Oh gosh, Gail.....ain't
nausea awful....the first 3 weeks were the worst of the
nausea (and vertigo/dizziness) for me...then it faded...slowly but surely..... You're in what is, for many of us, the hardest part of the process....hang in there!
Any chance that you've got a flu bug or some such? And if the "high test" ginger doesn't work....would plain ginger ale be ok? Other things that helped me with it were:
I'm editing this to add: try to stick with clear foods...soups and broths..and things like saltine crackers, avoid milk and dairy products, and don't try to make yourself eat anything...you stomach needs to rest ...
1) Laying on my left side, because of the location of the stomach and the digestive track; 2) either cold or heat...weird, but early on in the
nausea phase I found that putting an ice pack on my tummy, right over the stomach was soothing and comforting.....then, a week or so later, I stopped wanting cold, but warmth...so I hauled out my old heating pad, put it on low, and held it against me; 3) licorice tea (tea bags from health food store) and/or a little bit of licorice candy (note: licorice can increase blood pressure); and 4) slowly sipping a bit of room temperature Gatorade....
Other home remedies that I didn't use are: 1) PeptoBismal; 2) sipping cranberry juice; 3) mix a small amount of lemon juice with honey so that it's kind of thick...put a little bit on your finger and just lick it; or 4) brewing a tea with one of these spices - cinnamon, cumin, clove or fennel.
Before trying any of these, sort of "run them through" your mind...whichever one(s) appeal to you are the ones to try...or, ask your body if it's craving something in particular...amazing, but it often will tell you clearly what it needs to feel better...
As for the emotions...tears, anger, even rage...they swung wildly the first month off, and with no advance warning ...then that also slowly began to fade in about the second month....
As for the general feeling of "will this ever end," Fishinghat has said to me during several of the rough spots....give it a couple more days....I'd be feeling like I was lost in some deep dark forest...like Fanghorn, if you've read or seen The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit.... And so I'd drag myself through a couple more days....or even part of a day...and sure enough, what I thought was going to never end, did...evaporated like mist....and I'd be so happy I'd kept on with the struggle....
So hang in there....this awfulness is not forever...and when you start coming out of the forest, and see more and more clear days, I assure you that you'll see...feel...how worth it all the struggle was!
Edited by FiveNotions, 18 March 2014 - 08:47 AM.
