SpoonerGirl

I'm brand new, so please forgive me if this is already a topic. I tried to search for answers before posting, but didn't find much. I'm five weeks post op. Coming home and during the two weeks after surgery, I had no nausea. Week three I had a horrible kidney stone with lots of nausea and vomiting. The kidney stone passed, and I now have lingering nausea. All the time...day and night. The meds aren't helping, and they make me completely non-functional anyway, with the drowsiness. I drink homemade ginger tea at home at night, and during work hours I try my best to drink homemade mint tea and chew ginger gum. However, the nausea still kicks my butt more often than not. I also find that any bending whatsoever, as well as any pressure to my stomach makes me retch, and usually throw up. I've talked to the surgeon's nurse, and she says they won't do a scope to see if I injured anything, because the nausea I'm experiencing is typical at this stage. I haven't been able to find anyone else on other forums or support groups who have had this happen to them. Am I truly normal, and it'll go away, or do ya'll think that having the kidney stone messed something up in my stomach? Or if any of you have suffered from this crazy nausea this late in the game, I'd love your opinions and/or tips!

Thanks for checking on me! I've graduated to "normal" foods now. After some of the tips given to me in here, I managed to keep the nausea at bay for the most part, and now it's not bothering me at all. I still chew the ginger gum, and drink the ginger tea, and I've been eating the licorice candies, although not much. Now, it seems the only time I get the hard core nausea is when I bend over or "scrunch" my stomach in any way. The surgeon said "good call" on the vagus nerve thing. He said it gets overstimulated after surgery, and is definitely the cause of most people's nausea if it lasts over a week or so post op. So I'm good for now, and enjoying making mini meals in my muffin tins, and eating without bringing it all back up!

Thanks, CowgirlJane and Babbs for the info and the tips. I'll speak with the surgeon again and see what he (or his nurse) thinks. His nurse is the one who told me I was basically normal and/or imagining things. CowgirlJane: I have nausea all the time, but mostly on an empty stomach and when smelling medicines and food. Eating said food is fine. Smelling it is another story. And I'm still on soft foods at this point. I'm not up for trying anything adventurous, so I haven't eaten any steak, chicken on the bone, no pork, and nothing fried or tough. Oh, and if I bend over even a little bit, I lose it. Mostly I am bringing up air, and not actually anything solid/liquid. But I work with students in a university, and I'm sure they don't want to see me gagging or belching uncontrollably while speaking with them... so I really hope it goes away. I'm willing to try anything, so I'll look into the DGL licorice for sure.

Thanks so much for your reply!! I'm on pepcid chewable. I hate them, and I often forget to take one in the morning. I'm trying to get into the habit of popping one in before I get in the shower.