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Posted 8/10/2015 11:56 PM (GMT 0)
I woke up this morning with pain in my stomach and my output was all liquid with some bits (sorry for being graphic) Because i'm only 2 weeks from being discharged from having my surgery i'm still measure my output. (I had surgery on July 18th) Within an hour my output was 650 CC. I called the doctor and said I had a partial blockage. She put me on a clear liquid diet and to drink hot tea etc. I've been drinking all day and my output is still liquid. I don't have any pain nor do I feel nauseous (thank god) Did the blockage pass? Am I waiting for it to be quote "solid" or applesauce like? what comes next?

I think the blockage was from over eating at dinner/late night snack. I had a large meatball (baseball size and a good size portion of pasta with red sauce around 6:30 last night. Then around 11PM I had half a turkey sandwich on white bread and 3 chip-aoy cookies. (on a low-redue diet)

Thanks.
Posted 8/11/2015 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
It sounds like it may have passed since your pain subsided and it's a good sign that your not nauseated. Your output may be liquid for a little while longer before thickening up again. Maybe take it easy with food for the next day or so. Keep it light and easy to digest.
Posted 8/11/2015 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
lol, that is quite some eating you're doing. Good for you. My output is liquid sometimes. sometimes in the morning/afternoon I will have bouts of that. Once i had nausea and some liquid but i just kept going on as normal and I was fine right after the nausea passed. :)

I hope you're okay soon so you can eat normal food.
Posted 8/11/2015 5:53 AM (GMT 0)
I dunno if it's the same for everyone, but turkey and chicken always creates more liquid output for me. And the pain you're feeling could just be your intestine readjusting to so much food at once. You probably did overdo a little (though I understand the excitement to be able to eat whatever you want; I overdid it with a sub the first day after I was released and paid for it dearly), so maybe one sandwich per day next time? ;)
Posted 8/11/2015 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure you had a blockage. You can have liquid output without a blockage, and volume of output varies frequently. Expect variation in volume, consistency, colour, smell.... And with recent surgery you can have pain for all kinds of reasons.

Partial blockages for me involve BAD stomach cramps and nausea at the times the stoma is producing output. You'll know if you have a blockage, it hurts enough that you'll know about it.

Don't worry if the output is watery, sometimes it just is. If the volume has reduced again and you've no pain or nausea, it sounds like whatever it was has resolved.

In addition to eating low residue, if you eat smaller meals, and things easy to digest it may be better for your intestine - it's still healing!

Post Edited (AnnaIvy) : 8/11/2015 1:23:58 PM (GMT-6)

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