finished chemo and needed surgery same day

mommyof2kds
mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
So, I get disconnected from chemo on wed. Then get admitted to the hospital the same day for emergency surgery for a small bowel obstruction. Sucks heh..

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  • Unknown
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  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
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    HI Gracie, doing better this
    HI Gracie, doing better this am, foley and NG out. I feel better than I did before surgery, I was in so much pain, the obstruction was caused by scar tissue. I keep wondering when this nightmare will end..
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
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    Been There Once
    Yikes, the bowel obstruction really stinks! And the NG tube should be called the NFG tube. Worst experience of my life!
    I'm very happy to hear you are through this now
    --p
  • Fb489
    Fb489 Member Posts: 69
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    Sorry
    didn't you recently had a illeostomy reversal.
    how does this surgery affect the reversal.
    I am so sorry about the obstruction, hope you feel better soon.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
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    Bummer
    Hope you are doing better now. Are you still in the hospital? You must have been some uncomfortable getting treatment while feeling so ill. Glad you are better.

    Kim
  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
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    Petrina :)
    Oh my, Petrina

    Glad you are feeling better now :)

    The Highs and Lows of this stuff, right? "Riders, please keep all hands and feet inside the car while riding this ride."

    Removing tubes from our bodies is always a good thing - I had the big 3 removed last time: foley-ng-chest, Ouch!

    Swift healing and bet you can't wait to get home!

    -Craig
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
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    Sundanceh said:

    Petrina :)
    Oh my, Petrina

    Glad you are feeling better now :)

    The Highs and Lows of this stuff, right? "Riders, please keep all hands and feet inside the car while riding this ride."

    Removing tubes from our bodies is always a good thing - I had the big 3 removed last time: foley-ng-chest, Ouch!

    Swift healing and bet you can't wait to get home!

    -Craig

    Ouch!
    I've had several obstructions, and how painful they are! I had to have surgery for them once, and the other times I went to the hospital, thank goodness they moved themselves, but that darn NG tube is definitely the worse thing to go through! In my sleep, I kept pulling it out, and sometimes it got so annoying, I pulled it out, where they had to place it again! I hated it!

    There was this nurse though I had, and he was awesome! He was so humane in placing it, using a lidocaine spray that they had, he sprayed it up my nose and down my throat, it stung just a little bit, but I tell ya, I hardly felt it going in! he was a wonderful nurse, who would also sit with me, and told me how he had gone through non-hodgkins Lymphona, and was now NED, a young guy too... I had to have a CT Scan done, and he even put it in a cup, and added ice to the barium, because he said that's the only way he was able to get it down, and it was easier to go down for me! It's always nice having nurses that have been through what you are going through, I never had a nurse again though who used that lidocaine spray for those NG tubes though! I wish I had him as my nurse ALL the time :)


    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
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    Shayenne said:

    Ouch!
    I've had several obstructions, and how painful they are! I had to have surgery for them once, and the other times I went to the hospital, thank goodness they moved themselves, but that darn NG tube is definitely the worse thing to go through! In my sleep, I kept pulling it out, and sometimes it got so annoying, I pulled it out, where they had to place it again! I hated it!

    There was this nurse though I had, and he was awesome! He was so humane in placing it, using a lidocaine spray that they had, he sprayed it up my nose and down my throat, it stung just a little bit, but I tell ya, I hardly felt it going in! he was a wonderful nurse, who would also sit with me, and told me how he had gone through non-hodgkins Lymphona, and was now NED, a young guy too... I had to have a CT Scan done, and he even put it in a cup, and added ice to the barium, because he said that's the only way he was able to get it down, and it was easier to go down for me! It's always nice having nurses that have been through what you are going through, I never had a nurse again though who used that lidocaine spray for those NG tubes though! I wish I had him as my nurse ALL the time :)


    Hugsss!
    ~Donna

    Thanks guys, it has been an
    Thanks guys, it has been an interesting week. I did have a ostomy reversal in sept, but this didn't affect it at all, the bowel was twisted and obstructed due to scar tissue. I agree the NG was pretty misserable. I was so sick though that I just wanted to get into the OR and get it over with. However if we had to wait, there may have been a possibility of another resection and ostomy. So, finishing chemo was supposed to be such an exciting time and then this happened, but I am on the road to recoivery. Luv you guys.. Petrina
  • Kathryn_in_MN
    Kathryn_in_MN Member Posts: 1,252 Member
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    mommyof2kds said:

    Thanks guys, it has been an
    Thanks guys, it has been an interesting week. I did have a ostomy reversal in sept, but this didn't affect it at all, the bowel was twisted and obstructed due to scar tissue. I agree the NG was pretty misserable. I was so sick though that I just wanted to get into the OR and get it over with. However if we had to wait, there may have been a possibility of another resection and ostomy. So, finishing chemo was supposed to be such an exciting time and then this happened, but I am on the road to recoivery. Luv you guys.. Petrina

    Glad you are doing better
    And as awful as it was, probably better now than later. Get everything done with now. If you'd finished chemo and were getting back to life as usual, and then this hit, you'd have yet another interruption in your life.

    Wishing for smooth sailing from now forward for you!
  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
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    Kathryn_in_MN said:

    Glad you are doing better
    And as awful as it was, probably better now than later. Get everything done with now. If you'd finished chemo and were getting back to life as usual, and then this hit, you'd have yet another interruption in your life.

    Wishing for smooth sailing from now forward for you!

    passing gas
    Thanks guys, I have developed an infection and now on antibx. I feel like crap. Haven't passed gas yet, which is concerning sdince I have issues with going anyway. Took some milk of mag, not working yet..Any suggestions..
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
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    mommyof2kds said:

    passing gas
    Thanks guys, I have developed an infection and now on antibx. I feel like crap. Haven't passed gas yet, which is concerning sdince I have issues with going anyway. Took some milk of mag, not working yet..Any suggestions..

    I
    Use Miralax everyday in a glass of juice, and keeps me going, you don't taste it at all, and I take 2 Ducolax pills a day, one in the morning, and one in the evening, which has helped me. Now, if you aren't passing gas, or haven't had a BM in 2 days, my onc said to get to the hospital immediately, because it could be blocked, even a partial blockage, but it's safer for them to check it, then be sorry later. Hope that helps hun!

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna
  • mommyof2kds
    mommyof2kds Member Posts: 519
    #13
    Shayenne said:

    I
    Use Miralax everyday in a glass of juice, and keeps me going, you don't taste it at all, and I take 2 Ducolax pills a day, one in the morning, and one in the evening, which has helped me. Now, if you aren't passing gas, or haven't had a BM in 2 days, my onc said to get to the hospital immediately, because it could be blocked, even a partial blockage, but it's safer for them to check it, then be sorry later. Hope that helps hun!

    Hugsss!
    ~Donna

    I juat haD SURGERY FOR
    I juat haD SURGERY FOR PARTIAL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. They are going to open up the incision today to see if it will drain anything. The redness has increased..
  • sfmarie
    sfmarie Member Posts: 602
    #14
    Yes
    I agree with you, does this nightmare ever end? This is a horrid disease and if you look at the different discussion boards on this site, colorectal has the most posts. Don't you wonder why that is and what is causing this? Why have we not found a cure for this beast? I am sorry you are going through this but am glad you are feeling better. You are in my prayers!

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