SO my symptoms started around late October-early Nov last yr, but got real bad on Thanksgiving weekend. Although my GES was normal, my GI said I could still have GP and did give me reglan to take which although I never did, still have it in the house. Compared to where I was when I was at my worst last Dec, I have to say I have improved over all. Yes, I still get pain, and nausea and acid off and on, but it is not as severe. I do go thru phases where I tend to get worse again, not as hungry (I had no appetite for almost 2 months) but it *knock on wood* has never seem to come back as bad as it was last last fall to winter.
My problem now is I am having some mild nausea. I know I go thru phases of things (in Aug it was acid and mid abdominal pain) but when I think back, I had fleeting feelings of nausea before the big one hit when I was coming out of the shower on the Friday after Thanksgiving. What if ( and its getting close to the same time of yr) its going to happen all over again? I am sooooooooooooooooooooo scared. I honestly would rather die than have that kind of 24/7SEVERE nausea again, b.c on top of that, I am a vomit phobic. I could not even rest bc I was so uncomfy, and I would get HOT at night which is VERY unlike me (esp in the winter).
Is it normal to have some ups and downs, or does it always mean your headed for disaster? As a side note...MY GI SAID my GP could be Post viral, as I did have a cold a month before, but there is no way to prove it. Other possibilities were...the doxycycline antibiotic I had taken just before the onset of the stomach problems for acne, and possibly impaired glucose tolerance. I have a LONG history of diabetes in my family, and although my blood sugar is always perfect right now, my GI said he had wanted me to go get the fasting glucose tolerance test. The problem was my insurance does not let GI drs do lab tests on their patients, so I would have had to go back to my PCP to fill out the paper work. Being that he felt this was very unlikely and I did not want another copay for a lab slip, I skipped out on it.
I am just SCARED right now!
Love,
Lauren
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Terrified right now!
- By Lauren2006
- Posted October 13, 2009 at 7:48 pm · 4 replies
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- By Roscoelady1974
- Posted October 13, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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I know- when I'm going through a bad phase I get scared that it's going to stay that way or get worse... It's so hard. I try to have faith that the bad phase will pass and it usually does. But, I still have that fear too.
I have domperidone in my cabinet! hehe
We can get through this! (right?) I mean, yes, we will get through this!
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- By GeorgiaCath
- Posted October 14, 2009 at 8:07 am
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I'd like to help if I can, Lauren, but I'm not sure if you're asking a question or if you just need some support. Please let me know. Are you wondering if you should go through with the glucose test when it's not covered by insurance? Let's talk about it. :0)
- By philsphan09
- Posted October 14, 2009 at 1:09 pm
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I know how you feel too. I'm in a bad cycle and the nausea is horrible, worse then my 24hr nausea baseline I usually have. My pain is severe lately and I was in the hospital for a week a couple weeks ago. I know it's hard, and I feel the way you do at times. I use the word cycle because I've always had ups and downs, and I hope that is what this is, a cycle. Phenergan and Marinol worked for me until recently and now I'm on Zofran dissolving tab. I wanted something iv (i'm on tpn and have a picc line) but they swore to me the oral tab would work faster. It does, I get relief for about 3 hours. I hope you feel better and you can get some help with your nausea. michelle
- By NancyL
- Posted October 15, 2009 at 9:11 am
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I understand your feelings of trepidation with the holidays coming up. So much of this time of year revolves around food. Thanksgiving used to be my favorite holiday and now I just hate it. I don't want to be on the same planet as a feast never mind in the vicinity. Just thinking about it gives me stomach pains. And I wonder how I am going to be able to get through that week and all the other weeks with people constantly talking about food and offering you something to eat. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all go off to an island where there is no food that would make us sick. And that everything was geared to having fun not involving food?
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