My daughter just had surgery on Thursday 3/26 and is having severe nausea to the point where she doesn't want to drink anything. She is also having alot of pain where her stomach is and says it feels like something is stuck in her esophagus like how a large pill feels when stuck. The pain and nausea are unbearable. Is this normal? Any advice?

She needs to contact the doc as soon as possible and if she can't reach him go to the hospital. Extreme nausea and extreme pain is not normal.

I've called the doctor twice today. They say just to make sure she drinks and called in an anti nausea prescription. They said its normal.

But she's refusing to drink because it hurts too much.

I had pretty bad pain the first day at home so they called me in a stronger pain pill which worked extremely well. You may want to ask. Hopefully that nausea medication is going to help her.

I had really bad nausea and was given an anti nausea med. And was also on Percocet to dull the pain. If that's not doing it and the doc won't do anything (have you gotten the doc or the nurses?) go to the hospital...if it's truly that bad. No reason to get dehydrated and be in terrible pain. That's what I'd do if it was me.

Thanks all, she's on hydrocodone at a pretty high dose but she didn't take it today because the liquid hurts going down. I talked to two surgeons on call, one was an ass but the second called in a different nausea meds. Hoping that will work. I've discovered how unbelievably stubborn she can be. If it persists like this I will take her to the ER.

gotta get those pain meds in. Hope she feels better soon.

Thank you. She just tried to sip meds again and had severe pain and kind of a hiccup. Each time she tries, this happens.

I didn't have nausea but had wicked pain. Drinking anything was a real effort. She needs to take her pain meds, rest, try to move around the best she can a few times a day, and do her best on hydration. Some people really suffer at first. Once I reached two weeks, things got much better.

Thanks JCP it's nice to know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Her liquid hydrocodone really burns. I tasted a little bit and can understand. Did you guys have liquid pain meds?

I did and it did not taste good I can handle the pill better see if she can walk as much as she can it helps a lot with pain!! Hope she gets better

Is it possible it's the pain med adding to it? I'm not scheduled for a couple more weeks, but I cannot take anything with hydrocodone. It makes me very nauseous now, so I doubt it will be doable after I'm sleeved.

Edited March 29, 201511 yr by desertgirl_74

She went without pain meds last night, still not drinking much at all. She has taken them before and hasn't had the nausea like this. This is barf bag to her face pretty much all day kind of nausea.

They have suppository pain and nausea meds. Can they order that if she can't swallow?

Edited March 29, 201511 yr by giggleblue

The bad thing about having surgery at the end of the week is that you are pretty much on your own over the weekend. The on call surgeons seem put out. The first time I called she was downright rude. My daughter is 18 so she is really young for this surgery but all of her specialists recommended this to help her numerous health issues. The surgeon was like, "well I don't understand why she can't talk to me" when I told her she was in so much pain that she couldn't talk. She was very short with me and dare I say bitchy. The second time I called there was a new surgeon on call and he was a little nicer. So... It makes me not want to call again. I wouldn't be bothering them if I didn't think this was serious.