I had my appendix removed about 6 months
ago.
Ever since then I sometimes have a vauge
pain
where the appendix was removed. On the
left..
I had some complications but it turned out
good.
They used the 3 hole method. 1 for
looking 1 for
pumping water in and one to remove it.
The strange feeling rather than a pain,
hasn't really bothered
me since I thought at first I still needed
to recover.
And for a few months I forgot about it.
I then came home
and (was in a foreign country) got sick.
With a cold and running nose, and a cough.
The first two days I was able push out
stools. But since then I haven't been
able to(thats 7 days). I only get small
1 or 2 stools. And I use to go to the
bathroom 2 times a day. Excluding taking
leaks. I lost my appite and my stumic is
bloated. The strange feeling is there
more then ever.
Questions are, is it possible that after
surgery the wound where the appendix was
opened?
I had some problems while in the hospital
where I had to contract my stumic mussles
and it felt like something was ripping.
I have taken some laxeden to see if I have
just hard stools but that doesn't do
anything. At most I get gas out... My
abdominal hurts a little, but I think
thats because of coughing. I thew up
once but again I think thats because I
have a bad cold.
Any help or advice please. I'm 20 male.
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Doxielover
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Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 31 Location: Virginia
This Might Help.. Posted: 06-06-06 22:10pm
Hi I had my appendix removed in the end of
january by open surgery. It was in the
wrong spot so they just had to cut me wide
open, about 4 inches. I still have pain
where my incision was, if I poke and prod,
mostly when I lay down to go to bed I
notice it. I'm also told I have alot of
scar tissue. I'm having some gallbladder
issues and was at the er rescently and was
told that my stools might not be getting
through as good as they used to due to the
scar tissue. I do not think this is the
case as I am having bowel movements almost
everyday.
However, I thought this might be useful to
you because, i'm not sure of the location
of your incisions but, if it could be
related to the scar tissue from them, if
your bowels are in anyway abnormal. A
normal x-ray would show this, and it's
very common to have this problem after
surgery's of the abdomen. You could try
a stool softner and see if they alleviates
any of the pain. I would very much so
reccomend getting to a dr or er right away
( I just realized you said 7 days since
you've gone to the bathroom) a bowel
obstruction can be life threatning. Just
google "appendectomy' and "bowel
obstruction"
please let me know what happened.
Good luck,
krystle
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kkaylalynn
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Appendix Posted: 05-23-07 20:13pm
I dont think he has a bowl obstruction for
I had one when I was three. I dont
remember of course but my mom told me that
for a week I was in pain. Ever three
minutes I would turn blue and have
breathing problems because I was in so
much pain. I had blood in my stools when I
did go and I rarely slept. You would be in
severe pain if you did have a bowl
obstruction. The scare tissue from the
appendix shouldnt be bothering you
anymore. You might have a very dull pain
because when they made the insition they
cut through muscle and that muscle will
never heal. I had my appendix out in
November and I still have a dull pain
there. Well good luck and hope you feel
better.
