It's been a few days so I'll catch you up on what's been going on.
The Nature Sleeping Aid actually worked for me and helped me sleep. The preggie pops and tummy drops are also helping to curb the nausea along with my medication. I'm still vomiting, but it's not as bad as it could be. The Quease Ease is amazing. It really does help when I inhale it. I've gotten some wonderful advice from the Gastroparesis Facebook group at: www.facebook.com/greensnoteasy.
I have a severe headache right now that I'm pretty sure is from dehydration. The headache is located at the top right part of my head above my forehead. It just aches. I drank an entire bottle of grape juice over the course of the past few days and I'm working on apple juice right now. I'm not sure if it's going to stay down. I even tried a little bit of caffeine to make sure that it wasn't caffeine related. Nothing is helping. I don't think it's a side effect of my medication but I guess the doctors at Mayo will know more and what to do about it when I get down there.
My doctor finally faxed my records down to the Mayo Clinic in Florida and they were able to fit me in on Monday because of a cancellation. My husband and I are driving down there tomorrow. We reserved a hotel room but I don't know if they are going to hospitalize me or not.
I wasn't able to sleep 1/8 - 1/9/13. I was up for two days straight because of stomach spasms and running to the bathroom. I also managed to pull a muscle in my abdomen while I was vomiting. It almost feels like I have a charlie horse in my side. The pain in my upper right side is still there, by my liver. I've had this pain on and off since March. The ERCP helped for a while, but it's back with a vengeance now. The surgical incision in my back that is still healing from the spinal cord stimulator is also really sore because I've been bending over my bucket and the toilet to get sick.
I've just been incredibly tired and weak. It takes everything I have to make it to the bathroom. I can't even take a shower by myself at this point because it takes too much energy to stand up. I've been a bit lonely too. I've noticed my patience has been pretty much non existent because I keep vomiting, having muscles spasms in my stomach, and not enough rest.
I haven't been the least bit hungry so I haven't been eating a whole lot. I have kept a daily planner for the past month detailing the times that I get sick, what I eat and when, and when the spasms start. I'm giving it to my doctor on Monday at my appointment. I've also been keeping a detailed journal and I've been using River Song's TARDIS journal to do so.
My stomach is incredibly swollen and everything I've tried to eat has either come back up or it's just sitting in my stomach. Nothing is moving downwards. It almost looks like I'm pregnant and it's pretty painful. The cats can't even touch my stomach without me yowling. I managed to sleep through my husband's birthday dinner because I felt so lousy. When I woke up to realize they went without me, it made me feel even worse.
I just ate some yogurt and I'm waiting for the stomach spasms to start. It usually starts about twenty minutes after I eat something. I also have a problem that's relatively new - when I take my pills or try to eat something, it feels like it gets stuck in my esophagus. I have to drink a lot to get it unstuck to go down into my stomach. I wonder if it's because my esophagus is swollen or damaged from all of the burning stomach acid I've vomited up. I'll have to remember to ask the doctor about that. I know a while ago, I had my esophagus stretched out by a GI doctor to make it wider so this problem wouldn't happen again, but that was years ago.
Oh, and I listed my medications out so that I would remember to tell the doctor what all I'm taking. I'm taking TWELVE different medications and most of them are for my stomach. It's hard though, because the pills don't always stay down. I have really bad anxiety but the medication usually comes back up so lately I've been having panic attacks. I haven't had those in quite a while.
I am really proud to say that the Gastroparesis page on Facebook that I help to admin is the third largest GP page on Facebook. That makes me really proud to be a part of it.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Past Three Days Update & Natural Remedies for GP
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January 6, 2013
I had two cups of ham soup and tried to take most of the veggies out of it since they're hard for me to digest. I also had a small bowl of chocolate ice cream that I couldn't finish. I have been craving something sweet for a while, so that was my reward. I woke up feeling nauseated and weak. Also, I felt dizzy. I had to hold on to the walls for balance. I was also breaking out into a cold sweat, so the shower wasn't an option. I'd just get colder coming out of the shower. My stomach muscles and diaphragm are really sore, like I've been doing intense workouts, but it's really from vomiting. My neighbor told me that I look, "trim" which means that I've lost more weight. My face has thinned out a great deal but my stomach looks swollen and I look pregnant after I eat. I feel miserable. I also feel guilty about feeling whiny, especially after reading other people's GP stories.
I can't cook or clean because the smells drive me out of the kitchen, especially after someone fries something. My bedroom is right off of the kitchen, and my sense of smell has heightened. So, I feel useless around the house. The bad thing is that I am starving but I don't dare eat a lot or at all, most days. I've got my bucket beside the bed, just in case I wake up vomiting.
January 7, 2013
I applied to be in a trial pool for a Gastroparesis study in North Carolina. I guess I'll wait and see if I'm picked. I also received Quease Ease, Preggie Pops, Tummy Drops, and Nature Made Sleep Aid in the mail today. They were recommended to me by another GP friend to help cut down the nausea. Most of those are used for morning sickness and for chemo patients. I'm going to try them out for a week and then do a write up on what I think of each product.
Quease Ease (nausea relief)
Tummy Drops (bloating, nausea, cramps, and gluten free)
Three Lolies Preggie Pops (nausea, morning sickness, and will help a dry mouth)
Nature Made Sleep Aid (a natural way to help you sleep, because if you're like me, it's hard to sleep with stomach spasms and vomiting)
Tummy Drops - ate one at 8:00pm and it tasted like mint, which it should because it's made of spearmint. It doesn't taste bad, at all. I need to give it some more time before I can tell if it helps with bloating or not. It did help subside my nausea though.
Preggie Pops - ate one at 8:20pm. It tasted like sour raspberry and is supposed to help nausea. I was still a bit nauseated after eating it and it took at least 30 minutes to start helping. However, the nausea became more manageable but didn't disappear all of the way. I still have six days to go.
