Re: What are the symptoms of a partial bowel blockage? How is it
From: Traci Genz (tracigenz@yahoo.com)
Fri Nov 21 19:47:19 2003
I had the baker tube in 1999 after I underwent 9 1/2 5 resections
intestine surgery and I'm telling you, the baker tube doesn't work
unless it's up-to-date. The baker tube doesn't digest your food and you
would be vomiting it. The day the surgeon took out the baker tube, I
was able to eat "normally" when I couldn't before and I tried telling
the surgeon that. He didn't believe me. I was told baker tube was used
many years ago and surgeons don't use them anymore.
At Wed, 19 Nov 2003, chad austin wrote:
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>I am a 17 year old boy that has problems with partial bowel blockage. It
>usually begins with a bloated stomach, then pain, ending with vomiting.
>To treat it, you will be hospitalized for about a week with no food,
>just a I.V. for nutrition. If you do not clear up, you will have the
>blockage surgically opened. I have had this surgery once, and am sick
>right now with partial blockage. My docter told me about a "Joel Baker
>tube" that is put in the small intestine to "train" it to stay open.