Dealing with nausea

[LesleyGreengran]

I've been through this before as I'm on 3rd line chemo but would find suggestions helpful. I have medication for the first few days but don't want to take more than I have to. I have the Ricola herbal sweets, which help a lot but are hard to find.

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Try a health food shop for the sweets? Other suggestion are extra strong mints or Foxes Glacier mints. Eat smaller meals ie four a day instead of three a day. I found Bovril and crackers good and also Carrs water biscuits. Just some ideas,

[Susan3]

sevind advice re crackers ,they are all I can manage on bad nausea days . Do you find yours has a cycle ?, mine was bad for first three days on week 1 but settled after that . I think it's important to take the anti nausea mess preventively. Talk to your team re medications . I was told by mine there are so many options now that no one should suffer badly . They are going to give me a new medication next cycle that is suppose to be very good, will let you know how I get on . Hope you feel better soon , spoil yourself for distraction and hopefully it will pass off soon .

[786Asma_believer_]

Hi Lesley,

I find some fresh ginger in a cup of warm water helps me. I just sip it throughout the day.

Wishing you every success with your treatment x

Asma xxx

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Nairns ( or similar) oatmeal biscuits, plain or ginger, miso soup (comes in packets), thin soup - watercress is brilliant.....hopefully it will be just a few days in a cycle and not for the whole time.

[LesleyGreengran]

Better already thanks and I'm stocking up for next time. Ice lollies sound like a good tip. The effect of ondansetron was what's helped and that affects the vagus if I remember right. I lost nearly 3 kilos though so I definitely need to get it sorted. I found the only thing I wanted to 'eat' was the liquid bit of home made soup with some rice noodles. Luckily I have a partner who can make it for me. I went on chemo a week earlier than planned cos there didn't seem any point waiting once CA125 was over 1000 so they let me start the same day I saw the doc. But perhaps more planning would have been better.

[LadyBlueTC]

Hello, don't know where you are from and I am learning that health care is very different in many areas of the world, here in the US when I had my chemo, the oc nurse would give me anti-nausea med Moung other thing before starting the chemo mess, tax and carbo. For the next 3 day I took anti-nausea pills and that helped. Only 1 time did I feel yucky😰 and I had chemo every week for 6 months. Only missed I week cause my white blood count was very low.

[LesleyGreengran in reply to LadyBlueTC]

I'm in the UK yes I took the meds but not enough. I'm on a different regime this time (2nd recurrence) and was given 1 to 2 four times a day but took 1. I'll ask for different drugs next time or just increase the dose. But my nausea continues or recurs at times after the 3 days and I don't want to be popping pills if an ice lolly or a cracker or some ginger will do the trick.

[totty]

Ice lollies, vagus nerve lol explains why this was the only thing that stopped my daughters morning sickness through all her pregnancies.

Hope you find something that works, ginger and lemon tea pr fresh mint helped me Hope you're feeling better .

[LesleyGreengran]

Wish I'd known when I was pregnant mine was bad, I had twins which may be why.