Saturday was my nephews birthday, i gave myself too much freedom probably, i had a coke which i find out i no longer like, drank half of it, had some mild salsa with a nice bite to it. I admit i did not drink a heck of alot that day coupled with sweating..well sunday i woke up and was fine but then it gradually started these Horribly loud rumblings in my stomach, when i go to the bathroom there is very little coming out, i can pass the gas when im lying on my stomach, i was also having horrible cramps last night which could have been gas pains, this morning i have those cramps again, not as much, and still very little when i go to the bathroom. is this a minor blockage? i drank a good bit of fluids yesterday, including a glass of grape juice that did nothing, and even a tablespoon of Milk of magnesia, I'm at work now and def wont be staying if i can help it. just so unsure of what this is, i have surgery coming up on August 5th to go back to an ostomy for awhile.
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How are you feeling now?
It does sound like gas to me, could be any variety of factors. Are you having output? As long as something is coming out, even if it is a partial blockage, you should be okay.
Lying on your stomach with a pillow under your abdomen can help move the gas along, as can walking, and sometimes I use a heating pad (on low) for the cramping.
And drink a lot, as you already know!
Hope it clears up soon.
Gin
It does sound like gas to me, could be any variety of factors. Are you having output? As long as something is coming out, even if it is a partial blockage, you should be okay.
Lying on your stomach with a pillow under your abdomen can help move the gas along, as can walking, and sometimes I use a heating pad (on low) for the cramping.
And drink a lot, as you already know!
Hope it clears up soon.
Gin
i ended up going to the ER. the pain was coming in waves every 5min, was still going a little and able to pass gas every now and then but it just continued for two days. once we got to the ER i got a shot of dilauded which is what they normally do to curb the pain, after about 2 hours i was able to go to the bathroom a decent amt and continued to do so for the next 35 hours! im convinced the dilauded relaxes the intestines in some way. been in for a blockage 8 or more times in the past year and a half and out of those 8, 2 passed while i was in the ER after the pain shots. the others they had to decompress the pouch.
I'm sitting in a hospital bed right now for the EXACT same symptoms. I ended up having cuffitis and very severe pouchitis.
I believe the drug relaxes everything!
When I knew I was going to get a shot of it I would put a diaper on cause I knew what was going to happen.
I hope all is getting better for you.
When I knew I was going to get a shot of it I would put a diaper on cause I knew what was going to happen.
I hope all is getting better for you.