5 weeks post-op with nausea

[DanaInNewOrleans 513]

I've had a very smooth post-op. No pain, no nausea, no throwing up (except once when I made myself throw up) and could tolerate all liquids and puree or mushy food that I tried.

In the last two weeks I started with a deep gnawing empty feeling, almost like hunger but not quite. It was almost constant. I also had an almost constant feeling of slight nausea, especially when drinking Water or flavored water (not my Protein shakes). When I would have my Protein shake I would get some relief from both the nausea and gnawing feeling. I'm guessing ulcer and I remembered the beginning of it coincided with my taking Advil (3 is my normal dose) 2 days in a row on an empty stomach ( I just wasn't thinking). The gnawing empty feeling has pretty much disappeared but the nausea is a little worse. I'm avoiding drinking because drinking makes it worse.

I did call the doc's office and they gave me Zofran, which I don't see helping very much.

I'm just wondering if anybody on here has developed nausea weeks after surgery (I'm 5 weeks out) and if so, did it resolve on it's own? I'm not getting in my liquids and I also don't feel like eating...

I'm on Prevacid 2x daily.

Thanks for any insight...

~Dana

[Butlersh 212]

Be careful with the zofran - it stops things coming up, and going out, if you know what I mean!

[DanaInNewOrleans 513]

Be careful with the zofran - it stops things coming up, and going out, if you know what I mean!

So that is the reason things suddenly stopped "going out"!! It's been like a week! Thanks for letting me know!

[SuperGirl 7]

dana...i wonder if aybeu need either a higher dose of the prevacid or maybe a different brand......r u making sure ur taking it on an empty stomach and then not eting for at least 30 min after taking it???

[CubanLilyonFire 0]

I'm experiencing exactly that now. I'm curious if it went away? If you figured it the cause? I was doing so good, and now I don't even want to eat... And yet I'm hungry.

[RachAnn 0]

I am 9 weeks p/o and experiencing this as well. It feels like the hunger pain you feels after not eating all day but I have eaten. Any ideas?