Question:
HELP !! I'M NAUSEATED PRE-OP

Can anyone who has been through this before tell me if it is normal to be nauseated pre-op ? I know this sounds really weird and please don't blast me but I am 3 weeks PRE-OP and I have no appitite and am nauseaous after I eat anything, do you think its just nerves? Please advise.    — Helen L. (posted on March 9, 2003)

March 9, 2003
Hi there. I am scheduled for surgery on 3/24/03 and I too am nauseated all the time. I have lost 12 ponds since my consultation. I think it is nerves. This decision to have surgery is so hard to make, for some, and even harder to except that you have made the decision. I pounder everyday am I doing the right thing but I always come back to the same conclusion. I have not been able to loose weight and keep it off on my own. I need help! And for people like me who are very independent and strong. That is is a hard statement to make, which has caused my nerves and emotions to be all over the place. This is just my opinion, but I bet your nausea is your nerves just like me. GOD BLESS
   — Steph P.

March 9, 2003
i'm having mine done the same time as you are. and YES i feel sick and i have been having acid reflux(which i never had before). i know it is just nerves. i think it is very normal. more normal to be nervous than not nervous. good luck
   — k K.

March 9, 2003
Hi...I am an anxious person (diagnosed panic disorder) and I aloready talked to my PCP and he prescribed anxiety meds. AND I always have reflux problems and am taking Prevacid for that. No need to be miserable. Talk to your PCP or surgeon about this. Jamie
   — Jamie M.

March 9, 2003
Helen, is there any possibility that you're pregnant? The condition you describe sounds like me the first couple of months into my first pregnancy. Being sick is not a normal state for most people and if it were me feeling this way I believe I'd consult my PCP, just to be on the safe side. Even if it is just nerves he can probably prescribe something to make you more comfortable. Best of luck to you.
   — Birdie59

March 9, 2003
Hello, I'm the orginal poster, nope can't be PG, I had a hysterectomy last January. I'm starting to think its all the vitamins I've been taking pre'op. If I take a over the counter Tagament or Pepcid it gets better for awhile. But I will talk to my Doctors about it,I just hope its not an ulcer. I've never had one,don't want to start 3 weeks pre-op.
   — Helen L.