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Slow Moving Bowel Obstruction
- Thread starter mamerth
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SIcklyhatED
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the first time i ever had one of these i ended up in the hospital for 5 days. WORST. PAIN. EVER. Seriously thought my apendix was about to burst.
anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
SIcklyhatED
New member
the first time i ever had one of these i ended up in the hospital for 5 days. WORST. PAIN. EVER. Seriously thought my apendix was about to burst.
anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
SIcklyhatED
New member
the first time i ever had one of these i ended up in the hospital for 5 days. WORST. PAIN. EVER. Seriously thought my apendix was about to burst.
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<br />anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
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<br />and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
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<br />anywho, maybe if it's moving so slowly you should just take Golytly? I know it tastes gross buuut....
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<br />and I'm new to the world of bowel obstructions. I thought eating food was bad? I wasn't allowed to eat/drink anything for the 5 day hospital stay afterall...???
After days and days of Miralax it finally moved.... I am FREE!! I will have to do maintenance doses just to make sure it stays cleared out. I found if I warmed up the Miralax (in water) it moved things faster. I finally remembered some sage advice from my grandpa-- "drink warm water to keep the digestive system working well". Once I started doing this things started to move. I am now going to have a warm glass of water each day.... likely with my Miralax.
After days and days of Miralax it finally moved.... I am FREE!! I will have to do maintenance doses just to make sure it stays cleared out. I found if I warmed up the Miralax (in water) it moved things faster. I finally remembered some sage advice from my grandpa-- "drink warm water to keep the digestive system working well". Once I started doing this things started to move. I am now going to have a warm glass of water each day.... likely with my Miralax.
After days and days of Miralax it finally moved.... I am FREE!! I will have to do maintenance doses just to make sure it stays cleared out. I found if I warmed up the Miralax (in water) it moved things faster. I finally remembered some sage advice from my grandpa-- "drink warm water to keep the digestive system working well". Once I started doing this things started to move. I am now going to have a warm glass of water each day.... likely with my Miralax.
With DS he started off feeling really full and not wanting to eat. Would realize that he really hadn't stooled. Sometimes the stool would be really loose, what was able to pass thru, past the obstruction.
With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
With DS he started off feeling really full and not wanting to eat. Would realize that he really hadn't stooled. Sometimes the stool would be really loose, what was able to pass thru, past the obstruction.
With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
With DS he started off feeling really full and not wanting to eat. Would realize that he really hadn't stooled. Sometimes the stool would be really loose, what was able to pass thru, past the obstruction.
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<br />With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
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<br />With his last obstruction, we thought he had a stomach bug as he ate really well the night before and then got sick overnight and throughout most of the next day.
Kristen~
Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Kristen~
Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Kristen~
<br />Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
<br />
<br />Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
<br />
<br />Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
<br />
<br />Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
<br />Re. signs of an obstruction: everyone varies but in Emily's case it doesn't always start with pain. It starts with symptoms so vague it's hard to tell the difference between this or tummy bug. There is loose stool- which is what can get around the building obstruction, at first in decent quantity, but over a few days quantity becomes smaller and cramping sets in. Still nothing excruciating, but it gets uncomfortable. She continually feels like she HAS to go to the bathroom but is just not getting the relief she needs.
<br />
<br />Then she starts eating less, belly becomes distended and very uncomfortable and sometimes on palpation you can feel a lump where the obstruction is. Pushing around where the lump is REALLY hurts. At this point she has no appetite and/or wants to eat but is 'full' after a few bites and/or vomits. She has a g-tube and has returned dark green or even brown stomach contents when she has an obstruction and when she vomits it's obvious she's slow in digesting what she is eating, there is dark bile... it's not 'normal' vomit. Sorry for the TMI but when we were new to this the more we knew the better!
<br />
<br />Abdominal xray will show the obstruction, generally too high up for someone to get relief as you could with 'typical' constipation with something like a fleet enema. We tried massive doses of Miralax last time (i.e. 3 caps a day), then a cleanout with 8 caps in 32oz of Gatorade, milk of magnesia, mag citrate... none of it produced more than minimal results. We had to do GoLytely and it took 2.4 liters and 9hrs for her to finally stool!! The kid is only 50" tall ...I don't know where she put all that liquid for that amount of time. I thought she was going to freaking explode!!! Thank God she had the tube to administer it- I know we couldn't have gotten her to drink it.
<br />
<br />Mamerth~ I am so glad you are finally feeling better!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Mamerth-
Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!
Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!
Mamerth-
Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!
Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!
Mamerth-
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<br />Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
<br />
<br />This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!
<br />
<br />Thank you SO much for sharing your experience. That is definately some symptoms that I've been experiencing. I know what an intersucception feels like because I had one when I was 15. But that was so sharp and cutting it was obvious that I needed to take myself to an ER.
<br />
<br />This instance sounds more like what you are describing. I'm going to get some Miralax and see where it takes me!