Personal Question -Small intestine obstruction? Resection?

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Looking for some personal info, for my brother. (He's 64 y/o)

He's been fighting non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for a couple years now, doing

quite well until recently.

On May 19, they did surgery for a large tumor on his small intestine. They

removed it, no spreading of cancer cells, everything went well, but they

did have to resect his small intestine - fairly close to his appendix, so

they removed it as well - it was appearing just slightly inflamed.

He was discharged on a " regular " diet.

Well, yesterday and today, he started having a lot of vomiting, nausea and

abdominal bloating after eating a meatloaf dinner and later a fast food

fish sandwich. My sister just called and today he's at the ER with dehydration

- the docs put in an NG tube and there's concern that he may have a

blockage - just having some diarrhea, no formed stool for a day or so.

So, should he have been discharged on a regular diet just 5 days after a

resection? Or, maybe just adhesions causing a blockage?

Any insight? Feel free to email me privately rather than cluttering up the

listserv.

TIA,

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corp.

Telecommuting Nationwide

(Mountain Time)

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Certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) and specialist in inflammation caused by

non-IgE food sensitivity - which causes IBS, migraine, fibromyalgia,

arthritis and more. Co-author of the Certified LEAP Therapist Training Course.

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