Vomiting bile

[michael60]

I had an abdominal operation 18 months ago which involved removing a length of large colon (due to volvulus). Now, I get quite frequent (typically one every 2-3 months) severe stomach upsets. I tend to wake up feeling fired and not myself. Gradually I get stomach pains, then eventually painful cramps. I feel extremely ill, nauseus and faint and wake up every 1-2 hours to be sick. I bring up clear gastric juices and finally a large amount (over a pint!) of green bileous liquid - after which I start to recover. I have no bowel movements until the next day, when I get diarrhoea. My stomach is painful for several days because of the heaving and it takes a week to fully recover. At first I thought it was food poisoning but last time it happened I ate only my own food -except for one danish pastry eaten 2 days earlier. Please help!

[michael60]

Thanks very much, I will seek advice as you suggest.Michael60

[mammo]

When you have surgery on the colon, as you know it can take days for it to start working again.  At one time doctors assumed that once it starting working, everything would be fine, but we now know this is not the case.  Sometimes the colon will start, then stop, and start again, and this sounds like what you are enduring.  Go back to your GI about this.  Take care....