Vomiting and blockages

No, not the rule. You have vomiting only if it is a complete obstruction and/or it is higher up in the GI tract. It is indicative of a more serious obstruction.

But, if it is a partial obstruction or nearer to the end of the GI tract, vomiting is only a late sign.

Jan

I have had a few blockages, some complete and some partial, and my experience was that the pain got progressively more severe and the nausea intensified as the blockage went unrelieved. Insertion of NG tube is designed to thwart vomiting before it starts.

The only time I had violent, aggressive, high grade output vomiting was with the blockage caused by the ileus after surgery. With a postsurgical ileus, what is blocked is the copious amounts of gastric juices your body produces but cannot go down due to the ileus, and hence what cannot go down must go up. I vomited prodigiously for hours before they forcibly inserted the NG tube. After the NG tube insertion it was hooked up to a large clear bowl, vacuum cleaner style, and I was utterly shocked at the vast quantity of gastric juices my body produced in the 24 hours I had it in. Gallons, I would say. It's quite the human biology lesson, although one I could have done without.

With the ileostomy I had a severe blockage due to eating raw carrots (dumb!!!) which self-relieved just as I started vomiting. I am convinced that it was the spasms of vomiting that relieved that blockage. I was driven to the ER and they literally had the NG tube ready to go in my nostril when the bag started filling up after my 2nd or 3rd wretch. The timing was amazing. I was really scared, having already had the NG tube once.

I had all blockages within 6 months of step 1 and none since 1993, save one time in about 2003 or so when I ate a huge breakfast of banana pancakes after consuming too much imodium. This one self relieved from walking around after a couple of hours.

I've had the NG tube twice. HATED that experience.

I always have blockages. Sometimes I vomit and sometimes just pain. When I vomit I usually take myself to the ER for hydration otherwise I ride it out at home.

Hi, it´s been a while since the last time I participated on the forum. I had my reversal past Feb. and everything was going just great but last week I start having constipation problems that sent me to ER and spent a few days at the Hosp. They did several tests and with a sigmoidocopy got all the stool out of my system. Now I´m home and experiencing constipation again. I´m desperated because don´t want to be back at the Hosp.
Can anybody tell me how to try constipation (no blockage yet) at home.
On my desperation yesterday, I had three dosages of Konsil but nothing yet. I´m really scared, please help me!

If I need to thin my stool, sometimes just some grape juice works. Often times I use a magnesium tab or MOM to thin it. And a small Fleets enema if it won't evacuate... But I empty the contents and just use warm tap water, so it doesn't burn.