Re: Looking for shared experiences

[Guest guest]

I suspect you may need to " eat through " this nausea. You may want to try

nibbling on an item until it is gone and then trying another. I think you

are nauseous from lack of food and your stomach is not accustomed to

accepting food anymore. I have had others try this and it has worked. They

were earlier out than you, but maybe your has just gone on longer. Even if

you vomit, don't assume it is not working stick with it for about a week.

Also your symptoms might be from near dehydration.

This is what I e-mailed others and it seemed to help.

My suggestion is to pick an item. Prepare it. Then have it sit out and each

time you walk by, take a bite. My friend (a--from here by Chicago) had

trouble getting going eating. Nothing looked good, she couldn't really eat.

Then she was getting down and weak from not eating. So I made her a list of

foods and servings. I told her she had to get in 5 things from the list a day

initially and then work herself up to more. Well, she ate the 5 things a day

for a few days and that kicked in her eating and she has been eating fine

ever since. She is about 10 weeks post op now and doing great! After she

started forcing herself to eat those 5 things, her body started accepting

food better. Now I don't mean force in that she sat down and ate a whole egg

at once. She would set it out and eat a bite every 10 to 15 minutes or so.

when this was gone, she would set out the next thing. This started her at

about 500 calories a day to get her going.

Dawn--South Suburban Chicago area

Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH

BPD/DS

4/27/00

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[Guest guest]

SC,

Sorry to read of your travails. Wish that I could add something

authoritative, but, happily, my nausea was only very, very mild,

though seemingly constant for quite some time (months?).

But, along the way, fellow DSers expressed a belief that it might be

the result of an inflamed vagus nerve which takes a long time to calm

down and heal. Apparently, forcing yourself to eat, with frequent

but small amounts, especially protein, as another list member

suggested, is the best way to get back on track.

Good luck,

Steve

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Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 10/07 = 40 (-70 lb.)