Hello @mardee and welcome to Connect. I can tell from your post that your husband has experienced a lot of discomfort as a result of his surgeries. It certainly does take a while for the digestive tract to find it's new normal. Given his tendency towards adhesions, I can also understand his fear of having a blockage. I have had three surgeries of the upper digestive tract and have many of the same symptoms that come and go.

The one suggestion I might make is for him to keep a daily journal of foods, drinks and physical activities as well as stress to see if he can begin to find a correlation between the painful symptoms and events in his life. I've found many such correlations and perhaps he will as well.

In this way, he might be able to provide some good information for his medical team as well as himself.

As I read the suggestion of @bea1972, I realize that I also practice many of these eating habits, especially the small, frequent meals, yogurt, liquids and physical activity.

@kerryos, are some of these ideas helpful to you as you try to control your symptoms? You said that you haven't had any treatments yet. What type of treatments is your medical team looking at?

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