Post op pain, possible partial blockage?

EricMember

Hi gang!

Well, it's been barely 24 hours, yet my post op pain is getting worse and worse. My appetite has completely disappeared, with horrible neasea, and it feels like I have something trapped in my intestine. It's not a full blockage as I'm still getting watery output, but it's very painful. The strange thing, at the top of my incision, I have a small abscess, about 3 cm deep (they had to remove the staples and pack it with gauze), it's that exact same area which I'm having so much abdominal pain, wondering if the 2 are connected? Have any of you experienced this, and if so, what was the outcome? I know there is always some intestinal post op swelling, so I'm giving it another day, but if it gets worse, I'm going to have to go back to the hospital (NOOOOOOO!), thanks,

Eric

4/15/138:48 PM

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PluotMember

How many days since surgery? Intestines can wake up and "go back to sleep" unfortunately... I would try to lay off opiates if you are taking any, and do as much of the normal blockage stuff as you can (walking, very gentle massage, heating pad, changing positions).

4/15/139:29 PM

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EricMember

My surgery was on April 4th, so not even 2 weeks yet. I've been doing the hot tea, heating pad, walking, massage thing with no luck yet, but I know I have to give time, just hate feeling like this, AND, my flange started leaking, my stoma is in a fold of skin, making an air tight seal damn near impossible, I'll have to experiment to get it right, thanks for the advice!

Cheers,
Eric

4/15/1311:52 PM

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PluotMember

Aw buddy

I know it's hard at first. Maybe try some paste in the skin folds? This too shall pass (the tough times... and the blockage)!!

4/16/1311:16 AM

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kathy smithMember

I think it's time for a Dr. C phone call. You don't want this to get worse if it's something that can get worse.

kathy

4/16/1312:12 PM

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EricMember

Already did that, no answer as usual, I'll get Freddy to drive me over there tomorrow, but, touch wood, I am feeling a little bit better, I actually kept food down today, and the neasea is slowly subsiding, fingers crossed!

Eric

4/16/138:10 PM

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liz11Member

eric - there are some strip kind of things that you can kind of "putty up" and put in skin folds. I think by hollister. PM me know if you can't find them and I will hunt my stash and find you the exact part numbers.

Also - remember you are recently out of surgery so your abdomen and stoma will be changing shape for awhile. So maybe this skin fold thing is just temporary.

and yes- since you are so soon out of surgery.. time to see the doc. Better to go see him tomorrow and get everything looked at before the weekend comes around.

In the interim- maybe just stay on liquid diet.

good luck. keep on moving forward!

4/16/138:17 PM

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EricMember

Just an update, feeling 100% better then I did a few days ago. With the type of pain I was having, I suspected an infection, so I started myself on a course of Cipro (I always keep some handy), in less then 24 hours it began to work, and now, I can almost eat normally and the abdominal pain is all but gone. Still feel a tad neaseaous, but nothing I can't handle, now it's my incision causing most of the pain. My home care nurse has been removing my staples bit by bit as I've had several small infections along it, most of which have all but cleared up. I'm certain that in a few weeks I'll be as good as new, minus a pouch that is, yeah!

Cheers,
Eric

4/17/1311:06 PM

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