Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 Heidi, I was reading your post about ginger ale and it brought back a puzzling thought from when Cameron has been in the hospital. While the nurses agree that ginger ale is much more palatable and helps with the nausea, they NEVER have it at the hospital! We have found the typical sprite they DO have to be too sweet and actually a little irritating. When they start Cameron back up on clear liquids, lotsa times apple juice is one of the first things they bring in........and lordy, lordy is that ever a NO NO! It burns and causes all kinds of gastric upset. I was just wondering what it would take to convince our hospital here to have the ginger ale for patients? We have learned to take a 2 liter bottle in ourselves when it's time to begin the fluids again, but you KNOW others would benefit and appreciate it if they had the ginger ale available.....hmmmm. Just thinking outloud, Donna Womack (Cameron's Mom) Fort Worth, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 Donna I wish no ginger ale at our hospital was the only problemrelated to food. Let's start her back on a sold low fat diet general means A cheese burger, fries and whole milk, followed by a 30 to 40 minute fight where we tell Cassie no and she screams back but the Dr's feed it ito me. Request ginger ale to everyone you see including DR.. We are always pretty well stocked here on beverages, its just the low fat snack parts the hospital seems to forget here. In the past I have found that if you let the sprite go just a little flat it will be easier to get down, learned this from my mother in law who had Chron's. She drank all soda in the flat. She used to take condine to help slow the flow of diareha and then if she's end up constipated from the codine she'd drink flat Dr. Pepper. It has prune juice as a base. tehn she's laugh at me and tell me it was " an old Texan cure for what ails you " I thought you might like that last part. Patty Hurst Bangor, ME Maine State Rep PAI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 > I was reading your post about ginger ale and it brought back a puzzling thought from when Cameron has been in the hospital. While the nurses agree that ginger ale is much more palatable and helps with the nausea, they NEVER have it at the hospital! I was just wondering what it would take to convince our hospital here to have the ginger ale for patients? Donna Womack Donna, I guess each hospital is different. Ginger ale was one of the first things I asked for one they took me off ice chips when I was in ICU. They brought it, but of course they brought sugar-free ginger ale....in my dither I forgot that I was now diabetic and couldn't have the real stuff! Sprite was available, too, but I find that too sweet and it always causes more gas, for some reason. Maybe you should write a letter suggesting ginger ale to the hospital dietician. I know at my hospital, it was the dietician that was in charge of placing all the food and beverage orders. With hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth Bluffton, SC State and Regional Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Note: All comments are personal opinion only, and should not be a substitute for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 > I was reading your post about ginger ale and it brought back a puzzling thought from when Cameron has been in the hospital. While the nurses agree that ginger ale is much more palatable and helps with the nausea, they NEVER have it at the hospital! I was just wondering what it would take to convince our hospital here to have the ginger ale for patients? Donna Womack Donna, I guess each hospital is different. Ginger ale was one of the first things I asked for one they took me off ice chips when I was in ICU. They brought it, but of course they brought sugar-free ginger ale....in my dither I forgot that I was now diabetic and couldn't have the real stuff! Sprite was available, too, but I find that too sweet and it always causes more gas, for some reason. Maybe you should write a letter suggesting ginger ale to the hospital dietician. I know at my hospital, it was the dietician that was in charge of placing all the food and beverage orders. With hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth Bluffton, SC State and Regional Representative Pancreatitis Association, International Note: All comments are personal opinion only, and should not be a substitute for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 my last trip to the ER for my panc attack, I asked stratight out what I was supposed to eat/drink now that I was a diabetic and dealing with N/V/D ... the doc told me to get sugar free ginger ale and to stir it so most of the bubbles would " leave " causing it to be on the flat side. This is less traumatic to a raw intestinal system. It did help ! By evening I was able to handle some soft foods... Jeannine It was not so awful as really flat soda, but not so " gassy " as the real thing.... > Ginger ale was one of the first > things I asked for one they took me off ice chips when I was in > ICU. They brought it, but of course they brought sugar-free > ginger ale....in my dither I forgot that I was now diabetic and > couldn't have the real stuff! Sprite was available, too, but I find > that too sweet and it always causes more gas, for some reason. > Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 my last trip to the ER for my panc attack, I asked stratight out what I was supposed to eat/drink now that I was a diabetic and dealing with N/V/D ... the doc told me to get sugar free ginger ale and to stir it so most of the bubbles would " leave " causing it to be on the flat side. This is less traumatic to a raw intestinal system. It did help ! By evening I was able to handle some soft foods... Jeannine It was not so awful as really flat soda, but not so " gassy " as the real thing.... > Ginger ale was one of the first > things I asked for one they took me off ice chips when I was in > ICU. They brought it, but of course they brought sugar-free > ginger ale....in my dither I forgot that I was now diabetic and > couldn't have the real stuff! Sprite was available, too, but I find > that too sweet and it always causes more gas, for some reason. > Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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