I am so sorry there are so many of us suffering this horrible
complication of adhesions. I have been fighting what I believe is a
partial obstruction for several days myself. I have experienced an
acute bowel obstruction and several partial obstructions. I am very
lucky that my primary care physician will put me in the hospital when I
have a severe flare up and medicate me and give me iv fluids. For
several days I have had severe pain and tenderness on my left side, I
had a doctors appt. and he told me it was adhesions on the small
bowel.(I don't have any other organs left!) I have some nausea, loss of
appetite, and cramping abdominal pain. I feel as though my intestine is
kinked or twisted. Today I coughed and had a pain go through that side
that felt as if I had been stabbed with a knife. I did get nervous at
that point, but it passed. I have basically stopped eating solid food,
I feel really full and uncomfortable under my ribcage and lets just say
my bowels aren't working. I had the acute bowel obstruction with
vomiting a day after I had a TAH, lysis of intestinal adhesions and
appendectomy. I had the NG tube and the obstruction resolved itself.
The small bowel can be obstructed for a number of reasons. The most
common is previous surgery. The adhesions can be so severe that as they
form, the bowel is completely blocked. The other two are entrapment in
hernias, usually inguinal hernias, and cancer. If you are having
symptoms, you need answers, ask for an abdominal x-ray. If you develop
a fever go immediately to the ER. Gather as much info as you can and
don't give up. You have to take charge of your health, nobody knows
your body better than you do. I pray you all find the strength to
battle the enemy. In Friendship, Sherry