Scar tissues blocking intestines

Hi,

Sorry you have this problem. I spent months last year looking after my husband with this. We tried all sorts, soft food, drinking more, laxatives, prunes. Nothing worked. The consultant said the only way was to be tube fed for life, which we had got our heads round. Unfortunately his body had other ideas and he passed away nearly a year ago.

My mother had her appendix out about 50 years ago, and began to have similar problems. Each time she was sick I knew it meant hospital. She eventually found that if she had a glass of home brew each night the bowels kept regular, and she lived for many more years with no problems!!!!

Hope you find a solution.

 6 of us I have had this problem. I had 6 episodes of small bowel obstruction following my anterior resection. I was hospitalised 3 times, with one operation to resect the adhesion. The other times it settled at home. After my last hospital admission I decided to have just soft and minced food. I eat fish as it is, and parsnips and potatoes, but all veg and meat are minced. I have baby food fruit, as it is organic and smooth, and of course healthy. It means we have to have a robust food processor and eating out is a nightmare, but I feel that is a small price to pay to avoid further hospital admissions. Fingers crossed seems to be working.

Sorry to hear about your husband NannyAnny 

I found mushrooms, peas and corn to be major culprits. I also avoid salads.

Thank you so much for your input. Of course, I know all of our bodies react differently to cures, but I shall certainly try the homebrew, at this stage, I will try all and everything to help stop this constant problem.

Thank you so much for your input. I shall folow your suggessions to the letter, it all make so much sense, the stomach will not have to work so hard to grind food up, and the passage in and out of the small intestines should be smoother. God, not having another episode having to go to the hospital would be like a gift to me, a precious sacred gift. Do you know why the tummy would feel so tight most of the time? like something gripping it, the Doctor said its when the constipation is building up, but it happens even when I am not constipated. Your opinion would really be appreciated.

Thank you so much for your suggession, walking makes a lot of sense, it excercises the mussles in the tummy and  that has to be good.

Hi again,

One of the consultants first ideas was for my husband to take Ispaghula husk, but then we had an explosion in the bed, and we didn't try any more! I rather think the bowel has to be kept moving, and from what I have read, it dislikes being interrupted with. My husband got over throat cancer 16 years ago and already had a stoma in the throat. The second stoma just proved too much. 

He was told that walking would help, and regularly walked 2 miles a day, even when in hospital, pushing his drip!! Apparently the bowel needs to be able to swing around, and walking helps.

I'd get medical advice before  taking laxatives, although I took similar to Ispaghula husk when pregnant as I wasn't allowed to strain after 2 miscarriages.

I had many adhesions flareups for a few years after my initial colonostomy in 2011. I took 2 cocodomol and went to bed with a hot water bottle on my stomach. This soothed the pain away. It took three ops to sort me out   - a colonostomy, then an illiostomy followed by another colonostomy. I had many hospital visits in the middle of the night when my usual Methodist didn't work. I never ate celery or pineapple as these were too fibrous for me to digest. I could eat any root vegetables like carrots and parsnips, nothing with pips in, no curries and fruit wise vananas and stewed apple. Fish was easy to digest as were soup. Plain bio yoghurt and yakults also helped my gut. Oh and no chocolate. These days I can eat most things although not anything fibrous. In 2011 I also couldn't digest apple skin or anything else with the skin on. Again - I can now. Wishing you well. Kath. 

6 of us  I don’t know why you get the feeling of tightness. I often get pain and bloating . Good luck and I hope your bowel behaves now!