Nausea or hunger?

bunkie68 · September 3, 2003

Tonight a wave of nausea overcame me, and I freaked. I sure didn't want to throw up, but then, I wasn't too keen on using the Phenergan suppositories my doc prescribed in case of nausea! I walked around a bit and the feeling passed, but it keeps kind of coming and going. I'm not sure if it's truly nausea from overdoing it (I don't think so - all I've had over the course of the day is a Protein shake, 8 oz. of yogurt and about 3/4 cup of Soup [1/2 cup potato and 1/4 cup very finely pureed chicken and broth with pesto]) or if it's that hunger pain that's so bad it almost makes you feel like you're sick. So now I can't decide if I should try to eat anything else, or drink something, or just go to bed, or what. I'm kind of hesitant to lay down feeling like this.

Any thoughts?

donali · September 3, 2003

Hi Bunkie -

The same thing happened to me - slightly more than a week after surgery, I felt absolutely horrible. Super painful burps, and everytime I moved I thought I was going to throw up - ACK! I hate that feeling!

I just lay on the couch for 2 and a half days, drinking liquids. By Sunday I had forced myself out to the grocery store, as I was out of supplies. Had a couple bouts with nausea while there, and have been fine ever since.

I did not have any anti-nausea medication available to me at the time.

You have to trust your own instincts, though - never hesitate to call your doctor if you feel as though there might be something wrong.

Feel better soon!

donali · September 3, 2003

Whoops - sorry, Lisa! I didn't see your name at the end of the post when I was replying.

:rolleyes:

bunkie68 · September 3, 2003

Thanks, Donali! I think mine was probably from lack of calories. I drank some juice before bed and felt OK, felt decent this morning after I ate (oops, make that drank :rolleyes: ) my Breakfast, and now I'm starting to feel a little squirrelly again now that it's getting close to lunchtime. So I think when I feel that way, I just need to eat or drink a little something, or just work on getting more calories in during the day.