Nausea

[MooseMom]

Gerald Lively, marking his territory...

 

[jbeany]

I second the Sensipar.  I did fine the first couple of months, then started puking with every dose.

For the diabetics looking for answers - look up gastroparesis.  The diabetic neuropathy can affect the nerves in you stomach that tell it to digest the food.  The meal you eat, especially a heavy one with high fiber or lots of grease and meat, tend to simply sit in your stomach without moving on.  Eventually, the stomach pumps itself full of bile, and all the food and acid comes back up - usually in the morning, after you've been laying on it all night. 
Reglan helps - it makes your muscles contract and forces the stomach and intestines to push the food through the system.

You know you've puked too often when you have a favorite bucket to throw up in.

[smokinbeaver]

Glad you are still peeing Gerald. If you wore a long skirt, you could get away with peeing in other places besides home. You stoop down like you are tying your shoe or looking at something and just leak. I've had a cold with frequent coughing, so I water the backyard plants here since we are in a drought.

Sharon

[smokinbeaver]

Oh, sorry, but on the discussion of nausea, my husband cooked 2 thinner steaks on the grill yesterday. We had corn on the cop and deviled eggs, and with his appetite still being reduced, that is all he ate. I section of steak, smaller sz portion, 2 ears of corn, and 1 half of an egg, deviled. He felt real full, and later on threw it all up. He said he didn't feel any repercussions from it today and is at dialysis. He is like the incredible shrinking man, still losing weight. His dr stopped Byetta which helped his blood sugar and helped him lose weight. As soon as he was off of it his blood sugars started going high, so they decided he could take it again which helped his blood sugars go back to normal. It also keeps his appetitie down. He never got to the point of nausea and throwing up before he started dialysis like some people do even though his creatine and bun was high.
Sharon

[Jean]

Oddly enough, at least for me, is that I get nauseous every morning and am not even on D yet. All my numbers have been the same for over a year now and I just saw my neph a couple of weeks ago. So I cant imagine what is going on.

[MaryD]

Jean - Could it be morning sickness?

 

[cattlekid]

I've had a form of morning sickness for at least 25 years now.  I can't look at food or beverage for at least an hour to an hour and a half after arising in the morning.  Was a PITA in High School when I had to battle everyday between sleeping in, eating breakfast and primping LOL  Now I just bring my breakfast to work and eat it at a reasonable hour.

[jeannea]

I had morning sickness for years when I was first diagnosed. It was partly an electrolyte imbalance. But the doc said I wasn't having the right stomach motility. Apparently your stomach is always on the move. He told me that a sugary drink in the morning would jump start it and it often helped.

[Gerald Lively]

I'm nauseas every morning and my abdomen is sticking out; what does that mean?






Maybe I'm Octomom?

[lmunchkin]

I am laughing soooo hard that I am peeing all over myself.  Thanks for the "release" people! Don't know how much more my bladder can stand!!!

lmunchkin

[smokinbeaver]

Gerald, the new Octomom! Bet your wife would like that, you producing 8 babies and she not having to go through labor, lol. Maybe we could get more attention for the plight of folks on dialysis and that have had cancer more then once if Gerald gave birth to 8 human babies.
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Sharon

[limonman]

I've been having trouble with nausea so I asked the Dr for Zophran. Works very well. I know I could hurl but it helps hold it back.
I you get on on it, make sure your pill insurance covers it. It's $172 at Walgreens. I had to change my plan to United to get it paid for.
Or it's $22 in Canada. Same meds made in Goa India.

[jeannea]

There is a generic of Zofran that shouldn't cost that much. It should be about $25/month here in US without insurance. Make sure you get ODT which is the pill that dissolves in your mouth. Works better if you're really nauseated.

[Hazmat35]

Hazmat, are you taking sensipar?  That is notoriously nausea-inducing.  It helps if you take it with a lot of food, preferably higher in fat--yum!!

Yes, I take sensipar, 4 x per week.