, regarding nausea

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With every attack I had, I would vomit from the beginning of an

attack until it ended. Usually I could never stop heaving, even when

I had nothing else to bring up. One hospital I had to go to for a

while was 55 minutes away, and I would sit in the car with a bucket

and heave constantly all the way there. That used to be a good way,

and high blood pressure also to get me in immediately rather than

wait for hours on end.

My worst attack was for 2 months straight, and I was on Zofran,

Phenergen and Benedryl all rotating for the nausea. I vomited every

day around the clock. I lost 60lbs in those 2 months. I believe it

is for that reason also that my body now reacts to the phenergen &

benedryl. having them on 4 hourly intervals..phenergen every 4

hours, and benedryl every 4 hours inbetween the phenergen, kept me

tired and dopey, as well as the pain meds every 2-4 hours. It became

a vicious cycle, because I think in the end I only needed the nausea

medicine because the pain medicine was making me sick, but I needed

the pain medicine for the pain. I hate those catch 22 situations.

For me also, I would hold off as long as I could with vomiting,

apart from it triggering off a continuous bout, it seemed to

intensify my pain.

As for what I sent you, I just thought it interesting that they

believe magnesium can help to cure pancreatitis. I don't know if

this is new, because magnesium was only discussed with me when they

told me that my potassium & magnesium levels were down because of

the attacks.

Hope you are doing much better now,