Really getting kind a worried- we are going to travel to several international destinations coming up and I'm worried about what I think is a partial blockage developing in my small bowel.
About 10 years ago I was running many miles each week and working out a lot. I was in great shape. I was 3 or 4 years post full colectomy with a successful j pouch. I was feeling great... but then I noticed some new feelings in a specific part of my small intestine, right where my stoma had previously resided. I started noticing bowels slowing down and twinges that felt like my small bowel had a slight twist to it. This went on for a few months and then bam, a full blockage that required surgery. It took me entirely out of commission for 2 months of missed work, stopped all exercising, and really was discouraged.
Fast forward back to today... over the past month or two I've been back on the exercise kick. All was going so well, feeling better than ever... and now I have developed that same sensation that I have a slight blockage or twist in the bowel again. And, we have a bunch of international travel coming up. I'm really worried about developing a full blockage during a trip overseas. I have no idea what that might look like. Can they even correct it without screwing up my J Pouch? I'm terrified of eating a meal overseas and suddenly having my food backed up entirely like I did a decade ago- potentially in a country where I can't communicate with the people there.
Are there are tests that a Colo Rectal surgeon's office may be be able to perform? We no longer live near my original surgeon's office. But I could maybe make a day trip out there for a scope or something. Need some advice. Last thing I want to do is get stuck in a foreign hospital, with who knows what type of bill and surgical outcome!