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Hello all, I used to post about a year ago but stopped because my symptoms let up but now they are back again and even worse than before. Let me first say that I have not been diagnosed with anything......but I have nowhere else to turn for answers. Three weeks ago tonight I ended up in the hospital. I went in to the er because of severe lower left stomach pain.....very severe. After an xray it was found that I was 100% blocked. So after the biggest enemia I had ever seen and no relief I was admitted. The next day was given 3 more enemias with a little relief. I had a lower gi scheduled for the next day so spent the night trying to clear out my system with all those wonderful oral drugs. Right before the gi series they tok another xray and found that I was still blocked in the large intestine. They wanted to see the small intestine so went ahead with the test. The day before I had a ct scan and it showed that I have a "thickening of my small intestine". The doctors could give me no reason why and would not even make a guess as to what this could mean. I wish they had said that it was inflamed because inflamation has a chance of going down but a thickening implies that it is there to stay....which really scares me. Since I have been out of the hospital I have not had one day that I could say I felt good. And this last weekend was really bad again. Spent saturday in the er again but found out nothing and was sent home with vicoden for the pain. I have gotten to the point that I do not eat because everytime I do I am in severe pain again. Up until today I had not had a movement for 6 days and was oh so sore but decided to try a little dinner. Right after I ate the old pains set in and I was sent running for the bathroom.....with just a little relief....very small movement. So as I sit here I am experiencing severe pain in the lower right side of my back and across the whole lower stomach. I am about at the end of my ropes with trying to deal with this. And I do not get into see the gastro until the end of the month.....even taking a deep breath hurts my stomach and my back.......I am fed up with all of this. Does anyone have any ideas about all this and has anyone heard of the walls of the small intestines being thickened????? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.Am looking forward to reading your answers in the am!Thanks again, Shari