Hi I’ve just joined the forum having been diagnosed with peritoneal cancer last week. Still waiting on some biopsy but can I ask have others suffered with nausea?? I’ve got anti sickness tablets but they aren’t touching it at the moment? I do have ascites which was drained last week but it’s already coming back.
any guidance would be much appreciated
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Hi Lindsey
Welcome to the Online Community.
I am sorry to hear that you have had a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer last week.
My own cancer was endometrial so I hope that it is ok for me to reply. During my treatments- surgery, chemo and radiotherapy I did have a lot of nausea.
It is worth speaking to your hospital or GP if the current anti sickness medications are not helping. Sometimes it can take a while to find the right combination of tablets. The timing of taking the tablets can also be important. For example at one stage I was told to take 2 ondansetron in the am and pm and then take domperidone regularly 30minutes before meal times. There are other types that can be prescribed. I found smaller, lighter meals more regularly helped. I also found anything too rich, too heavy or too processed would make the nausea worse. I also did not drink just before/during meals and then drunk around 30 minutes after eating. This was all on advice from my CNS/consultant. Splitting meals can help and also I ate my main meal earlier in the day.
I hope they can find the right combination for you as I found the nausea one of the most challenging parts of my cancer treatment.
If it would help, do give the Macmillan Support Line a call and talk to one of the nurses. They may be able to make other suggestions.
There are some more suggestions here.
Nausea and vomiting | Macmillan Cancer Support
Jane
