My daughter has pain from adhesions related to bowel surgery, so i know all too well this type of episode. She doesn't have a colon, so no more BM's, but still has pain related to stoma output from her ileostomy.
Signs of bowel obstruction are pretty clear, usually... they include not only pain, but fever, bloating, and vomiting. If your pain passes with in an hour or 2, i wouldn't worry about it being an obstruction. If it does not subside and the other symptoms are present, get to an ER. I'd also suggest a visit to a GI doc, if the pain continues to be associated with BM's you may want to get a colonoscopy.
Fri, 13 Jul 2001, kimberly wrote:
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>I had a hysterectomy 1/9/2001, there were some complications,
>my bladder was sliced, and there was more endometreosis than
>suspected, my Dr said she had her hands full. Anyways, my healing
>was going slow but sure in the right direction, until a month
>ago. I got stabbing pain in my right lower side while walking,
>pain was very tense. We sat down, and slowly made our way back
>to the hotel. I had some gas, and then a bm when we got back to the
>hotel. I was tender in that area for a few days,
> tried using Ben Gay for relief. When we returned
>home I went to my GP and he was concerned re: appendix, so I
>had a CT which came back good, and he sent me to my GYN, she
>concluded that it is adhesions around the bowel.
> Until yesterday all was well, and
>then boom, another episode just like the first, same exact thing, it
>lasts about 1 1/2 hour with intense pain in that area, some gas
>and than I have a bm and things start to lighten up, I am still
>tender today. I have a daily bm each morning, so this is puzzling to
>me. I printed off the low residue/low fiber diet I found
>on this site and am going to give that a try. The info here is
> priceless!! Is this common with
>adhesions in that area?? I know the only way to know for sure is
>more surgery, and from the info on this site, that is a question.
>I worry about an obstruction or worse. It is not a "constant" pain
>and it comes out of the blue, no warning??? Any help would be
>greatly appreciated!! Thank-you