Re: Zelnorm Episode has me scared
From: Finley (seasipping1@charter.net)
Thu Jul 13 12:34:13 2006
Hello, Natalie.
I hope you are feeling better. I just found this website today, after
having a very bad episode over the weekend. I took some Epsom Salts
with distilled water and an hour later, followed that up with a couple
of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil with pure lemon juice in 8 oz.
of water, and that helped some. So you might want to give it a try.
Good luck.
--
Finley
At Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Natalie wrote:
>
>Okay, I finally went back to the Gastro as I am getting really tired of
>restricitng my diet and eating 10-12 stool softeners a day.
>
>Brief history: 20 years of bowel problems, endometriosis (coincinding
>with the bowel problems), multiple surgeries, adhesions, you all know
>the story.
>
>Had a CAT scan on 6/19/06 which showed mildly prominent small bowel
>loops but no overt obstruction so MD deemed Zelnorm safe to try.
>
>I have been taking it since Monday and being REAL careful with my diet,
>especially since I stopped the stool softener. First day was rough with
>severe headache and diahrea which has improved.
>
>Last night I had about 45 minuts of fairly intense pain...a real
>burning, gnawing pain that I've had in the past in my lower mid
>abdominal area with mild nausea. Pain radiates to my back and left
>side. I have had it many times in the past but have managed to avoid it
>with careful diet and stool softeners and taking Femara for endo symptom
>control. It is always much worse when I am lying down and eating seems
>to be the trigger. Lots of tossing and turning and could not lay on my
>abdomen at all.
>
>Needless to say I am going to stop the Zelnorm until I talk with my MD.
>I feel like we are missing something here and I have never felt that
>irritable bowel is the problem. Given the size and shape of my stools,
>the sense of pressure (like a square peg trying to fit the a round hole)
>it feels like "something" is keeping food/stool from passing. But my MD
>says my CAT scan is "normal".
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