Re: Cherryl from Sally
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Tue Mar 11 21:21:37 2003
At Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Koolinsask@aol.com wrote:
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>Sally, thank you, and yes, it is tough, but i am learning, that tears, along
>with too much fear is not going to get me anywhere!!!!!!!! I am going to be
>visiting my g.p. on Fri, and will be asking him about my files etc.....he is
>not too bad with me, and seems to be more on the understanding
>side........Sally just another question, I am having trouble with my bowels,
>i have low right sided pain, which seems more like ovarian pain, but my
>bowels have been moving every morning, but not easily......now, today, i have
>not been able to go at all........if i am in any serious kind of trouble with
>my bowel, i am going to have extreme pain right? and even if it's a partial
>blockage, would I not be feeling a lot worse than what i am? i am eating, and
>drinking 8-10 glasses of water, and have seriously increased my fibre intake,
>although just started with fibre again, today! I do get so afraid of a
>blockage, and truly don't know when i should seek medical attention, i did
>have an x-ray last Thurs, and the doctor said, i was fairly full of
>stools......so, if someone could kind of give me some clear guidelines as to
>when i could be in trouble, that would be great!!!!!!!!! Thank you Sally for
>writing me, i am grateful............hope you are well................
>
>Love Cherryl
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Dear Cherryl, Partial or full bowelage blockages are very serious.
If you have these you need to get medicine from the doctors right away.
I use lots of prunes, works for me, but everyone is different.Keep a calendar,
and don't put off calling your doctor. A mild laxative right now could save
you a lot of grief later. You can not just ignore it, Stay in touch. I care. Love, Sally