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I have spent the last two days in hospital with a blockage in the upper bowel which is in turn causing me severe leg muscle pain. Movicol, senna, coloxyl, enemas, nulax, dulose, osmolax, all on top of a hi fibre diet. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Morphine, endone, tramadol for pain. Nothing works for that either. They are doing the mastectomy on Tuesday regardless of whether I have managed to get things working or not. I am very tired and over it, crying at the littlest things. I have tried exercise even though my legs are weak and have given under me a couple times. Also tried heat packs. Water consumption is approximately four litres a day. I will seriously try anything.
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- All the best for your surgery, @Blossom1961 - don't forget the earplugs, eye masks, 'small arm pillow', a book of short stories (or magazines) and some treats to nibble on that you enjoy .... some people take their own TBags in ;) xx
I hope you don't end up in that situation again tho - it is incredibly painful and downright uncomfortable!! Keep taking your dried fruit (of which prunes is just one!) or anything else that you think helped - to keep the motions softer & easier to pass! Well, that would be a weight off your mind :) Excellent news.
As Kath has suggested, keep doing what ever you are doing for the next couple of days as there is nothing like a hospital stay with a steady diet of pain relief to seize you solid. If you can maintain momentum life may be a bit more comfortable. Good luck for Tuesday and wishing you another couple of substantial dumps in the meantime. Mxx
- So glad things are moving. Keep up the treatment as the painkillers post surgery and the anaesthetic will heighten your risk again. I weirdly found nuts were beneficial also as they were hard fibre. (Dried fruit and nuts perfect combo) For hospital you could take nulax....which is dried fruit block you can pull off and chew.
I took movichol pre chemo and kept it up in the first few days. The secret was starting prior for me. I know you tried it all without success.
Here is to smooth sailing for you now. X - Houston, we have landed!! Whoo hoo! What a relief. K xox
- I have read a comment on this forum that we shouldn't be giving medical advice. I had numerous doctors, surgeons, nurses, oncologists and a pharmacist trying to work out a solution. I was sent home from hospital with the same stuff I had in hospital that didn't work. I still took it as I was instructed however the lovely ladies on this site gave me more 'medical' advice which I followed. I was pacing the floor from 4am to 7am in excruciating pain in my legs. Then, the first shuttle landed! Thank you my lovely friends. I will be doing more of the same today to land that second shuttle. Hopefully there isn't a third shuttle up there. Experience is often the only answer, not text book knowledge. Hugs and tears of gratitude.
- It must be terrible for you but here's hoping for touch down. Hope you didn't have too much pain last night.
- @arpie @kitkatb @SoldierCrab I have just done all that you suggested. Now let's see if the shuttle is going to land! I would love to have a night without the pain.
- Blossom do you have some epsom salts ... can you get in the Bath 2 cups of Epsom salt in a warm bath and sit in it for 20mins at least your body will absorb it via the skin
- @Blossom1961 we only used to give it to them at breakfast as many hated it and also because so many of them are very frail and eat little anyway it worked quite quickly. They usually had a small bowl of it. I reckon try it a couple of times a day. Let us know how you go. Good luck.
- @kitkatb The concoction looks like poo, has the texture of glug but it is edible. I will let you know how I go. How often and how many times before you saw results?
