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?

I forgot to say he called in a sublingual nausea medication. That didn't help at all though.

The only think that helped get rid of the nausea was through IV. They hydrated me and put the pain meds through the IV. In a few hours my system settled down where I was able to sip.

Marnie, did you go back to the hospital via the ER?

I was still in hospital, but had all the same symptoms hiccuping dry heaving constantly. They told me I would be fine but I finally fought for the IV to go back in and give me the meds through the IV and it finally stopped the vomiting cycle. You can't really move on to recovery when the nausea is that bad. I feel for her. It is all consuming.

Had the surgery on March 24, now able to swallow and get fluids in.

If she is throwing up, this is not a good sign and does not want this happening as can tear the staples they used.

If her surgeon won't do anything, i would definately go to the nearest ER and they may have to use IV to help stop the nausea and also to help get fluids in.

Thank you so much!

I had anti nausea in my IV in the hospitals and was prescribed zofran. Eating ice chips helped a lot.

She also had iv zofran and a stronger one that knocked her out but didn't touch the nausea. Were in the ER right now. She was pretty much passed out on the floor after trying to shower. We spent 45 mins in the waiting room with her slumped over in a wheelchair. Unacceptable!

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Edited March 30, 201511 yr by mssolo1978

I had severe chest pain whenever I would drink anything for the first 3 days after surgery. My surgeon told me it was esophageal spasms and would go away after a few days. He was right. I guess they are caused by swelling from the surgery and when anything hot or cold hit the esophagus, I thought I was going to die. That could be what your daughter is having and why the surgeons aren't as concerned. I know it felt like I was dying and no one seemed to care. The biggest issue is dehydration, so hopefully it will stop soon and she will at least stay hydrated.

Just curious if she had a hiatal hernia repair. I did and the "lump in the throat" thing persisted for about 2 weeks.

No, she didn't have a hernia repair.

The ER yesterday gave her IV fluids, morphine, phenigrine shot for nausea and a GI cocktail. She felt much better last night and was able to drink fluids and even had some broth.

Unfortunately today she is back to nausea and pain.

Call the doctor back. Tell them you think she needs to be admitted so they can run test for a blockage. If they hem and haw, ask to speak to the program chef. It sounds like the ER is treating the symptoms. You need to find out the source of the problems. I'd rather get her checked out to be on the safe side.

If everything checks out then you can try tough love and explain she's going to have to help herself by trying to work through some of this pain. She needs to take the pain meds so she can start to get better.

They did a CT scan in the ER and everything looked OK on the scan.