← Return to Bowel obstructions caused by adhesions following abdominal surgery

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@amandaa

Hi @kag13, sorry to hear about your multiple bowel obstructions. Connect is filled with other members just like you, who have questions about treatment or want to share there medical journey. Unfortunately, the members here aren't qualified to diagnose conditions, provide second opinions or make specific treatment recommendations through this platform.
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Can you share a little more about your predicament and I could perhaps introduce you to some members of the community, like the one on this discussion?

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Hello there Amanda, not sure if you were asking me to share, but would really like you to introduce me to other members who are going through all of these bowel obstruction in this community. Here is a little more information. I had Endometrial Stage 3 Cancer in 2008 and they did a hysterectomy and removed about 10 lymph nodes out of my right leg also. I was fine until 2013 when all the bowel problems started. Diarrhea all the time and bowel accidents every time I went out. That is still going on today. I have had 2-3 bowel obstructions every year and at first I could just go to bed with the heating pad and not eat for 3 days and then go on broth for another 4 days. It would take about 10 days to get feeling a little back to normal. With the obstructions I would have to go to bed and stay there. My first trip to the ER by ambulance was in January 2022. There was so much pain and I was throwing up stool. Sorry, that is pretty gross. Then I have had another obstruction in March and was able to get rid of it on my own. Another week of fatigue and just having broth. In 2019 I started to have a sore mouth and saw the Dermatologist for a year and he tried Protopic, but has soon as I went off of it, the sores would come back. He did a biopsy and it was too small to diagnose. He just told me that I had Oral Lichen Planus and said there really isn't much that you can do about it and it will never go away totally. In January 2021 I dropped a huge jar of Kraft Peanut Butter from Costco on the top of my foot. Because of that I have Lymphedema now from my toes to my thigh. It started because of the lymph nodes that were removed from my leg after the Cancer surgery. I am 71 years old and live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I would love to go to the Mayo Clinic, but don't think that I can afford the medical bills. Well, thanks for reading my story. Thanks to all of you for letting me know what you are going through. Just wish that all of us could be 100% again. Take care, Judy.