Nausea & vomiting: Prevention is best

LaundryQueen
LaundryQueen Member Posts: 676
in Ovarian Cancer #1
I found interesting info about chemo-induced nausea & vomiting on the Mayo Clinic web site:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer/CA00030/METHOD=print

On the #3 carbo treatment I had vomiting without nausea. I also read that hiccups are a side effect of carbo and that research found that hiccups have an inverse relationship to nausea and vomiting (the more hiccups a person had after chemo, the less nausea and vomiting and vice versa). I always got annoyed by the hiccups after chemo so I guess it could be worse.

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  • Tina Brown
    Tina Brown Member Posts: 1,036 Member
    #2
    Nausea
    This is an interesting post.I have quite a bit nausea but it is more like a "regurgitation" rather than the vomitting you get when you are ill. Sometimes when I am sitting in bed I can hear the tube from my mouth to my stomach making stange noises rather like "pre-hiccups". I never feel sick during this time.

    The chemo plays havoc with the stomach doesn't it? And my taste buds................urg everything tastes like ?????????????????? I can't even describe it but everything tastes so horrid and the same.

    I often eat when I feel nauseous as it takes the feeling after for a short while.

    Tina xx

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