Sorry to hear about your illeus BigRog. I think I am "the queen of illeus". I didn't know anything about it until my first "little surgery" to insert a feeding tube and port for the chemo. That night I had an illeus and they had to call in a doctor a 2 am to put tubes down my nose to pump my stomach. Ugh! A Bad memory. My 3 day stay in the hosp increased to 5. That time my intestines woke up by themselves. Then right after my esophageal surgery (3 months later), I also experienced total shutdown of my intestines. Another illeus. It took major amounts of Milk of Magnesia and laxatives to get my bowels moving. Then the doctor put me on Reglan. I was on Reglan, Senecot, and stool softeners for about 2 months. Even with all that I still needed to use Dulcolax suppositories and burping and passing any gas was rare.
I am a 5 year survivor, but had to have some repair work on a couple of hernias this past April. I never dreamed I would get another illeus, but my overnight stay in the hospital turned into 4 days while waiting for my intestines to "wake up". It isn't pleasant. I also vomited a lot until my digestive tract decided to kick in. The surgeon said some people have very sensitive intestines that don't like to be touched.
Ask your doctor about Reglan. With this last illeus, I also gently rubbed my lower intestines to see if it would "wake them up". Kind of like kneeding bread, only very gently. It is a very unpleasant experience and time plays a big part in this.
PS My chemo drugs caused me much constipation and bloating. Usually they cause diarrhea, but not for me. I got the opposite. This surprised the doctors, but everything about my case surprised the doctors. Be assurred, all or most of these problems go away and you will once again be able to "live a normal life".