THE grandmother still waiting for surgeons to clear her blocked bowel says only her grandchildren calling round stopped her from killing herself.

A radioactive scan tract in June proved Sue Jones' bowel was not working - a condition which has left her in agony for four years.

Michael Keighley, a consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, gave the Evesham grandmother fresh hope of a colostomy operation after examining her last month.

But four weeks later she is still waiting for Ronkswood doctors to finalise a date.

Only her grandchildren calling at her home in St Patrick's Close on Monday stopped her overdosing on her stockpile of painkillers and anti-sickness drugs.

The 52-year-old is now on 50 tablets a day to ease the pain of the condition, which leaves her with a grossly-swollen stomach and unable to eat solid food.

"The pain is absolutely killing me," said Mrs Jones, sobbing as she spoke.

"I rang Ronkswood and they've got the results back from the QE, but they wouldn't give me a date over the phone. They said they would write to me.

"I can't cope physically or mentally any more. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to go on.

"I contemplated taking all my pills yesterday but my grandchildren called round.

"This week is the worst I've been. The spasms were so terrible it was like being in labour.

"I'm doped up all the time, I can't sit on the sofa because the pain's so bad and I'm retching continually.

Why won't they do something to help me?"

A spokeswoman for Worcestershire Health Authority said doctors were ''in dialogue'' with Mrs Jones.

''We are doing everything we can to ease her pain but it can't just be cured with this operation,'' she said.

''Mrs Jones has long-term problems, but she's not on a waiting list.''