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Posted 6/3/2021 1:32 PM (GMT -5)
I've had a blockage since Sunday and went to the ER on Tuesday

I'm still in pain

I never get a break
Posted 6/3/2021 3:08 PM (GMT -5)
darn! So sorry! This disease can really suck!
Posted 6/3/2021 4:14 PM (GMT -5)
Get well soon! I'm sending you positive thoughts. I hope you're being treated well in hospital.
Posted 6/3/2021 6:38 PM (GMT -5)
Blockage from what?? I had one after one of my surgeries from painkillers binding me up and went back in hospital for a day. Good luck and prayers going your way
Posted 6/3/2021 7:29 PM (GMT -5)
Hash browns were the culprit. My NYU doctors didn't believe me
Posted 6/3/2021 10:51 PM (GMT -5)
That stinks. I've had a few times when I was healing where I felt blocked, and had cramping and pain, but it always improved without treatment. I almost went to the hospital but I was never throwing up or anything, just cramped. I suppose I was lucky in that respect. I do think the longer you are from surgery, the less often issues arise. I hope so anyway! Are you doing better?
Posted 6/4/2021 8:42 AM (GMT -5)
I can't be by myself and it is getting worse

I'm worse now
Posted 6/4/2021 9:00 AM (GMT -5)
Sending across positive healing vibes and prayers. Hope you get some relief and the doctors are able to control it for you soon.
Posted 6/4/2021 12:01 PM (GMT -5)
So sorry to hear this! How do you treat a blockage to get unblocked?
Posted 6/4/2021 8:35 PM (GMT -5)
Few different ways. They for lack of professional name put a hose up your butt and flush it out. Or give u Meds to loosen you up. Not always comfy
Posted 6/4/2021 8:36 PM (GMT -5)
Hash browns??
Posted 6/5/2021 1:55 PM (GMT -5)

3timechamp said...
Few different ways. They for lack of professional name put a hose up your butt and flush it out. Or give u Meds to loosen you up. Not always comfy

In my case they put a tube down my stoma and irrigated it that way since it's a loop and it won't reach through the butt. I still have my jpouch in place btw

3timechamp said...
Hash browns??

Nobody believes me! It was the only new food I introduced and it happened! I'm tired of defending myself! I almost died because my doctor didn't believe me! Nobody ever does!
Posted 6/6/2021 3:09 PM (GMT -5)
How are you doing?
Posted 6/6/2021 3:44 PM (GMT -5)
Easy now. Sometimes it's difficult to say one thing caused a blockage?? Sometimes it's easy to pinpoint what caused blockage?? Just have to learn from the experience which with UC is life on a daily basis
Posted 6/7/2021 9:02 AM (GMT -5)

3timechamp said...
Easy now. Sometimes it's difficult to say one thing caused a blockage?? Sometimes it's easy to pinpoint what caused blockage?? Just have to learn from the experience which with UC is life on a daily basis

Yes it was very easy to pin point because for weeks I ate the same food and nothing happened and I introduced one new food and it happened. Nobody ever believes me

I'm home now
Posted 6/8/2021 8:08 PM (GMT -5)
Nice. Good luck
Posted 6/9/2021 4:39 AM (GMT -5)
Glad it all worked out for you. I think you should believe your own experiences. In my experience, doctors have been dismissive also when I have mentioned a certain food caused trouble but I know for certain they have. I think most doctors tend to disregard food because it is such a subjective thing for everyone. Keep a food diary and if you can afford one a food sensitivity /intolerance test might be helpful too.
Posted 6/9/2021 9:01 PM (GMT -5)
Doctors are often dismissive of me too. It sucks to be invalidated when you know your experiences and your body.
Posted 6/10/2021 8:41 PM (GMT -5)

Seeker275 said...
Glad it all worked out for you. I think you should believe your own experiences. In my experience, doctors have been dismissive also when I have mentioned a certain food caused trouble but I know for certain they have. I think most doctors tend to disregard food because it is such a subjective thing for everyone. Keep a food diary and if you can afford one a food sensitivity /intolerance test might be helpful too.

Thank you. I have a food diary that's why it was so easy to say which food caused it. I've been keeping a food diary for years. While with colon things were pretty inconsistent, things have gotten more predictable since I have no colon.

Sara14 said...
Doctors are often dismissive of me too. It sucks to be invalidated when you know your experiences and your body.

I know it. It sucks.
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