Prayers for all of us ! Bob and Kathy you sound like me , with degenerative disk and I have 2 disk herniated . Only 1 Rotator cuff surgery I’m not all impressed with the arm is pretty much useless anything above my shoulder. Now the last few months I have had abdominal pain in my lower left that can increase with intensity to double me over .I’m more constipated every since I had covid back in may. Stool softeners don’t help, eating foods that I have issues with going straight threw me help sometimes , it’s a rare day they work on me like that anymore. So I be on liquid diet we when my stomach is the worst. To slowly eat a little bit of regular foods and see if pain increases before I eat much more . I take pro biotics now at meals seems to help for
Nauseous. I been able to eat something some days with no issues. If the pain wakes me up at night I try s going to be a long few days . Because tramadol is the only strong med they give me . I found out I just curl up in fetal position and drink plenty of water. After 2 days of being in bed . The longest was 10 days I was pretty much bed ridden. I slowly am able to eat a little bit maybe a small cup of food all day , with water between bits . I been on antibiotics for 10 days and that was the only time food went straight threw me . Not endless I took a few bites and hours later have a few more . I had ct scans . X rays, ultrasound next week a lower gi . Nothing conclusive has been found atm . So I’m not sure if you have pain in your abdomen or not .