The second phase of constipation was bad enough for me to drive to the E/R last night. I was concerned that they might regard this as not a real "emergency." The intake nurse had spent nine awful days after a tonsillectomy, so they took it seriously. After an X-ray to rule out bowel obstruction they gave me what I hope will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, which loosened the logjam enough to reduce my pain and nausea enough to go home and sleep badly, a giant improvement over no sleep at all. They also have a medicine that reverses opoid-induced constipation.
I am still bloated and uncomfortable with some pain, but I can hear gurgling noises that suggest the factory is beginning to operate again.
If I have not already told you, avoid getting overweight, which is apparently a cause of umbilical hernias. I spent too many years enjoying food in excess, with very high costs now. The surgery diet, however, knocked off five pounds but bloat has kept my waist size unchanged.
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