bowel obstructions

kitsmom
kitsmom Member Posts: 7
edited March 2022 in Ovarian Cancer #1
anyone have problems with bowel obstructions? if you did, how were they resolved? how did you keep your nutritional status up?

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  • BonnieR
    BonnieR Member Posts: 1,526 Member
    I had a really bad bowel obstruction adn ended up in the hospital for about 2 weeks. Are you talking more of dealing with constipation? Please clarify so we can answer your question right.

    Bonnie
  • kitsmom
    kitsmom Member Posts: 7
    BonnieR said:

    I had a really bad bowel obstruction adn ended up in the hospital for about 2 weeks. Are you talking more of dealing with constipation? Please clarify so we can answer your question right.

    Bonnie

    thanks for replying bonnier. my mom has 3 small partial bowel obstructions because her cancer is pushing in on the bowel. the surgeon was not able to do anything surgically. they are treating her with meds and she has a g tube in her stomach to drain if it backs up, which is a million times better than the ng tube. no problems with constipation. some fluid must be passing through because she is having liquid/semiformed bm's and passing gas. thanks
  • charlissa
    charlissa Member Posts: 13
    I have a colostomy r/t cancer. I try to eat veg, and fresh fruit. lots of water. good luck and take care. Diane
  • sky22
    sky22 Member Posts: 9 Member
  • MCavelli
    MCavelli Member Posts: 13 Member
    edited March 2022 #6