Blockage - When to Worry?

Is gas coming out too?
Have you tried juice, walking, heating pad, hottub or hot bath. Don't laugh but literally jumping up and down helped me once. If you aren't throwing up yet and still have something coming out, keep trying those things. But if nothing at all is coming out in the next two hours or you start throwing up, you should go to the er.
Hope you feel better!

Try massaging your stomach using circular motions. Don't be afraid to use a bit of pressure either. That seems to always help when I feel a blockage starting. Mostly after I eat a lot of pasta items. It starts as a dull pain in my stomach and once I start feeling it I begin massaging. Within 10-15 minutes I feel better.

For me the signs of a blockage were no stoma movement, abdominal pain (to the point where it is uncomfortable to move), no appetite, and once it got worse enough I started to feel dehydrated and started vomiting.

wow. i hope it works itself out without any hospital trips necessary.
i was told pear juice or coconut juice works a charm for unblocking a blockage.

i will now make double sure not to test the waters when it comes to eating non-safe foods with my new ileostomy.

and mango is so soft... who would have thunk it.
the best of luck to you.

I have had several blockages and honestly feel you will KNOW when it is a serious problem. It is the most miserable and painful experience I can remember and that includes the birth of my two children naturally! If you begin vomiting then it is time to get to the ER. I once waited too late and ended up waiting in ER for six hours in total misery until I passed out on the waiting room floor. Nurse told me to call 911 next time and that is what I did!!!! BIG difference.

Well, I came out alive. It was HELL - I concur - worse than child birth, and probably the worst I've felt even including serious UC complications.

Anyway, I called the surgeon after 6 hours of no real output and the first vomiting spell. That was a 9:30 last night. I called him because the hosp he is out of is 1.5 hours away in the city, and I didn't want to go to a local hosp where no one would really get what was going on. He directed me to stay home for the time being, continue drinking fluids, but nothing solid until everything passed. He said these things almost always resolve on their own. In the event things got worse, he told me to call him, and he would in turn call the hospital with orders.

I continued to be in agonizing pain and vomiting every 1/2 hour until 3 a.m. at which time the blockage cleared out. There were quite a few times we almost ended up going, but then I would feel a bit better before another wave hit.

It is amazing how much things improved after everything came out, although I do feel like I was hit by a bus today, and my stoma is still extremely swollen. The surgeon told me to check in with him today and I got the nurse. No one seemed concerned, so I guess it may just take some time to get my energy back after the ordeal.

I will never eat another raw fruit or vegetable again.

UC

LORD Glad that all passed. What an ordeal. My first two food blockages back in the good old days were on mashed potato. 10 hour so pain, hot tea and walking the deck of a cruise ship ended the blockage. VERY SCARY!

Now my stoma 4.5 years out is stenosing so I may need a redo. Right now I am on liquids with a little daring being egg and toast. YIKES. Initially I could eat a baked apple, baked potato, fish, etc. I was told as long as fruit was cooked and soft one was OK, but things changed for me anyway. Glad you got out alive. Lessons hard learned are long remembered.

Rosemary