For over a year now I have tried to get get the food moving back through my intestinal tract and it's now to the point where I'm pretty much living on Boost Nutritional Shakes and Tea and I'm going down hill fast. I'm absolutely terrified of falling on my face and ending up back in the hospital cause I really HATE that place. So far (under my GP's supervision) I've tried Dicetel, Zelnorm, Domperidone, Misoprostol, Prodiem, Metamucil, Mineral Oil, Magnalax, Gravol Suppositories, Oral Gravol, Gylcerine Suppositories, Ducolax, Fleet Enemas, Warm Water Enemas, Pantaloc, Buscopan, Vioxx, Nortriptyline, M Elson Mprhine Sulphate, Oxycotin, Heating Pad, Hot Water Bottle, Ice Packs, I've eliminated what and dairy from my diet for 6 weeks and tried to only eat about 1/2 cup of food a few times a day. None of this seems to help much and it just keeps getting worse.
After consuming anything whether it solid food or liquid, my stomach will bloat out on average 8 inches. Most of my days now are spend in bed crying and rocking back and forth. I'm sure if the "average" person put the kind of effort into passing gas that I have to they would end up with their pants full. To have a bowel movement usually entails more effort than most women put into giving birth. I have developed rather advanced diverticulosis for someone in my age group (41) and every time I turn around I have yet another hemmoroid. Of course there is constant pain which I can tolerate most of the time as long as I don't eat.
Have any of you found any "non surgical" relief? Any tips or hints for getting food through partially blocked intestines would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-- Lynnsay