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Chronic Abdominal Bloating and Pain

Digestive Health | Last Active: Dec 17, 2021 | Replies (98)

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@piper34

When I was in college I got extremely sick and almost died but my stomach was huge and everyone thought I was pregnant. Turns out I hadn’t gone to the bathroom in over 3 months. Doctors cleaned me out and stomach went down but never believed me. I have been on every laxative known to man and all work for about 2 days then stop. Even miralax. In fact my stools are always soft never hard and miralax only causes leakage and never gets rid of anything. I don’t have any peristalsis but dr feels like I should stay on laxative. I can’t work bc I have leakage accidents and am always vomiting due to having so much back up. I am at 3 months again and can’t eat. Food is at back of my throat. I’ve thrown up a lot and food just tries to keep coming out that way instead of other way. I’ve gained 40 pounds in my stomach! I am huge!! Everyone keeps congratulating me on pregnancy. My aunt was diagnosed with puesdo-obstruction and dr said her intestines were arranged wrong causes severe obstruction. I believe I have the same but dr won’t do anything bc I don’t have insurance. I’m tired of this.

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Hello @piper34 and welcome to Connect. How frustrating to know how you are feeling and what you may have but to not be able to get others to listen to you. If you don't mind sharing a bit more about yourself, do you know if you have had a bowel obstruction? Forgive my lack of knowledge on this topic, but is a bowel obstruction possible or is that essentially the same thing as constipation? If you are to the point where you are unable to eat, that is serious. Have you thought about seeking a second opinion? I am not a medical professional, but if you are unable to eat you may need to visit an emergency room as this could be a serious situation.

If you don't mind, I'd like to share a link to a recently active discussion on a similar topic that you may find worth your time to read through and participate in if you feel comfortable:

- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/chronic-small-bowel-obstruction-from-adhesions/