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Bowel Obstruction: Patient Story Update

Mark first received treatment at Clear Passage five years ago, when recurring bowel obstructions were threatening his life. Prior to beginning therapy, he had spent a total of over 140 days in the hospital โ€” 96 of which were during a medically induced coma โ€” and had several bowel repair surgeries.

Since his initial treatment program, Mark has been coming back to Clear Passage regularly as part of a maintenance program that keeps his adhesions and obstructions at bay. He is also a moderator for our online Bowel Obstruction Support Forum, where he answers questions and provides advice to others suffering from obstructions.

We had the chance to catch up with Mark recently โ€” read on for an update on how he is doing today.

How long have you been a Clear Passage Patient?

I have been coming here for about four years now. As part of a maintenance program, I come back here every month and get treatment for my adhesions.

If it wasnโ€™t for me coming back to get treatment for my adhesions I would have been in the hospital many times. The hospital was a place Iโ€™d been to many times before I found Clear Passage. That was the solution to all my problems and I have not had another bowel obstruction since I started seeing Clear Passage. Before that, I had two bowel obstructions; for one of them, I was in the hospital for 40 days the other I was in the hospital for seven. Eventually, I felt empowered to just walk out of the hospital because Clear Passage gave me the knowledge that there is a non-surgical alternative for treating adhesions. Since then, my life has been much better.

How have things changed for you since you began therapy at Clear Passage?

I used to live my life on a daily basis thinking is today going to be the day Iโ€™m going to die? I really thought I didnโ€™t have any hope. But ever since Clear Passage I donโ€™t even think about it. Thereโ€™s no thought about if Iโ€™m going to live or die today โ€” I know Iโ€™m going to live. Iโ€™m happier and much better off. I thought my life was over at a very early age and now Iโ€™m looking into old age. I have plans past tomorrow; I was living just for tomorrow before finding Clear Passage.

What is your therapy like?

When I come up to Clear Passage for what I call my maintenance program, I have adhesions that form on a monthly basis. Most people donโ€™t have adhesions as bad as I do, but since my adhesions are so bad it requires me to come up here on a monthly basis to get treated. The treatment I receive is always a team treatment itโ€™s not just me lying on the table. Itโ€™s a team work with everyone that works here and itโ€™s my feedback and their feedback that saves my life every month. Also, theyโ€™ve given me tools to work with and take home with me โ€” ways I can decrease the adhesions myself. They have given me advice and direction on what I need to do if I do feel an adhesion coming on when Iโ€™m at home. Theyโ€™ve given me the tools and knowledge to overcome fear.

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