Obstruction experts....help!!!

What a miserable morning. :-(. I had a BM last night about 9:30 p.m. and no more after that or overnight. I got up this morning expecting to need to go, but no dice. As the morning progressed, my guts felt uncomfortable, bloated, etc but nothing I would label as pain. I've been drinking coffee, water, and my Powerade Zero. I got the silly idea to eat some oatmeal, but that did nothing. I did finally do a mug of apple juice heated in the microwave and ended up with one sort of medium BM around 11:30 a.m. It's now 1:00 p.m. and still nothing else. I feel "full" in my guts, but no naseau or pain. I'm putting myself on liquids only until this resolves. Need to take a shower and then I'm going to walk a bit on my treadmill.

Any other tricks or tips from those who have dealt with this? I think the former stoma site might be the problem. The area around it feels very firm, but I'm limited in my ability to massage around there too much because of my closure wound. I'd really like to avoid the hospital today if I can help it. I appreciate any ideas/tips.

Oh, the kicker is....I didn't even eat anything crazy or fun to have this happen. :-(

Thanks, Sue. All I have on hand is apple juice, so I'll have to make that work until my husband gets home. I just got off of the treadmill and here some gurgling so I'm going to have another warm juice and hope for the best. No naseau at all at this point, so I will take that as a good sign.

I wish I knew what I did to cause this. :-(

I never thought I would be so excited to say this, but I POOPED! Woohoo. Man, that was awful. I did talk to my surgeon's nurse and she said stay on liquids until I'm comfortable it's resolved and then I can slowly advance my diet like in the hospital.

Pancakes, I was about to ask if anything had moved yet and I'm glad to read it has. These little snags can be so frightening when we don't know what they are.

Congrats on pooping! This is the place where we know what a big deal it is to not poop or to poop or to poop too much...... most of us are way more poop centered than we want to be.....

I#ve cried for the same reasons, and really needed friends to realize that my life has been, for the last 3 years, completely centered on poop.
But i have read that eventually people can get to having formed poops, through diet, but it's not priority in the first months.

ugh! what a rough day :-( am sure it's just a blip and you'll be back on your super sonic recovery soon. You're doing all the right things.

hope tomorrow is a better day x

Run4 Thank God you pooped. Yeah stay on those liquids and soft foods. Hope you don't have adhesions. Auuugh! glad all worked out and hope it was just a blip. Rosemary

I've had a Popsicle and some jello and my lovely husband is out picking up some ice cream for me. . Tomorrow I plan to stick to what they call full liquid diet at CC which is your clears plus a few extra things like cream soups, ice cream, etc. After that, I think I'm going to try to stick to the low residue list for awhile and see how that goes. I am feeling much better this evening. Thank you for your support!

Glad you're doing well, and it sounds like the crying fest was needed! Great that your husband is so supportive, makes such a difference. Hope you have a good day today.