Reply to "Small Bowel Obstruction Surgery?"

Hi! I hope you're feeling better! I've had my pouch for 13 years & had my first & only obstruction last month. It was awful and something I don't want to experience again!! I think surgery should be a last resort. For me, there was a great deal of inflammation & narrowing high up past the pouch. A gastro-graphic enema study showed no high grade stricture, which is good. Doctors believe inflammation caused the narrowing which may have happened from multiple pouchitis problems close together...perhaps it traveled past the pouch. Anyway, I'm going to start cycling antibiotics for a while, & start taking VSL #3. Prior to this, I was on ZERO medication. I think you need to take 1 step at a time...have them take an in depth look to see what's going on internally...don't jump into surgery too soon! Good Luck!

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