Colic type wind,can you help please

[Caleda4]

Hello lovely ladies, I hope that you are all enjoying this warmer weather, as even when the sun is out it seems to help.

I have absolute chronic wind in my stomach each evening,and guess it is to do with my recurrence. Have a y of you had this problem,if so how was it treated .

I have been for blood tests this morning, ready for a second biopsy tomorrow to try and see if they can find out whether my current cancer is womb cancer related or fallopian tube which was high grade serous . I am on a hormone at the moment, but know this will change once they know the type. I am hoping they will find this out this time with a CT guided biopsy. I have the cancer in my stomach lining, there is also fluid around my spleen. Thanks in advance should you have any answers. Take care all,and stay safe. Caleda.xx

[chicks42]

Hi, I suffer with a think called billary colic even do I no longer have a fall bladder. Not sure if it's the same thing. I have suffered with this for many years and it was only recently that someone put a name to it. I go for acupuncture and the lady I go to was the first to understand what was happening. She showed me a pressure spot on my back to press when I feel the pain coming on and it works a treat. I find certain foods eg oil,salt and spicy trigger it plus if my stomach is empty it can trigger it too. Hope you get some answers and get clarity on what's happening.x

[Caleda4 in reply to chicks42]

Hi,

I apologise for not responding to your reply earlier,but I had my biopsy done yesterday & it was a long day & I felt really tired by the time I arrived home.

Thank you for the information you have given me, especially the acupuncture idea as once things get back to normal I think I will give that a try. I have adjusted the salt,& try to avoid spicy things,but never gave oil a thought and I do use quite a lot of olive oil when I cook so will try that as well.x

[chicks42 in reply to Caleda4]

I hope you are feeling a bit better today after your biopsy. Wind pain can be excruciating and unless you suffer from it you cannot understand how bad it is. X

[bamboo89]

I had something similar a couple of weeks back, and my cancer is in the same area as yours. My ascites fluid had reduced somewhat because of the chemo, but I had a bad bout of colicky 'trapped wind' type pain for 36 hours. I just kept sipping ginger ale, otherwise jusrt water to drink,, and changed my usual high fibre diet to what I call a 'white' diet if I felt I could eat, meaning the sort of thing you eat with irritable bowel syndrome when it plays up - white bread, white pasta, jacket potato (but not the skin), nothing with any fibre in it. It gradually settled down, but it was not pleasant, I feel for you, not much fun feeling like someone is scraping their fingernails down the inside of your intestines. I was actually worried it might be my huge incisional hernia doing something funny, but it did pass thank heavens... I found the pain was easier if I just rested and didn't move around much, though if it is wind, moving around helps it to shift...

Miriam

[Caleda4 in reply to bamboo89]

Hello Miriam,

Thank you for sharing the diet with me,& I will definitely be giving that a try.

Strangely yesterday when I had my CT scan biopsy, I never had a problem at all. So it was either the local anaesthetic given,or the fact that I did not have any coffee yesterday. I did rest a lot yesterday as well because following the biopsy I had to me monitored for 2 hours at 15 minute intervals blood pressure,temperature, & pulse. Then I had stay a further 2 hours,so I was glad I took a book to read.If the result shows fallopian tube type,then I am guessing that I would have chemo of some description before anything else is given. I have a small hernia following my hysterectomy in 2015,so just maybe that is interfering with things to.

I hope things continue to go well for you. Stay safe. Caleda

[tutti]

Peppermint tea, low residue diet( mostly beige), and small, regular amount of Laxido or equivalent.

I am an expert in staying up all night with wind pain as I have very slow transit of my bowels which can cause blockages in my Stoma.

Vivx

[Caleda4]

Gosh Viv, that sounds awful,so maybe I should not grumble, after what you go through. I do get this build up in the evening. I have taken laxido in the past,but I now find that eating fruit berries which are frozen which I cook and put in the fridge overnight has at least allowed me to go to the loo every day, which is not usual for me. I have found out recently that the brachytherapy that I had fllowing my chemo in 2016,has most certainly had an effect on the narrowing of the bowel.

Sometimes I think that we have to get used to a new normal,which is not easy,but I am hoping following my biopsy yesterday, that it will be conclusive & then I can move onto some further treatment.

Thank you & I hope that you do get some sleep in the future.

Best wishes,Caleda x