BS: The quiet beauty of your amaryllis clearly speaks to me this Christmas Eve.
This thread and its many posts and sharings has become a soothing oasis. My sincere gratitude to all who contribute to this thread and who make it what it is. Karen
My father had bony lystic lesions on his lumbar vertebrae, L4 and L5. The lesions invaded the core body of the vertebrae and outbranching peduncles. My father knew “something was up” when he began to have intermittent bowel and bladder loss as well as balance issues when upright/walking. Specificall...
Cross chick: You have graciously invited people to share in both your husband’s life and its closing . . . Know that you are surrounded by gentleness and care from me and other members here. I am touched by the closeness of bond shared between you and your husband. Some people will live a lifetime w...
John: I am in Palliative Care and receive prescription narcotics in excess of the CDC guidelines of 90 mg morphine equivalent. Florida has passed state legislation that does limit prescription opiates written for acute pain, that is for new patients to opiates. The limitations were not supposed to a...
Mike: Recovery from a partial small bowel obstructions does take time. It is not as simplistic as one minute the small bowel is kinked and the next minute the small bowel is wide open for traffic as usual. You can expect more of a hiccup-type of recovery over the next week to 10 days. That is, overa...
Kdriver: @MissMolly I forgot to ask, can partial obstruction go away over time through taking the precautionary measures you suggested? Or will it always be there and if too much volume, wrong foods etc can stir things up anytime permanently? It would be premature to venture a guesstimation as to wh...
Mike: Glad to hear that the worst of the SBO is behind you and that you are back at home. Home is where true healing begins. I have had a few open surgeries . . . And a few SBOs . . . One requiring surgical lysis of adhesions and several that decompressed with an NG tube and bowel rest. My own opini...
Annemarie: See my response to the thread “Intense Mobility” by original poster pajama further down this page. The intestine can remain swollen and inflamed for several weeks post surgery with what is often termed “post operative functional use disorder.” Translation: The motility of the fit in movin...
Mike: Well . . . Some Christmas gift Santa Claud sent to you. HaHa. A small bowel obstruction with a red-colored Christmas bow? Seriously, I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing a small bowel obstruction. The pain is uniquely its own. Excruciating. And the nausea/vomiting is highly powered. I ...
Pajamas: From your narrative it seems that you are experiencing some form of a functional or motility issue with your intestines. That is, the normal manner in which the intestine functions to move digested food material down the intestinal tract is acting up. Adhesions can play a substantial role i...
RaiderGuy: I have a permanent ileostomy from an intestine that literally unzipped due to frail tissue integrity. I have shared space with a stoma on my abdomen and an ostomy pouch for 6 years. There is a initial period of adjustment post-surgery, obviously. There is a learning curve to understanding...
Kdriver: The intestinal lumen (inside lining) of the intestinal tract can remain inflamed and swollen for several weeks and up to 4-6 months after surgery. The intestines are sensitive to being handled and manipulated with surgery and weigh in with their displeasure by being cantankerous. Adhesions,...
Mo: You have my genuine empathy and understanding. I am genuinely sorry that the effects of neuropathy are significant enough to cause you to make the decision to curtail driving your standard transmission car - at least, for now. I had to make a similar decision to forfeit driving a little over a y...
Lovemyfrienchie: With an end colostomy (also called a Hartman’s pouch/procedure) your mother will have what is referred to as a residual rectal stump. The rectal stump is the portion of rectum that remains when the resection of her large intestine due to the tumor was closed. The problem is disuse p...
RenLew: It can often be the case that abdominal surgery involving the intestines can lead to motility challenges post-op. Scar tissue can cause narrowing of segments of the intestines. Scar tissue can also cause tethering of a segment of intestine to the abdominal wall or adjacent organ or adjacent ...