I posted on the board a little while back re abdominal pain and
adhesions. I was diagnosed with extensive adhesions some years ago,
following a laparoscopy and I've been experiencing abdominal pain
accompainied by frequent BM for some while now which is becoming more
frequent/painful/prolonged. I finally saw my GP today who feels that I
could have a partial small bowel obstruction. I have to go back next
week for an internal (to rule out gynae problems) and to discuss
possible courses of action - including a referral to a gynae or general
surgeon for laparotomy (with the associated risk of recurrence) or to
manage conservatively with diet/drugs. In the meantime she has told me
to have a low fibre diet and has prescribed anti spasmodic drugs to
reduce the pain. I'm loath to have surgery (due to problems with
recurrence but do not want to run the risk of a complete obstruction.
How successful is conservative management in this situation as the
tablets have not really reduced my pain any?(though I've only taken them
since mid-morning so it may be too early to tell. Any advice?