I am 2 months post gastrectomy and struggling with severe constant nausea. Eating and drinking are challenging. Anti sickness medication has little effect. Am losing weight . Id appreciate any words of advice/ support
Please contact your specialist nurse, team they should be able to help you, try very small amounts of food every couple of hours and try sips of fluids in between this, But I would definitely get some advice
Sorry to hear that your recovery isn’t going so well. It’s challenging to eat when you feel nauseous. I would contact your Specialist Nurse though you should also have a follow up appointment with the surgeon. Your GP could help too. Some anti sickness meds might help. Eating tiny amounts often is the best way forward and not eating and drinking at the same time. I found my diet changed after surgery and I ate high protein and high calorie foods in small quantities, gradually building it up.
Hope you feel better soon
Jac
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Thankyou for your response. Ive already contacted my specialist team and unfortunately nothing more can be done re nausea. Even drinking is difficult. Any tips/ suggestions for making drinking easier and suggestions for high protein snacks would be very welcome. Its incredibly challenging
I had total gastrectomy in February gastrectomy forward now. I do use sickness tablets now and again I thought something was wrong cos thats how I caught sromach cancer (kept being sick)
Yes mu oncologist says i can continue using them 4 months after my surgery and about 2 months after chemo. However I contacted mu oncologist before I took the tablets as I assumed they're only used during chemo
Sorry to hear about this its nit a good feeling, hope it gets better
Another way i beat that feeling is i realised mu sense of smell has heightened so when I eat my forti creme yorguht and fresubin I hold my breathe as the smell cam set me off
Hope you have spoke to your team and got some relief. My husband had his oesophagus stretched and we think that helped with his nausea eventually. It’s a horrendous feeling to be constantly nauseated and can really impact on your quality of life so do ask - do you have a named GI nurse specialist? At one point my husband was offered a referral to palliative care team for syringe driver with anti sickness meds - he refused even though they explained it wasn’t because he was palliative but just that they have access to specialist equipment
