The Nausea Struggle is REAL

[scoutsmom 17]

I had my sleeve on Wednesday, 25 October. I woke up to the mom debilitating nausea I have ever experienced. Thankfully I never had much pain because I continually had dry heaves. I spent 3 night in the hospital and came home today and the nausea seems to come and go; I was taking 4 different nausea meds in the hospital and now only have zofran. Oddly, the pain medicine seems to be what helps me the most with the nausea which I think is because it relaxes me. As someone who is generally prone to nausea, this was a huge concern for me and it still is. I am, thankfully, able to drink my fluids (water is fine) but Protein is a bit more difficult.

Has anyone else experienced significant nausea? What helped you?

[KarenOR 180]

Yep. I was proactive in the hospital and had a patch behind my ear and a few meds. I think the morphine that first afternoon after surgery made it worse so I stopped it. I had the shakes and my teeth were chattering from that, too. Bleck.

Can you do the patch behind your ears? What about trying Sea Bands? You wear them on your wrists and they have little accupressure balls. I find that they help me tremendously in the car, where I tend to get the most sick.

[scoutsmom 17]

Thank you for your response! I had a patch when I was in the hospital. I'm going to ask about getting another one tomorrow. And I have some sea bands around here somewhere I will try as well. I didn't take any pain meds until a nurse urged me to try it and it actually helped me but I don't want to take it for nausea. It truly does come and go so I hope each day will continue to be better. I must admit, I was having significant buyers' remorse before the nausea was controlled for a bit and I was able to sleep. Thankfully I have not dry heaved in about 48 hours which I consider a major victory!

[ShelbyMoore 84]

I had the nausea and dry heaves after I came home. As long as I stayed on top of the Zofran I felt a lot better. I’m at day 5 and the nausea is all gone. Thankfully.

I hope you feel better soon.

[KarenOR 180]

17 hours ago, scoutsmom said:

Thank you for your response! I had a patch when I was in the hospital. I'm going to ask about getting another one tomorrow. And I have some sea bands around here somewhere I will try as well. I didn't take any pain meds until a nurse urged me to try it and it actually helped me but I don't want to take it for nausea. It truly does come and go so I hope each day will continue to be better. I must admit, I was having significant buyers' remorse before the nausea was controlled for a bit and I was able to sleep. Thankfully I have not dry heaved in about 48 hours which I consider a major victory!

I would think short term. Take whatever you have to take to get through this period and then you can evaluate. If the pain meds help, do it to get over the hurdle. Hang in there!

[SIPS in Seattle 344]

Zofran (ondansetron) is a lifesaver. I hate being nauseated. Unfortunately my insurance only covers nine pills per every three months! Which is total BS. I get it, they’re expensive and usually for cancer patients but damn. Thank the baby Jesus that my bff has awesome insurance and gets like 150 pills a month for 2 bucks! She hasn’t had surgery but is prone to bouts of nausea. So thankful for the homie hookup.

[treasuredr 0]

Thank you for your response! I had a patch when I was in the hospital. I'm going to ask about getting another one tomorrow. And I have some sea bands around here somewhere I will try as well. I didn't take any pain meds until a nurse urged me to try it and it actually helped me but I don't want to take it for nausea. It truly does come and go so I hope each day will continue to be better. I must admit, I was having significant buyers' remorse before the nausea was controlled for a bit and I was able to sleep. Thankfully I have not dry heaved in about 48 hours which I consider a major victory!

I would think short term. Take whatever you have to take to get through this period and then you can evaluate. If the pain meds help, do it to get over the hurdle. Hang in there!

How did u handle the dry heaves? I'm a month post op and I'm still having it. It makes me feel so much worse.

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