Re: Symptoms and treatment

[Guest guest]

> For all of you " brains " out there---I think being a fresh postop

has

> turned mine into mush---so here goes....

>

> What are the symptoms and treatment for:

>

> Biliolimb blockage and bowel obstruction? Do these both have to be

> treated with surgery?

I had a biliolimb blockage and turned very yellow (jaundiced). A

friend noticed the yellowness in my eyes. This was 10 days post op,

I called my doc and he ran tests and he wanted to wait a few days and

see if it subsided but by day 14 I was very yellow and my bilirubin

level was sky high as was my amylase. I had to have a second open

surgery to have the blockage unblocked (which resulted from my doc

squeezing my gallbladder during surgery to feel for stones and

pushing sludge into the ducts). I had to wear a drain tube emptying

the bile into a bag hooked to my leg for the next 6 weeks. After the

6 weeks I underwent a procedure to have the constricted duct dilated

and then a few weeks after that they were able to pull the drain

tube. It was yucky and I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but I don't

think it happens too often, at least I haven't read about it too

often. Good luck to you, I am sure you will do fine.

-95 lbs.

3/23/01