I just spent 4 days in the hospital after being diagnosed with a partial bowel obstruction. It sounds like this is a common occurrence with abdominal surgery. When my ileostomy was done, I had four surgeries and now have two hernias in addition to the ileostomy. I'm not looking forward to another bowel obstruction. I'm on a full liquid diet, chewing my food 20 times before swallowing, eating very slowly, and they told me I have to be more active. I'm seeing a new doctor on Tuesday and will be asking for a physical therapy referral. I haven't known what kind of exercises I can do. Does anyone else have comments on this subject that would be helpful to me? Such as diet advice? Thank you so much.
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