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partial obstruction/blockage - do you wait or see dr?
I'm sitting here going thru my 8th partial obstruction within the past year or so. I've become pretty good at knowing it's coming (standard script: stomach blows up with gas, pressure feeling, can't poop, then a night of intense nausea/vomitting and cramping as everything comes up instead of going down)...
In each of the cases, I've done the same thing - pulled back off eating anything else to prevent aggrivating it, only liquids for 24h, and then soup and back into soft foods over the next few days when things start moving and the appetite comes back ravenously.
I travel *a lot*, and though I've got great coverage, I don't feel comfortable always hopping over to the ER whenever I'm having a flareup, especially when past experiences have just shown that I just have to ride it out and suffer in agony for a couple days. But, I also know the flipside of this from reading - that there can be a bowel blowout and **** can get hectic if not properly diagnosed.
So, what I'm asking is, how many of you ride out your partial blockages, and how many of you go straight to the ER? Am I in good company amongst those who just suffer through it, or do I need to hear the error of my ways from those who wished they'd had it checked sooner?
Also, anyone got any tricks for getting thru a blockage/partial obstruction episode? Plz do share if so...
Thanks in advance!
I'm sitting here going thru my 8th partial obstruction within the past year or so. I've become pretty good at knowing it's coming (standard script: stomach blows up with gas, pressure feeling, can't poop, then a night of intense nausea/vomitting and cramping as everything comes up instead of going down)...
In each of the cases, I've done the same thing - pulled back off eating anything else to prevent aggrivating it, only liquids for 24h, and then soup and back into soft foods over the next few days when things start moving and the appetite comes back ravenously.
I travel *a lot*, and though I've got great coverage, I don't feel comfortable always hopping over to the ER whenever I'm having a flareup, especially when past experiences have just shown that I just have to ride it out and suffer in agony for a couple days. But, I also know the flipside of this from reading - that there can be a bowel blowout and **** can get hectic if not properly diagnosed.
So, what I'm asking is, how many of you ride out your partial blockages, and how many of you go straight to the ER? Am I in good company amongst those who just suffer through it, or do I need to hear the error of my ways from those who wished they'd had it checked sooner?
Also, anyone got any tricks for getting thru a blockage/partial obstruction episode? Plz do share if so...
Thanks in advance!