Mom had surgery in August for stage 3 ovarian cancer (took out everything including part of her intestines, part of colon, spleen, lymph nodes). Still has pain to this day (every two hours) and dr said (from ct and contrast) that it is a bowel blockage from the cancer. But even after two treatments, still has pain and blockage….could it actually be from the surgery? I would assume they would know the difference but I’m just worried.

I found this quote
"A high fiber diet will help by redirecting fat soluble metabolites to the colon rather than bladder. "THC is eliminated primarily in the stool via bile acids. Both EMIT and RIA detect a secondary metabolite which is reabsorbed from the intestines. Thus a person with a high fiber diet will excrete a majority of THC [metabolites] in the stool" (anon1). A fiber-based laxitive will also help by binding bile-acids. Use caution. Fiber laxitives can alter one’s bowel schedule and lead to dependancy."
Is it true?

about 3 or 4 months ago, i started to feel a pressure in my back. it wasn’t painful, i could just feel a pressure there.

i had developed some abdominal pain and i had A lot of muscle spasms all through out my body.

i was passing small thin stool pieces.

and i had SLIGHT abdominal pain.

this lasted for about 2 weeks.

after that, my symtoms have gotten so much better, my stools size is almost back to normal but sometimes they look like they have been thined out, not that thin but like it did pass by some sort of blockage.

i still get the pressure in my back and muscle spasms but no where near like they were when they first started.

i dont get the abdominal pain anymore

if i eat to much or if i eat some MC donalds or something my lower back starts to ache until i pass a stool and my stomach will me backing these gurgling noises like something is moving around inside but never any pain.

i had an external Hemorrhoids a while back, never went to the doctor for it and it went back inside. i know internal Hemorrhoids can cause blocking of the intestines.

what does this sound like?
does it sound like cancer?

A surgeon is consulted and the patient is taken to the operating room. An incision is made in his right lower quadrant and a loop of intestines is found with the following characteristics: haustrum, taenia coli and epiploic appendages. The surgeon asks the 4th year medical student observing the surgery what part of the intestine this is and he correctly answers:

ileum
jejunum
stomach
ascending colon
rectum

My Urologist is saying I have Bladder Reflux (BR) and I need an Inter-Stim Pacemaker. After doing research I read that BR does not usually show any pain or outward symptoms but yet this Physician is in a hurry to default to this surgery and device. I am a survivor of Infantile Neuroblastoma (Cancer) and have a severely atrophied pelvis as a result of the cancer treatment. Recently I was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain (bladder area) and no urination and the "diagnosis" was Bladder Reflux which I say is BS. My take is it was either the ureter being pinched by intestines/colon in the smaller than normal pelvic area OR a muscle issue with pelvic floor or hip flexor (sp) muscles. ANY help or advice would be welcomed. I am definitely a unique case and I feel the doctors are ignoring my physical anatomy differences due to the cancer and just defaulting to the "easy" way out for them which more than likely isn’t the TRUE cause. H E L P, please.