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Posted 2/20/2016 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
I had been doing really well healthwise with my ileostomy, until the other night, woke up with pain on the left side of my abdomen. Seemed to me to be a partial obstruction. Funny thing is that these occur only after I lay down, mainly when I am on my right side. So my usual routine now is go to bed, wake up a few hours later in pain, then spend the rest of the night sleeping in my recliner. Sitting up, or even reclining allows things to start moving, and the pain subsides. Anybody ever have anything like this, or offer suggestions? I sure miss sleeping in my bed.
Posted 2/21/2016 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
That's a drag. Have you talked to your surgeon or had any tests to see what's going on? Does the food you eat matter? Is your output thick or thin? I would think eating or drinking things to thin your output might help or maybe low residue to have less output.

Do you know you have adhesions? There could be other causes like a hernia or a twist.

Hope you get some relief and figure something out.
Posted 3/6/2016 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
Doesnt seem to matter what I eat. Its just a problem laying down flat. Its gradually getting better, insides not so sore, and sleeping better at night. Im sure I have plenty of adhesions, as my surgeon spend an hour cutting adhesions during my last surgery a year and a half ago. The symptoms I am having are just confusing to me. It acts almost like a Crohns flare initially, but my digestion is not affected
Posted 3/11/2016 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so sorry to hear about your discomfort. My situation - just had a second surgery, temporary loop ileostomy creation recently - but for the last few days I have also curiously been woken up by pain in the morning. Once I'm up and walking around, the pain subsides, but I've been missing out on some sleep! I wonder if this is related to normal/recent post-surgical inflammation? I seem to get the pain on my left (central left) side too.

On the topic of your surgeon dealing with adhesions in your last surgery - is this something that happens after several surgeries? Or could people with newer temporary ileostomies also have adhesions?
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