Experiences with

Bowel obstruction

Hi, If anyone has any knowledge/experience on this I would really appreciate it. My Mum has primary peritoneal cancer, diagnosed April 2022. It has recurred more than once, but she remains responsive to chemo every time, with the tumours always described as stable post treatment and CA marker consistently

hey does anybody else have recurring bowel obstructions due to adhesions???? Had 4 laparotomy’s and several interventions very fed up of it all

Dear ladies, anyone experienced bowel obstruction while on Caelyx/Carbo? I just had my third infusion and already experienced bloating of belly and heavy cramps and vomitting after second infusion if I ate someting complicated but this time cannot keep any even small and simple food inside.

Could this be symptoms of bowel obstruction?

I was given morphine but it put me into bowel obstruction so I am now too scared to have any opiate based painkillers. Has anyone found any other pain relief that works and doesn’t slow the bowel? I’ll try anything! At the moment it’s just paracetamol. Thanks, Bianca

I too am feeling a little better, I did go to the hospital in the end, it seems I keep getting partial bowel obstruction and it eventually clears itself, I’ve been told in future I must go straight to a/e as one day it may not clear, I have adhesions and it’s causing strictures in the bowel.

Last year he was hospitilised for a bowel obstruction. I think since then hes developed an anxiety around constipation. Hes tried every laxative on planet earth and is obsessed with his stomach. He tells me his stomach controls his day and doesnt allow him to socialise as much.

As i side note i had an unrelated xray done recently where the dr confirmed on my left side it looks like there is either gas or stool in which case would this not be classed as a bowel obstruction?

Was on and off it because of various things to do with my blood's but it was working until I got a bowel obstruction. Which is where I'm at, at the moment. In hospital, tube in stomach draining away what I can't digest. So no bowel movement of my own accord.

Hello ladies I am 5 weeks since bowel obstruction surgery and doing well. I ended up in A & E again earlier this week with chest pain on my right side & right shoulder. The hotline said I need it checked as could be a clot.

Hi, I haven’t posted in a long while but appreciate reading everyone’s advice and support to everyone else. I had 3 attempts at surgery last year including the last with Christina F but all were unsuccessful due to extensive miliary disease on the bowel. I went back on 2 chemos so I could start on

hello, my Mum is now in palliative care (12 days) for a total bowel obstruction because of a 6 sigmoid volvulus. At 92 an operation is not possible.

We found out yesterday mums OC has metastasised to the brain. We don’t have a treatment plan yet although radiotherapy has been mentioned. Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or advice for this diagnosis. I’m devastated for my mum who has spent the last 3 years since diagnosis in relatively good

Hello, I have burning feets from ET for several months here and stomach upset from the aspirin , this despite my good blood values and ascal use. I take the ascal in the evening with meals and Pycnogenol now only half a dose (25mg) in the morning. And guess what. The persistent symptoms have disappeared

Well, it did that, but it seems that I had a partial bowel obstruction as throughout the day Sunday, I felt increasingly bloated and then at night, looked like I was 8 months pregnant! My belly was so painful and distended all night. Monday morning, I was no better.

hi all so my husband has had bloody stools for a few weeks and he had a stool test which showed he’s calprotecten at 374 and he has h ployori.. they have given antibiotics and referred him to gastro.. but In the mean while we are very worried about he’s results … has anyone experienced this any advice

I hope this brings a smile. Saw my friend yesterday whose 79 year old mother has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. Come operation day, mum got fully made up ("I've been doing this all my life!") and had her nails done. Anaesthetist asked - "Is that shellac or gel?" "No," she said, "It's Chanel!

Good morning ladies My wife was was diagnosed with HGOC in 2020. She received the usual treatment Chemo including debunking she's never been NED. Earlier this year it was found the disease had spread to supraclavicular nodes and she was advised watch and wait until they progressed which unfortunately

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