3.5 Weeks Post Op-of constant pain and nausea, Dr. contacted, advice apprecaited

I am writing on behalf of my sister. She is 3 1/2 weeks post op rny. At about 2 weeks post op she began to feel constantly nauseated and her stomach started constantly aching. At her 2 week check up, she had a cold and her doctor told her to take DayQuil. Later that night she vomited after swallowing a gulp of water. She didn't think it had anything to do with the medicine she had taken earlier as she knew immediately when she swallowed that the water was not sitting well on her stomach. The next night she vomited again after starting back on her Zoloft. She thought maybe it was because she had not eaten before she took the medicine. A few days later she woke up at 5 AM vomiting. Since 2 weeks out she has been constantly nauseated and not able to eat more than about 2 ounces of food a day, if that much. She obviously is not able to get in all the fluid she should. She has also vomited a few other times, and it usually seems to happen about thirty minutes after she has eaten. She does not usually vomit the food she has eaten. It is merely foam. She went to see her doctor last week, and he told her that her stomach was just irritated from the cold medicine she had taken. He told her it was not a stricture because she was not vomiting food. He told her to stick with mild, soft foods, gave her a prescription for Carafate to coat her stomach, and started her on Nexium. This has not helped. He also gave her a prescription for Phenergan suppositories, but she is only able to take them at night as they make her so sleepy. She is still constantly nauseated and has vomited several times since beginning the meds. The dr. said it could take a week for her to feel better, and tomorrow will be one week. I plan to be in contact with him first thing in the morning, but in the mean time I was just wondering what you all thought about it. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Could it be a stricture? Could it be that her stomach was that irritated from the meds? Could it be an ulcer? She is so discouraged and is feeling like she made a mistake by having this surgery. Any advice or insight you could give would be greatly appreciated.

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