Intestinal blockage

You talk like this is inevitable.   I am 9.5 years out and never had one and not thinking I will ...

Pain (not discomfort) is a sure sign that something is wrong.   If you can post about it, talk about it, and don't think you are dying, it's discomfort.   Pain is where someone else is worried about you!

I don't think the frequency of this happening rises to the level where you should be terrified.  As you might see from many others posts on this subject out here in blogland, lots of us got through WLS and never have to deal with a stricture. 

I have no idea what I did that caused my blockage.  As I posted before, I ate no unusual food or portion, got regular exercise, took my supplements, drank my fluids, and as far as I know did everything else by the book.  Yet, there I was, back in the OR with a laproscope in my abdomen.  Because I have no idea why this happened, I have no idea what I could have done to avoid it.  Kinda like being hit by a stray meteor.

The fix was easy enough, assuming that recuperating from another abdominal surgery is easy.  But I will tell you that NOT having the original surgery, in my case, because I might have been afraid of the outcome, would have been, well, stupid.  The quality of my life is vastly improved now over what it was before I had my RNY.  I no longer suffer from sleep apnea, high blood pressure, diabetes, bad cholesterol, heart arrhythmia, perpetually sore knees, or any other of my former maladies.  I'm not pleased that I needed a surgical fix last week, but I'd go down this road again, if I had the choice, in less than a heartbeat.

I had my surgery in 2006. A few years later I had a blockage. I was in one hospital for 4 weeks while my surgeon and everyone else tried to get me transferred to a hospital that could do the surgery. This was because of the person handling my insurance claim. She couldn't be made to understand that Loma Linda doesn't mean they can do the surgery. The hospital had just opened and I was the second one admitted. Anyway.

I have had bouts of pain over the years. A couple of nights ago it was the worse I've ever had. My stomach hurt to the touch. I was passing gas and pooping. At other times, I rub my stomach and can feel things moving until I get relief. This time it lasted for 24 hours. Today I get a pang in different areas, but it is like my intestines are still hurting and the food moving by makes it mad.

I spoke to my surgeon years ago about it. He did a scope and said it all looked fine. I wasn't hurting at the time. He said he thinks it is a charley horse I have gotten most of my life on one of my abdomen muscles.

I was wondering if those who have this if you get the short-lived ones that clear on their own, do you just let it pass?