Sorry to bother everyone on a sunday. I am nervous, and I could really use some reassurance.

I have been nauseus on and off since last night. And today I started to have some pain that has since subsided (besides the twinge i can't tell if i'm imagining). Yesterday i had pasta and popcorn for dinner followed by more popcorn for lunch. I know that was stupid.

My Question: is it possible for ruptures to occur even though there isn't much abdominal pain?

It's just that my dad's on vacation this month and my biggest fear is something horrible happening with no one around to act. I think part of my problem is anxiety. I really wish I wasn't so scared all the time. (the nausea is getting worse as I type, that means at least part of it is psychosomatic, right?)

I'm drinking lots of weak ginger tea.
But really, I shouldn't worry unless there is alot of pain right?

Thanks everyone.
-sara

I would think everything is fine. If you're not in pain and you're still going to the bathroom then it's not a blockage. Pasta and popcorn - even a ton - wouldn't cause a rupture. So go and enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.

kathy

Thanks Kathy. I appreciate the dose of reality.
The nausea is finally getting better. I just need to stop being worried. I think that causes pain sometimes.
-sara

If the nausea comes back, for whatever reason, my best tips for combating it are: peppermint tea, ginger ale (or anything else with ginger in it) and keeping hydrated.

Re: too much thinking. Years ago I had menstrual cramps. Someone suggested marijuana for the pain. Like, that was a huge mistake. I couldn't tell if I felt the pain or if the pain was so bad that I needed to be in the emergence room because my uterus had ruptured. On top of that I was having to worry about the 'narcs' busting the door down and dragging me away to spend the rest of my days in prison. I'm not a very astute druggie. But the point is - thinking can create large malignant tumors to sprout all OVER your personage! No more thinking. No more thinking!

kathy

Sarah, the same happens to me sometimes. It's like I can't really tell if I'm blocking up or not and then I'll lay there feeling every little thing going on. It is truly enough to drive me nuts!
I have no problem eating popcorn but I did have popcorn and a salad one time that gave me a blockage. Most of the docs that I have talked to have said that food really isn't as much of a culprit as people think. I have been told that If you are going to get a blockage, you are going to get a blockage, regardless of food...
Julie

Thanks all.
yup sophie i have my ginger products available, although i actually don't like the taste of peppermint tea (i know its good for me, but...).

Kathy, I found your pot comment funny. Years ago I went through a period of about six months when I was smoking a bit too much. It stopped my head from obsessive thinking really nicey. I only stopped because it worked too well and I was becoming complacent.

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I am now in the midst if another weekend with blockage symptoms. I even took two stool softeners with what I would consider not enough impact.
I am just tired of hurting or rather I'm tired of hurting in ways that scare me. I have other pain issues, but they don't bother me because there is no associated fear. I know i come off as complainy and whiney, but I'm just being scared of pains that have gotten me in trouble before. It's funny, for someone as depressed as I am most of the time to be scared of ---.

I don't understand the popcorn thing either until last weekend i hadn't had issues with popcorn since my UC days. It is suspicious that all my problems started after my dad left for his month long vacation.

I haven't been taking my meds regularly this past week. I wonder if there is a correlation, more specificially is my body saying we are more normal without levaquin/vsl or with it?

There are so many things I still don't understand. How much abdominal pain is too much? How much poop is suppposed to be produced in any one day? Is the fact that I have only went 5/6 times with low output and discomfort normal? just thinking about all this makes me nauseous. Nearly 21 months since takedown and I still can't answer these questions...

Sara,
I get the not knowing what IS normal....its new anatomy, I don't know....Drives my doc nuts, he always asks how the pouch is doing? And I would know this how? Most of what I know is what I've read here and everybody has a different baseline.I've never thought your posts whiney...just trying to figure out the way without a map, so to speak.
Hope you feel better soon.
LoriP