Success Stories: Bowel Obstruction

Patients speak about therapy for small bowel obstruction.

 

Session after session, day after day…my body was slowly and methodically worked on.  As each hour passed, my body was loosening up and moving with less effort, and with less and less pain.  I slowly began to eat soft foods and soups…no problem!  My system was working just fine!  On my fourth day of treatment, my 50th birthday, I enjoyed baked salmon and mashed potatoes!  It was the best meal of my life! 

I have shocked my s;urgeon!  He wanted to know what was done and how it was done.  He had tears in his eyes and was so happy for me.  He truly did not want to cut into me again.  My husband is just so happy to see me out of pain and to have his wife back.  I am bouncing off the walls with energy and gratefulness.  I truly feel like I had a full body renovation from the tip of my toes to the top of my head.

 – Reese, who experienced severe bowel obstructions whose doctor wanted to perform a 7th surgery to remove bowel obstructions

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Over the course of therapy, I started to regain my strength. My belly went from feeling like an inflated ball of steel to feeling like soft skin again. A few days into therapy, I was finally able to have a bowel movement again – this time, without any pressure in my rectum. My body began to function better; my energy began to return.

I started eating solid foods again. In the weeks following therapy, I gained 12 pounds. It was incredible to eat something crunchy and fearlessly enjoy it.

When I left CPT, I told them they saved my life, for I really believe they did. I remember the feeling of helplessness before I went to CPT, and I never want to relive that again.

- Mae, who experienced small bowel obstructions that prevented her from eating solid food, caused her to faint, and went undetected by doctors for three years

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Halfway through the week, I ate breakfast and I didn’t get sick afterwards. I had lunch later and I didn’t get sick either. I can’t tell you how unusual that was — I virtually always got sick after eating when I had a blockage. I couldn’t believe they had broken down the adhesions that had caused my blockage, but there it was —– I could feel the results in my body!

By the end of treatment, it just felt like everything was the way it should be. Before CPT, the tightness in my abdomen pulled so much that sometimes I felt like I was being pulled over. After therapy, I could stand straight and everything felt looser.

- Teena, who struggled with small bowel obstructions for over 20 years, despite numerous surgeries to remove them

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By the time I found CPT, my health was plummeting. At my initial evaluation, my therapist told me there was very little mobility in my abdominal organs. She was also concerned that I was becoming adhered in the muscles and support structures on the front of my body.

I attended treatment and found that my pain reduced markedly. I stopped experiencing pain in my bowels, neck, and back. Things in life that most people take for granted, but that had been denied to me for so long, slowly began to return. I can still remember the first day I was finally able to have a bowel movement without pain or laxatives, and the first time I was finally able to eat without pain. It was amazing.

 – Ginny, who came to CPT after eight prior surgeries and two serious falls

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