I appreciate your pitching in Scott and Jan. Another few more days just past since my last post and thankfully, the pain has lessened when I press on the area of the belly that's been achy and the dull pain has pretty much subsided orherwise! So, yes, hopefully - and it seems like it might have just been - my guts twisting around adhesions creating a partial blocage. Massages did indeed seem to help aluviating the pain. Will try to remember to give you one last update in a little while.