I, like you, have been dealing with hospitalization for
sbo for 3 years. Until recently I was in the hospital about three times
a year. For the last 6 months I have been using milk of mag at the
first onset of symptoms along with gasx and have avoided two
hospitalizations. I had been reading some studies online that suggested
that this approach had worked on some patients in china and also that
when hospitalized for sbo their stays were shorter than for patients
that used just the ng tube, pain meds and hydration.
>From my own perspective diet and weather don't play a part but I think
stress does and I think that exercise helps keep the "episodes", as we
call them at our house, down. Three times a year seems to be a magic
number for me. But I just avoided two so I hope I am on to something.