I too have had ongoing bowel issues. My gag reflex comes and goes as well as my bowel problems. I do not get constipated. I just cannot go. I feel the urge but when I sit down...nothing! No problems when I do go but sitting there and having no urges or feelings gets very frustrated. It will last for It would be great to hear what they do or do not find.
Jen
Hi...I have had Bowel and bladder issues for as long as I can remember and was dx'd with IBS. I now know that can not be an accurate dx, but...there is something a mis.
I was never told the vagus nerve being compressed could add to this issue...but, I did have issues with Hashimoto's, and EDS as well as Chiari....add tethered cord and u have a bowel and bladder mess.
I would get a full feeling, but not the urge to go....it felt like it did not move down where it needed to be in order to go...and I could go weeks without going....
Since my PFD, I do have a change in my bowel issues and do see a diff.....it may be some chiari and some of my other conditions, but I still see a big change when there is a change in weather.....so even tho I have diff habits post op, there r lingering issues...but I had them my whole life....and it may take a while longer to see more changes.
Please let me know what ur Dr says regarding the vagus nerve, I am very curious.
"selma"