blockages after colostamy surgery

Hi there, My mam suffers with colitus and had to go for surgery to get the colostamy bag fitted three years ago. She had a few problems after but she has been doing really well recently. She then woke up with severe pain in her abdominal area and got very weak thursday morning. She was brought into hospital and has been there since.
She has a bloakage in her intestine which they thought would work itself out as this can be quite common after surgery. Unfortunitly there has been no change and there is nothing coming into the colostamy bag at all. They are going to wait till the end of the day and they are prepping her for surgery tomorrow if there is still no improvement. The thought of her going through another surgery is terrible the last thing she needs...Has anyone gone through this themselves or have any advice?

Hi DC89 and welcome.

We were told that 30%, of people who have had bowel surgery, will have an obstruction with the first 10 years and 30% of those will have it within the first month following surgery. Therefore, you are not alone. Usually, however, the obstruction will resolve itself and only infrequently need surgery. Sometimes massaging the area and WALKING will help. The problem is that the intestines are always moving about and sometimes can caught up on adhesions from the surgery..this being said they can also uncatch. If surgery is needed I would think that it would be pretty straight forward.....I know you cannot help but worry though.

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