sick days how do you deal?

[Cyn 21]

first be warned this is detailed and graphic..... so through out this my surgery date was 12/17/12 and with all the complications have had the flu, have had flare ups of my autoimmune disorder and now a severe infection in my jp tube where I such a high fever was projectile vomiting, foamies, because there is nothing in my pouch every 5 min and lethargic , sorry for being so graphic, so I could not eat or drink anything in my plan everything was too rich , well after god love my pcp finally gives me a suppository for nausea and sleep , I broke the rules yes yes I know but I became desperate... it is the only thing I knew from before that might work crackers and ginger ale. I'm not speaking bags of crackers and bottles , just a few here and there and a few sips, than worked up to broccoli cheese Soup and toast, and diffrent teas , tried a chicken veg soup and came back up chicken is a no no for my poor pouch right now even chicken stock!! so my question to you guys what do you do on your sick days? have you gone to "old" measures and if not how do you cope? the first time I just did Water and lemon and teas that did not help calm things as fast as the crackers and ginger ale and teas and this was day two and three but I am open to suggestions thanks everyone

Cyn-shakiraa-*12/17/12*Sent from my mobile Rnytalk.

[abbybeep 53]

I've done the crackers and gingerale thing a few times. I had a really bad stricture and before they could get in to do the endoscopy I had a few days of wait time and basically the only thing I drank was super flat gingerale because I was so nauseous. I feel like if it calms your pouch and you're not doing it often- just when you're really struggling- it is fine. We're still human so we're going to get sick with stomach bugs and normal people do the brat diet to work back to full foods so it should be fine.

[jerz 251]

I've drank ginger ale to help calm a queasy stomach. I was actually given ginger ale post op in the hospital. The nut said that the whole "bubbles stretch out the pouch" thing is a myth. It's the sugar and empty calories that are the culprit.