Bowel strictures

I am nauseous for a few weeks after a SBO. My last one was in July and it is very debilitating for a long while. I used to only have streatorrhea. Now I need a stool softener daily to poop. Belly is always sore even clothes hurt. Do any of you have pain that appears to be on the lower rib. The pain makes it difficult to wear a bra. Doctors don’t seem to understand this. I went to two different pain centers. I got steroid injections that didn’t help. The pain clinic also didn’t know what it was. They said it was from the trauma of my appendix rupture and sepsis changing my pain neurons.
I had a colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago. When I system was emptied for the first time I felt no pain. Now I know it is my digestive system and my adhesions. The colonoscopy found that my ascending and descending colon is so ties up that they don’t move. My transverse colon does work. I already knew from a CT scan in May and July that I have a mobile cecum. Sometimes it is up by my left liver lobe. The colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago showed it by my former gallbladder.

I also am nauseous but only while I have the blockage. Taking 1 Coloxal tablet daily(stool softner) as it keeps bowel contents moist enough to pass the strictures. Advice from my Gastroenterologist. Before the strictures were diagnosed I had constant pain under my ribs on the right side. It felt like it was catching, but no one has ever given me an answer to this??? It's a very difficult problem to live with & yes it leaves you depressed, but maybe we that suffer really need to focus on our diet more as there is no alternative unfortunately. We are still here on Earth so let's try to enjoy...even though it's hard when unwell. Keep seeing Doctors for peace of mind also.

Good to know I am not the only one with rib cage issues. This has been going on for years and doctors say they didn’t know and couldn’t fix it. I just eat small meals and mostly liquid diet.
Take care and keep the faith.

You unfortunately are not alone. I was told I have a tortuous colon after my colonoscopy with no mention of a bowel narrowing/stricture. I have severe untreated osteoporosis, a 9" height loss from multiple spinal compression fractures, peripheral neuropathy and resulting pain and wobbliness from carrying around a very bloated belly on spindly legs. The lower rib pain in my very bloated belly increases after a meal, reducing my appetite. A dietician suggests a low fodmap diet to decrease the bloat. My gastroenterologist says the answer is daily Motegrity to decrease constipation. that may cause the bloat although I have about 2 bms a day. I think it is amazing I can still walk and function at all.

I also have a tortuous colon and feel the same. I tried the FOD Map diet and did nothing. This is where I don’t trust the GI doctors. They work with the digestive system not the mechanical system. I have had issues since 2016 and have seen many GI Docs. They all go back to their IBS text books.
Prior to getting my colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago, the GI doc said I couldn’t poop because of past antibiotics etc. After the colonoscopy when he found I had a tortuous colon and most of it not moving due to adhesions he I asked him if antibiotics etc was the reason I couldn’t poop. He said no. It is all mechanical. Surgeons push me back to the GI docs hoping they can do something.