caused by adhesions, but heavy meals of solid foods definitely make things a LOT worse if an sbo starts while the food is still in my stomach. I sometimes wish I could survive on nothing at all, so that I don't have to go through the misery of having food bumping up against a blockage!
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Yes thank you so much for your suggestions. I make smoothies with veggies and protein powder in the morning but need something I can take with me. The Atkins shake is a great suggestion. I dont have a GI doctor right now. Had one years ago but werent very helpful with IBS. Im trying a new drug called Constella for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation but maybe the barium test is a good idea. Thank you for taking the time to reply.