She is 79 yrs old. After surgery they did not remove the large mass on her sigmoid colon because it was to vascular to remove and she would more than likely bleed to death if they tried. It will be one week since her surgery and she is still very very weak, gets out of breath with us daughters helping her to bathroom. Even when they gave her a portable pottychair to use she gets severely cold and clammy, extramely nausous, shivers, very rapid heartbeat, and has a hard time taking a breath. When she tries to speak to us during these attacks of her sitting up moving around, she is so winded and it takes so much just to finish a single sentence. Mom is very anemic and her heme count dropped to a 7.2 she will not accept any blood transfusuions due to her beliefs religious wise and the past few days docs given her iron pills and that has raised her count to a 9.4 but its still low…. Her tummy is still so very bloated and her urin output is not that much even though they are pumping her with several IV fluid bags. Could it be the cancer is just wiping her out she is not on any chemo yet. We are trying to figure out WHY she is so winded, weak and slightly feverish at times … clammy, chills… Could it be her heart they have not noticed yet?.. OR is this a common reaction after this type of surgery? We are aware that the Doctors told us without the surgery, she probly wouldnt have lived more than 2 weeks. But since she had the surgery, it may extend her time who knows.. is this symptoms of the end her weakness?? They placed her on a clear diet but she does not eat any of that.. no broth jello or anything but a sip of water or two thats it. she has been without food for 14 days now… but what can we do or possibly suggest to the doctors do to help her in this situation? Cancer has masestize to her liver and lungs i forgot to mention above. Anyone who has had a loved one with the same symptoms that she is going through please let me know how I can help her, what can we do, and how much longer did they live after going through these symptoms after surgery? I want to keep her as long as possible but I need to make her as comfy as possible. I wonder why her tummy is swelling up again??? Anybody with ideas or experience I apreciate your help. God Bless

After seven abdominal surgeries one of which was a hysterectomy and one to remove the sigmoid colon I have been diagnosed with pelvic adhesive disease and am on morphine for the pain around the clock my colon seems to be causing the pain. I don’t eat much, etc. Medical options are implanted morphine pump or a colostemy which may or may not help the problem. I would appreciate any input.

Help somebody. I have recently been diagnosis with a bunch of problems. I was first diagnosis with a ulcer in my sigmoid colon, and colitis. Now I have a hiatal hernia, esophagitis, gastritis, and gastroparesis. And the gastroparesis is the worst I have ever heard anyone having. Your stomach is supposed to empty within 1-2 hours well mine takes 11 to 12 hours. I can’t handle it I am always nauseas I eat and I am nauseas for 3-6 hours after. And I want to vomit only if I could. I have made myself vomit before because of the pain. I have only done that once, but because of the pain I am afraid I will become bulimic. And I don’t want that either. They tell me not to eat fiber because it’s harder to digest, but I have really bad constipation. (You don’t even understand they gave me the 4 laxatives and the drink for a colonoscopy and did nothing pretty much) without fiber I can’t go the bathroom, but with fiber my stomach hurts. On top of it I have chest pain once and awhile with the gastroparesis. I bend over after I eat and I can feel my food coming back up. I swear i can feel my bowels move in my transverse colon. I have muscle spasms in my back and neck. I twitch during the night really bad. I wake up with back pain so bad it’s not even funny. My anxiety level and anger is very high. I start shaking because of it. I am afraid to take the medicine for gastroparesis because of the side effects that can happen I know they don’t happen to everyone but trust me when I say I have bad luck so I WILL have the side effects that are permanent. I don’t like a lot of the foods on the gastroparesis diet. I am only 23 and have 3 kids and go to college full-time so my stress is way up there. They say that’s what is causing this. Please someone have any advice or a good site to go to for gastroparesis diet. I can’t take all these problems. And I can’t interact with my kids because I am in pain. My back hurts, my stomach is killing me, and I am very irritated!
They have checked my thyroid and nothing. I am not diabetic, they check. I am on Zegrid and that’s about it, I don’t know why they can’t give me more medications to help with all of this.

The start of the process – the mouth: The digestive process begins in the mouth. Food is partly broken down by the process of chewing and by the chemical action of salivary enzymes (these enzymes are produced by the salivary glands and break down starches into smaller molecules).

On the way to the stomach: the esophagus – After being chewed and swallowed, the food enters the esophagus. The esophagus is a long tube that runs from the mouth to the stomach. It uses rhythmic, wave-like muscle movements (called peristalsis) to force food from the throat into the stomach. This muscle movement gives us the ability to eat or drink even when we’re upside-down.

In the stomach – The stomach is a large, sack-like organ that churns the food and bathes it in a very strong acid (gastric acid). Food in the stomach that is partly digested and mixed with stomach acids is called chyme.

In the small intestine – After being in the stomach, food enters the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. It then enters the jejunum and then the ileum (the final part of the small intestine). In the small intestine, bile (produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder), pancreatic enzymes, and other digestive enzymes produced by the inner wall of the small intestine help in the breakdown of food.

In the large intestine – After passing through the small intestine, food passes into the large intestine. In the large intestine, some of the water and electrolytes (chemicals like sodium) are removed from the food. Many microbes (bacteria like Bacteroides, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella) in the large intestine help in the digestion process. The first part of the large intestine is called the cecum (the appendix is connected to the cecum). Food then travels upward in the ascending colon. The food travels across the abdomen in the transverse colon, goes back down the other side of the body in the descending colon, and then through the sigmoid colon.

The end of the process – Solid waste is then stored in the rectum until it is excreted via the anus.

It’s for my homework, i don’t know weather to mention the ph in the mouth and in the stomach…how would i fit that in so that it runs smoothly? Also could i say the salivary glands break down the food into suger molocules? Or is that in correct?……and do i have any spelling mistakes?

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i need pictures that tells me where each of these items are in the human body.
-adrenal glands
-aorta
-appendix
-ascending colon
-left atrium
-right atrium
-bladder
-bronchii
-brain stem
-carotid artery
-cerebal artery
-cerebellum
-cerebrum
-frontal lobe
-parietal lobe
-occopital lobe
-temporal lobe
-claicle
-coronary artery
-coronary vein
-corpus callosum
-descending colon
-diaphram
-duodenum
-esophagus
-gall gladder
-genioglossus
-heart
-illica crest
-hypoid bone
-femoral artery
-femoral vein
-interior vena cava
-jugular vein
-left kidney
-right kidney
-transverse colon
-larynx
-liver
-left lung
-right lung
-mandible
-manubrium
-pancreas
-pituitary gland
-pulmonary artery
-pulmonary vien
-rectum
-sacrum
-sigmoid colon
-small intestines(jejunum)
-spleen
-sternum
-stomach
-subclavian artery
-subclavian vien
-superior vena cava
-descending thoracic aorta
-thyroid gland
-thyroid cartilage
-trachea
-ureters
-left ventricle
-right ventricle
-xiphoid process
-pubic symphysis

if possible, tell me the function of it too. gladly appreciate it, i know i should be doing my homework, but school’s about to start, and i just came back from my trip. 10 points to who ever that can help me

I have apaper due, here is my word bank;Mouth, anus, ascending colon, cecum, descending colon, duodenum, esophagus, ileum,jejunum,pharynx,rectum,sigmoid colon, stomach, transverse colon. Now I have to put them in order, by the digestive process, starting with mouth. Can anyone help out? Thanks