question... tmi???

so on friday it will be 4 weeks out... :) which i am super excited about!!! but i still feel horrible bc i am not able to get things in... everything i put in my mouth seems to make me sick... yesterday a piece of hair flew in my mouth and i started gagging.  this morning i was getting ready to get in the shower, i hadnt had anything to eat, wasnt brushing my teeth, and i just started dry heaving (which btw, hurts really bad!!!).  the vitamins have made me sick, the calcium crystals are helping me be able to get it down, but i get thru about half of a drink and i cant do it any longer.  did anyone else go thru this?  i have contacted the dietician and marta, but havent heard back from them yet.  i feel like i am trying but it isnt working.  it is making me even more depressed, i am tired and i know that isnt good either.  i am loosing weight and should be happy about it, but i hate trying and nothing working!!

cassie

Cassie,

You may need an endoscopy to find out what is going on. Sometimes I have better luck getting a quicker response when I email the nurses. I'm not sure what Marta's email addy is but I would guess that it would be [email protected].

Sherri

thanks! i have emailed marta, and am waiting on a response. when i contacted her a few days ago when it started she didnt seem to act like it was a big deal.... ?!?!?!?

oh yeah, and please remember me in your prayers tonight. i am going to see our in-laws (who disaprove of the surgery).  i have only seen them once since having it, and it was about 2 weeks ago.  i am going to try to keep that i am not feeling real well from them bc i do not want to have to listen to them!!!

Hi Cassie
I was horribly nauseated the first week after my surgery.  I had this awful taste in my mouth and that was a big part of the nausea.  I was told it was "ketosis". http://en.wikipedia.org/wi****tosis .  You might check out this link that explains it and see if that is similar to what you are experiencing.
My sense of smell is so much more sensitive too. 
I also got a couple of prescriptions for anti-nausea meds... one was liquid phenergan and the other was zofran which is a small tablet that disolves in your mouth.  Those helped me SO much.
You might see if that would help too.

Are you getting in enough fluids?  I have battled dehydration for the first 5 months.  I just don't drink enough and then I get to feeling exactly as you  described.  I drag along through my day and feel listless and like i can't stand to eat a thing.  Everything I try to eat makes me sick.  Then when I force fluids down all day, it gets better and I actually feel like eating.  I can tell you, dehydration messes with you an awful lot and in ways you wouldn't dream.

Take care and try to hang in there.  It will be better for you soon.  I got past it and now realize when it starts so I jump on it early to prevent getting to that point again.

Take care,
Tracy

i am trying, it is just not working!!!! they gave me fluids on monday and did a scope.  they said nothing was wrong!!! anyway, when my dad was dehydrated and they gave him fluids, he said he could feel it instantly.  i really didnt.  i am still gagging and stuff and have been drinking water.  the colder the better!!! i really want to do this right, i just feel very upset and depressed, bc i cant.  i cant do my pretein or anything... i dont know what else to do... i still cant keep my vitamins down.  dr gupta did the scope and gave me some med for nausea... but after i take them i am still gagging....
how did you do it?!?!?!