Nature Made Sleep Aid - took one at bedtime. It's supposed to calm your mind and help with anxiety so that you can sleep. I finally got to sleep, without waking up to vomit,after I took it.
PSIBANDS ACUPRESSURE WRIST BRACELETS - The stylish way to relieve your morning sickness, nausea, vomiting and general queasiness. PsiBands are based on the traditional Chinese medicine technique of acupressure to naturally relieve stomach upsets. I haven't actually tried these but they were highly recommended.
January 8, 2013
The Nature Made Sleeping Aid worked for me last night and finally knocked me out. The preggie pops taste wonderful and it is helping the nausea today along with the tummy drops. I haven't seen any change in my bloating or swollen stomach though, it still looks like I'm pregnant. I have not yet tried Quease Ease but I'm going to try it in the morning when my nausea is at its worst. I need to order more Preggie Pops since I only bought a sample package to see if they worked first. Right now, though, I have a severe headache. It's not a migraine or sinus headache. I think it's from dehydration. I'm rotating between juice and water. I had a little bit of caffeine, just in case it was caffeine headache. I don't know if it's a side effect from one of the medications I'm on (nothing's really changed there a part from all of the stuff I've just ordered for nausea) or dehydration. I fear it's the latter.
Today I ate a cup of soup, goat cheese with a few crackers (so I could take my medicine that requires you to eat), and I had a small taste of peanut brittle. I know, I know. I shouldn't have had that last part. But at the rate I've been going this week, it doesn't matter what I eat because it all comes back up.
I started a daily planner with the times that I eat, what I eat, when I take my medications, and when I get sick. That way, I can just hand it to the Mayo Doctor and it will help me find the triggers, hopefully.
January 6, 2013
I had two cups of ham soup and tried to take most of the veggies out of it since they're hard for me to digest. I also had a small bowl of chocolate ice cream that I couldn't finish. I have been craving something sweet for a while, so that was my reward. I woke up feeling nauseated and weak. Also, I felt dizzy. I had to hold on to the walls for balance. I was also breaking out into a cold sweat, so the shower wasn't an option. I'd just get colder coming out of the shower. My stomach muscles and diaphragm are really sore, like I've been doing intense workouts, but it's really from vomiting. My neighbor told me that I look, "trim" which means that I've lost more weight. My face has thinned out a great deal but my stomach looks swollen and I look pregnant after I eat. I feel miserable. I also feel guilty about feeling whiny, especially after reading other people's GP stories.
I can't cook or clean because the smells drive me out of the kitchen, especially after someone fries something. My bedroom is right off of the kitchen, and my sense of smell has heightened. So, I feel useless around the house. The bad thing is that I am starving but I don't dare eat a lot or at all, most days. I've got my bucket beside the bed, just in case I wake up vomiting.
January 7, 2013
I applied to be in a trial pool for a Gastroparesis study in North Carolina. I guess I'll wait and see if I'm picked. I also received Quease Ease, Preggie Pops, Tummy Drops, and Nature Made Sleep Aid in the mail today. They were recommended to me by another GP friend to help cut down the nausea. Most of those are used for morning sickness and for chemo patients. I'm going to try them out for a week and then do a write up on what I think of each product.
Quease Ease (nausea relief)
Tummy Drops (bloating, nausea, cramps, and gluten free)
Three Lolies Preggie Pops (nausea, morning sickness, and will help a dry mouth)
Nature Made Sleep Aid (a natural way to help you sleep, because if you're like me, it's hard to sleep with stomach spasms and vomiting)
Tummy Drops - ate one at 8:00pm and it tasted like mint, which it should because it's made of spearmint. It doesn't taste bad, at all. I need to give it some more time before I can tell if it helps with bloating or not. It did help subside my nausea though.
Preggie Pops - ate one at 8:20pm. It tasted like sour raspberry and is supposed to help nausea. I was still a bit nauseated after eating it and it took at least 30 minutes to start helping. However, the nausea became more manageable but didn't disappear all of the way. I still have six days to go.
Nature Made Sleep Aid - took one at bedtime. It's supposed to calm your mind and help with anxiety so that you can sleep. I finally got to sleep, without waking up to vomit,after I took it.
PSIBANDS ACUPRESSURE WRIST BRACELETS - The stylish way to relieve your morning sickness, nausea, vomiting and general queasiness. PsiBands are based on the traditional Chinese medicine technique of acupressure to naturally relieve stomach upsets. I haven't actually tried these but they were highly recommended.
January 8, 2013
The Nature Made Sleeping Aid worked for me last night and finally knocked me out. The preggie pops taste wonderful and it is helping the nausea today along with the tummy drops. I haven't seen any change in my bloating or swollen stomach though, it still looks like I'm pregnant. I have not yet tried Quease Ease but I'm going to try it in the morning when my nausea is at its worst. I need to order more Preggie Pops since I only bought a sample package to see if they worked first. Right now, though, I have a severe headache. It's not a migraine or sinus headache. I think it's from dehydration. I'm rotating between juice and water. I had a little bit of caffeine, just in case it was caffeine headache. I don't know if it's a side effect from one of the medications I'm on (nothing's really changed there a part from all of the stuff I've just ordered for nausea) or dehydration. I fear it's the latter.
Today I ate a cup of soup, goat cheese with a few crackers (so I could take my medicine that requires you to eat), and I had a small taste of peanut brittle. I know, I know. I shouldn't have had that last part. But at the rate I've been going this week, it doesn't matter what I eat because it all comes back up.
I started a daily planner with the times that I eat, what I eat, when I take my medications, and when I get sick. That way, I can just hand it to the Mayo Doctor and it will help me find the triggers, hopefully.
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