Nausea

[cjsmith]

Insomnia may bite the big one, but I am actually hating the nausea more. This morning I've spent about an hour and a half concentrating hard on not losing breakfast. Some days I win that battle; some days I lose. Today I think I am going to win. (How long does a pregnant woman have morning sickness? String it together and I think I'm working on maybe child number three about now.) The evening battles aren't so bad if I can manage to knock myself out with sleeping pills before the worst of it hits. If I can't do that, well, some days I lose. At least when I lose, the battle is OVER and I can climb into bed.

TWO DAYS until I get to see my doctor and tell her that Quality Of Life is going to trump this whole treatment concept. My appointment is Thursday.

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

You are still on the diet/treatment? Any improvement? Or is it time to try something else to see if it helps.

Glad you found shoes that work.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No improvement that I can see. I'm going to argue hard for stopping this whole Lyme concept entirely. If it were going to work, it should at least have shown some positive signs by now.

I am SO HAPPY about my shoes! I don't have words to express how happy I am!

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

I totally agree that if the treatment seems worse than the disease itself, either change drugs or try something else. I deal with my own nausea issues and if they were caused by a drug, you can believe I'd be dumping it.

I hope you feel better soon hon.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Since it doesn't seem to be doing anything, I don't see any reason to make myself miserable.

Nausea is the pits. I wish you didn't have to deal with it. Heck, I wish you could just stop a particular medication. That sucks.

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

At least I don't have it every day. The prospect of that makes my bones ache.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

And at least mine are short bouts. Most of my day is fine. Gah, now I sound like a total whiner. :-) Honestly, most of my day IS fine.

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

Goodness, you don't sound like a whiner! I am impressed with how long you've stuck this out and tried this treatment, even given how unpleasant it is. You impress me. I just wish there were good results for you.

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

I love how we're both trying to under-do each other, heh heh.

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Can they give you an anti-emetic? Zofran works like a dream. It is expensive, but, again, works like a dream, and at least for me, has known of the nasty side effects that Compazine and Reglan have.

I am sorry about the nausea. That is very unfortunate and incredibly disruptive.

As for how pregnant women deal with it, well, I knew where all bathrooms were, regularly puked at work, kept something in my car to puke in, and eventually transitioned to a contractor who worked from home because I was just too sick to be in an office all day. I was sicker than most, though, and for longer (as in all 40 weeks). After week 14 I took Zofran regularly and it made life bearable and I at least could eat something.

I really hope this gets better for you. I can really see how this treatment is worse than the disease...I hope they can find something better for you.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. That's incredible. I can't imagine how a woman who's not only keeping her own body alive but also providing complete life support for a growing baby can possibly make it if she loses practically every meal.

So Zofran was okay for you to take while pregnant -- it wouldn't harm the baby?

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

Yes! I was just going to say, I had a colleague who was sick for the whole pregnancy. Morning, noon and night. She was working in a biochemistry lab and kept a trashcan nearby. And she would puke, wash up a bit, and get back at it. It was ugly.

Her second pregnancy was just fine though. Not a sign of nausea. Bodies are weird.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Best wishes. I hope you get some good answers/suggestions/whatever from the doctor.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! At the very least I'm going to get a change. I'm pretty much ready now to say "listen, I personally don't believe this Lyme hypothesis, and I'm done".