Digestive Health Support Group

Recently I had my gallbladder out due to gallstones, and during the surgery they discovered my gallbladder was covered in adhesions. All I’ve been told...

I had surgery on my kidney and they said they saw adhesions on my cecum and mulitple dilated loops of bowel. What does this mean...

So for the past 3 months I have had awful middle epigastric pain, new onset constipation, no appetite at all, dizziness, headaches, and horrible itching....

I have not visited the group for a while, as my adhesions and I were having a sort of truce. But in February, I had...

Has anyone had a laparoscopic procedure at Mayo (Rochester) to explore and see what the extent of their adhesions are? Anyone have success having them...

I had pelvic surgery roughly 10yrs ago, in August 2019 I had my first bowel obstruction caused from adhesions. I’m May of 2020 I had...

I have had 2 open surgeries The first to remove a liver cyst The second to remove gallbladder followed by a bile duct tear needing...

This is my 5th SBO with hospitalizan in 18 months, due to adhesions. No surgery yet, but am considering Small Passage treatment. Last 3 times...

Had abdominal surgery in 1983 for ovarian cancer. second abd. surgery in 1984 total hysterectomy. Next year increased abdominal pain then more surgery for lysis...

I just joined this site and am looking to see if anyone talks about bowel obstructions caused by adhesions following abdominal surgery. I had successful...

I'm searching for SIBO in the forum but nothing specific to it comes up. My wife suffers from SIBO due to structural problems in her...

This is my first time reaching out to such an outlet but my frustration with my reoccurring issues is completely distressing me. I am a...

Had surgery in December for bowel blockage due to adhesions. I still have horrible cramping following bowel movements. What should I do to eliminate this?

Hello, I am 39 years old female with a history of malrotation, bowel obstruction and adhesion. I had open surgery twice. I am suffering from...

Hi! New here but hoping to get some support or answers. I am a 52 yo female. Recurrent SBO with decompression therapy resolving each time....

Hi everyone who is living with abdominal adhesions. I have been trying to learn to live with this for several months now without much help...

I am miserable. Doctor's say there is nothing they can do. Tortuous colon with two fixed folds, rectal & sphincter muscle impairment due to aggressive...

I was hospitalized with partial small bowel obstruction six months ago which was cleared non-surgically. I had laparoscopic lysis six weeks ago for multiple adhesions...

A year ago I had a sigmoid colonectomy. Within weeks I was having 15 BMs/day. I’ve been to 4 GI docs, had a colonoscopy, enteroscopy,...

Hey everybody! I joined this group hoping to find tips for managing recurrent/chronic SBOs. I had a Ladd's procedure at 4 days old which left...