Question:
For the last 4 days, every time I drink something ...

it makes me nauseous. It seems to sit in my stomach. Of course, the first thing I thought was maybe I had a stricture but it's not doing it with solid food. I can eat as usual, and it doesn't make me nauseous, it doesn't come up and I feel fine. What the heck is this? This morning I had a protein shake, or at least I tried to. I got about 1/2 of it down and I got nauseous and had to bring it back up. Even water feels weird. I had a popsicle earlier and it went down fine, no nausea and it stayed down. I'm drinking water now and I'm nauseous again. I don't want to get dehydrated and I can't drink anything else. Crystal light, SF Tang or Kool-aid don't sit well, never have. What do you think? Could this be a stricture?    — KelBurt (posted on July 12, 2002)

July 12, 2002
with a stricture, nothing stays down, solid or liquid. i had constant nausea and queasiness too, and threw up quite a bit when i was 4-6 weeks postop, had an endoscopy which showed gastritis. got some meds (prevacid and carafate suspension) cured the whole thing in a day! talk to your doctor. tell them of your symptoms, they ought to be able to help you. good luck!
   — Nancy D.

July 12, 2002
Eating a popsicle takes considerably longer than drinking water. How fast are you consuming?
   — Karen R.

July 13, 2002
I would definitley talk to your doc. It sounds like to me that maybe your drinking to fast or too much which is why your having only the problems with liquids. But your doc will be better able to advise you. Good Luck!
   — LisaTaz

July 13, 2002
Hi Kelli, I did the same thing and first of all I was drinking to fast so to teach my self to slow down I started drinking just "HOT" things.. Tomato soup, hot chocolate, coffee,tea's.. things like that you don't gulp.. so it goes down slow and stays down.. Good Luck & God Bless.~A~
   — AliciaY