Re-reading your story, you and I really do have such similiar problems, with small bowel obstruction and the symptoms we get are almost identical, from what you have written. If you ever want to talk, you can email me and I will give you my phone number, I don't have any great answers, but maybe just talking to someone might be able to help? I know it might help me.
Joanna
At Fri, 28 Mar 2003, heather wrote:
>
>I'm getting really desprate. I can't deal with this any longer. I have
>had to deal with partial small bowel obstructions since Oct 2001. I
>have had 4 surgeries on my abdomen(lap-gallbaldder removal, 2 c-sections
>and a ureter retattached to my bladder). I spent 4 days on the hosptial
>in January of this year due to adhesions obstructing my small bowel. My
>doctor doesn't want to do anything about them, she said basically I have
>to live with them--I can't, I'm so depressed because of this. I get so
>sick, throw up till I dehydrate and have so much pain, its getting where
>I'm having a hard time functioning when I have these obstructions. I
>have two small children and am trying to finish college. I want to find
>a doctor that will take me seriously, because I'm at the end of my rope.
>I would like any suggestions on what I should do.
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Heather
>