[POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Re: Stomach Pain

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Nic, Have you ever seen or asked to see Dr Fell in London?

Sara

Nicola wrote:

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> Hi Caroline

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> That is really helpful.

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> I am sure Luke has got a large hard stool blocking things at the

> moment as he has been this morning once but it was only diarhoa type

> stools and he is saying the poo is stuck. He has been to the toilet

> since then but nothing is coming out.

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> I am sure it is painful although he is saying it isn't as he still

> walking round hunched. He was also awake again in the night with the pain.

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> We gave hom 5 movicol yesterday and plan to give him 7 today. I am

> also going to try a little prune juice and brown sugar today and I

> also gave oxypowder last night so hopefully that will help.

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> I am really hoping for an explosion soon so the pain will go. If

> things don't move in the next couple of days I might take him back.

> The consultant did say that if things don't improve there is the

> option of an enema which is not very pleasant but does do the trick -

> is this what you mean by rectal suppository?

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> I am not under the gastro, I used to be, but he was so useless that I

> gave up with him. I am going to ask my GP to ask him to refer him to

> me though and try again as it may be useful in these situations.

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> Thanks

> Nic

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> * Re: Stomach Pain

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> Hi Nicola

> Poor you guys! Hope that Luke is feeling a bit better today. We have

> used lots of Movicol and have sometimes found it to help and

> sometimes not to be very effective at shifting things along.

> We once used it at the max dose for around 3 weeks and then

> hurt her leg, we think she was climbing on top of a bed side table

> during the night. When we went to A & E the next day she had an x-ray

> of her hip and she was pretty loaded up. I was amazed!

> Also when we first started off down this road and we went to the

> Royal Free we were on Picolax every weekend for a few months, she was

> 4 years old, and when we saw the Consulatnt some months later there

> had been no improvement. Same thing with micolette rectal suppository

> things. After months of using.

> We were quite fortunate at one point after weeks of clearing out that

> the gastro did a second x-ray to check how things were going. Its not

> good having the 2 x-rays but for many of our children they just cant

> cope with being examined. At that time things were improved but still

> about 40% loaded. I think we were going on holiday or something and

> like Steph these holidays I had been in and out of A & E and to the Day

> Case Unit for days (to avoid staying in Hospital overnight). I was

> just so relieved something had shifted.

> Its so tough to see our kids like that but if you have a decent

> gastro then hopefully they follow it up.

> Thinking of you.

> Luv Caroline

> xxx

> (PS Make sure he drinks heaps as Movicol has an osmotic effect and

> works by drawing water into the bowel to propel things along. I

> imagine its quite painful til you shift that old stuff along a bit.

> We have sometimes noticed massive big bits when clearing out once had

> a tennis ball sized pooh which you couls see all the thin thin coils

> within, amazing!)

> PPS Sorry if you are eating your breakfast!

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