Thanks Sharon, that’s a really good way to look at it re:exploratory laparoscopy first. I really feel it is an adhesion or bowel stuck to a wall just because I’ve had a “tugging” in that area for years if I move certain ways. It’s frustrating getting scan after scan with no answers other than dialated bowel loops saying “something” isn’t working. I do also have some malpositioning of my pouch on defocography.
I think I’ll ask the surgeon about the exploratory laparotomy tomorrow. He’s willing to do a temp. diverting ileostomy at this point to see if things calm down,so maybe he’d also be willing to do what you suggest.