Kathy wrote:
> Just returned from a hospital stay for my third visit in 2 1/2
> years.ions. Luckily no surgery this time but that horrible NG tube is
> almost worse than the surgery. Is there any other solution than an NG
> tube?
>
> I have read that a low fiber diet can help. I will try that. Is there
> any way to help a blockage self-dissolve while one is at home instead of
> going on a stomach pump?
>
> Are there any preventions other than diets, such as stretching or laying
> down during an episode. I have heard stress is a factor, is that true.
> I have low blood pressure 118/78.
>
> In this day and age of genome research certainly the cause of the
> formation of these adhesions will be discovered. I'm afraid to go to
> away from my home city for fear I will have a problem. I'm basically
> very afraid.
>
> Can anyone add some comments. Does anyone have any doctors that have
> lots of experience in this in Northern California.
>
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> Thanks, Kathy
>