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Cate87, I had two bowel obstructions and the first was really bad.

The second obstruction I had was in 2006 and symtoms were the same as yours and I stayed in the hospital 5 days. I was on IV for 4 days and on the 5th day, they introduced solid foods to see how my body reacted. Then by late afternoon, after having a light breakfast of eggs and toast and a burger, they let me go home.

My first concern is if the hospital discharged you without testing to see if you can handle solid foods, then that was stupid on their part. If you had solid foods before you were discharged and if you did and had no problems, then that works in your favor.

Now when I had a major bowel obstruction in 1999, I was hospitalzed for two weeks. After I was discharged, I wanted to put on weight so I was going to eat a lot of red meat. The first time I had a hamburger, I was in sever pain with cramps. The second time, I ate chicken instead and had the same reaction. So I was terrified it was another obstruction so we called the doctor who could not understand why. About 10 minutes later he called back and asked what I ate and I told him. He asked for the chicken did I eat the skin which I did. Then he said, he neglected to inform me that I had Gall Stones and should have my Gall Bladder removed.

Of course I was pissed off because negelected to inform me was no excuse. So I went to the ER, and told them and they did an X-RAY and admitted me. I had the Gall Stones removed and then 2 days later, I had my Gall Bladder removed. Hospital stay was one week.

It could very well be that you have Gall Stones too. In any event, I would get to the doctor right away, even if it means to go to the ER. Again this is just my opinion.

If it is an obstruction, then you need to be hospitaized. Sorry if I sound as I am alarming you, but I would rather be safe then sorry. I hope this helps.

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