bowel obstructions
From: Gloria (rgmcdon@pacificcoast.net)
Mon Sep 27 19:19:19 1999
I have been reading the forum and it is somehow comforting to know there
are so many other people out there that are experiencing what I do. It
makes me feel not so "whiny"....sometimes I think I must drive my family
wild with all my ailments. I just got out of the hospital this morning
after spending the last three days there being treated for a bowel
obstruction. I left it till I was vomiting before I would go into
emergency because I am so tired of the whole process. It seems I have
to explain everything in detail each time I go in, and even then they
tend to treat me like a druggie who is just looking for a "fix". This
time I left it too long and ended up with the NG tube, the vomiting --
everything. Thank God it resolved. This is the umpteenth time I have
been treated for a bowel obstruction. I have had one corrective surgery
for it.
I am so depressed right now, as the doctors here all say there is
NOTHING I can do about it. It is adhesion caused and there is nothing I
can do to avoid it and it is only a matter of time before it strikes
again. I can't even face the idea of having another episode, another NG
tube, the pain. I feel so very helpless right now. I look into my
future and I don't like what I see. Please, anyone else who suffers
from bowel adhesions with chronic obstruction, if you have any advice
for me -- anything that I should be doing, or should be asking the
doctors to do...please let me know. I don't think I can face up to many
more of these episodes.
--
Gloria