> Millie,
> My daughter has had that more times than we care to remember!! And, she
> ALWAYS had such a constipation problem. Seems the doctors would ignore us
> telling them she was SO constipated. Their answer: "just follow the nothi> ng
> after midnight and don't worry about it"........EVERY TIME we would be th> ere
> ALL DAY long with her drinking more and more barium because they "weren't
> seeing everything" or it hadn't gone all the way through. We always rc'd > the
> same conclusion after those tests---that she has an area of bowel that is
> very narrow, thus all the problems. We talked to several gastro's about
> taking that part of the bowel out and they all refused-----saying as long> as
> she could go they would not do it for fear of worse problems created from
> the site of re-connection. These were back in the days of us being told, > "It
> s Crohn's"........Now, I look back and I am convinced it was ADHESIONS
> wrapped around that part of the bowel. Anyway, drink all the water you ca> n
> hold after your procedure as that gets rid of the barium (I'm sure you
> already know this)....
> Will be praying for you.
> ((((((((hugggggsssssss)))))))))))))))
> Karen
>