I've been kind of doing the same thing...everything still works, though it's more painful and less efficient, so I've just been "going with the flow" (pun intended!) and trying not to worry too much about it. I'm also charting my symptoms for when I talk to my doc later. Please do let me know if the meds work for you, I hope you get relief!
-- Libby :O)At Mon, 1 Apr 2002, clare wrote: > >Hi Libby: > >I too get similar symptoms, only I have the nausea, bloating etc every >day, and the severe pain build up over a two to three week period. I >don't know if it's related to a partial obstruction or not - I uaed to >think it was, but I seem to make it through okay so now I try not to >worry about it. I wish I could be more informative, but at least you >know that others have the same thing occur. > >My doctor just put me on an antispasmodic med, so if it works I'll let >you know. I'm having trouble taking it as it makes me too groggy to >work, so for now I'm not taking it three times a day - just at night. I >may try cutting the pills in half and see if I can tolerate that. I >hope you get the answers to your questions. Best wishes. > >At Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Libby wrote: >> >>Good morning ladies - >> >>I haven't posted in a while, but I've had some new symptoms and wonder >>what this means (this is descriptive, sorry!)... >> >>The last few weeks I've had a pattern appear - 2-3 days of heartburn, >>mild nausea, low appetite, bloating, increasing back pain, pain in >>ovaries, sharp gas pains and harder to pass BMs. This builds up over a >>few days until a day of very painful gas pains and extreme back and >>ovary pain (previous hx of adhesions on both ovaries, appendix & sigmoid >>colon). Then I'll pass a BM - starts pebbly and then normal. Once this >>passes ALL PAIN STOPS, then I just ache. Sometimes followed with urgent >>diarrhea, then the bowel pattern gets normal for several days, and then >>the cycle starts again. >> >>This has been going on for several weeks now. I drink plenty of water, >>and usually eat Bran cereal every day to stay "regulated". >> >>Is this considered a "partial" obstruction or maybe IBS, or maybe just >>adhesions being stretched and pulled? >> >>Any advice? Thanks for your help... >> >>-- >>Libby :O) >> >-- >csheedy >