Anxiety and Nausea

Hi Tiggerthecat123

The loss of appetite and nausea is probably because you are stressed waiting for your results.  Once you know what you are facing and have your treatment plan if it is cancer things should start to calm down for you.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Hi there,

It’s me again. Your digestive system has shut down because your body and brain is under stress. The brain and the gut are connected and in communication. The gut is controlled partly by the central nervous system which as you say, is currently in the fight/flight state. In essence - your response is normal for acute stress - and this is just as I was awaiting results. I couldn’t eat - felt nauseous and basically didn’t feel hungry. The weight dropped off me.

When I know what I was dealing with and had a treatment plan, things began to settle and I started to face food again. In fact now I’m on the chemo and steroids I’m starving  all the time.

Keep going with the deep breathing, it will settle the central nervous system, try and get outside and notice all that is springing up in nature rather than focussing on thinking about cancer and give yourself treats.

Honestly, this stage is the worst for everyone it seems.

It will pass and you will feel calm again. Lots of us have been where you are and have moved on to a different place in the journey - you will too.

Jan

ps - don't’ forget the Calm App - There is a particular practitioner on there called Jeff Warren - he is great for soothing the scrambled mind.

Hiya

Poor you.  It is totally rubbish what's happening, but you need to tell that caveman inside you that you have taken the worst step, and also the best.  Now that they have found it, they can treat you and sort it as best they can, and you need to take a little comfort in that.  

But previous posts are right. Your biology is totally linked up.  I threw up the day after I was told what my diagnosis was.

Then I moved on. I'm now half way through chemo, hating it, but being clear at the end of my treatment is just a no-brainer decision, so I - and you - have no better option.

Be brave and find out as much as you can about your diagnosis. It's a beast you can face, and you can beat.