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Hey men, have any of you ever suffered from a bowel obstruction that required a bowel resection surgery? I literally was dying from an obstruction of my small bowel about 5 weeks ago. I became very ill vomiting with severe abdominal pain, that after 3 days of the vomiting, pain (was in pain for 1.5 weeks before vomiting began), and being dehydrated, forced me to my first ever ER visit in my 46 years of being alive. I went from a fairly lean (abs showing) 237lbs on Friday down to 221 by Monday from all of the vomiting, dehydration, and not being able to eat or drink anything. A CT scan showed a hematoma, an abscess, and an obstruction of my small bowel. This resulted in an emergency surgery where the doctor first tried just draining the hematoma as it was pressing on my bowel to see if this freed the obstruction. It didn't work as my bowel was dead in that area which resulted in another emergency surgery 2 days later where the doc removed part of my small intestine and colon. I was unable to eat or drink for 13 days resulting in me losing 41 lbs. I'm almost 5 weeks post op and I'm not recovering as well as what the doc is used to seeing and was told that if I get worse to get to the ER and get a CT scan or if I'm not feeling good by mid October, to let him know so he can schedule another CT scan to see what's wrong.
So far I've only been able to gain 11 lbs back. My appetite is close to back to normal and I've been eating to gain weight. I have a 10lb weight restriction until I'm well so not training, just walking. I've been 230+ lbs for about the last 20 years or so. I've maintained 235+ (weighed 250+ when I was able to train heavy)on TRT for the past decade or so and in that time have went 3 years with no training due to 3 failed back surgeries, still maintained most of my size. I just lost a little mass and some conditioning and hardness. So this has me concerned...
I would appreciate any tips or recommendations that may help me in my recovery or if you'd just like to share your experience? It's all appreciated.
So far I've only been able to gain 11 lbs back. My appetite is close to back to normal and I've been eating to gain weight. I have a 10lb weight restriction until I'm well so not training, just walking. I've been 230+ lbs for about the last 20 years or so. I've maintained 235+ (weighed 250+ when I was able to train heavy)on TRT for the past decade or so and in that time have went 3 years with no training due to 3 failed back surgeries, still maintained most of my size. I just lost a little mass and some conditioning and hardness. So this has me concerned...
I would appreciate any tips or recommendations that may help me in my recovery or if you'd just like to share your experience? It's all appreciated.