Question:
Has anyone suffered from small bowel obstruction...

I have severe pain in the upper right region of my abdomen. Note: I had my gallbladder removed 4 years ago, so it's not a gallbaldder attack. I went to the ER two nights ago and they could not find anything wrong after a 7 hour visit and after an abdominal ultrasound, lab tests, and an abd x-ray. So, I saw a GI Specialist the next day. He thinks that I may have a small bowel obstruction. Has anyone suffered from this problem before? And if so, what were your symptoms and how were you treated for this condition? Thanks in advance for your help.    — ellton (posted on February 24, 2002)

November 6, 2002
Hi. I had a small bowel obstruction in mid Sept. I was just over 2 moths out from a rny bypass. It started with my being quesy. Then I felt liek food just sat in my stomach, and then the vomiting began. I vomited for several hours, even after they gave me reglan and zofran. They ran all kinds of tests on me, and finally put an ng tube in (that is an awful experience). The tube began draining a lot of trapped liquid that had backed up into my "old" stomach. It gave me some relief right away. I had surgery two days later and they found an obstruction from scarring and a hernia. I was in the hospital for 8 days total, and am doing fine now.
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