nausea - life

Nana b
Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
WOW, am I ever nautious this time around. Even threw up toast! Hope it's not a sign of the next 5 treatments....that would be a real bummer!


Today is my grandma's 99th birthday. On Friday, my aunt callled hospice, seems my grandma has fluid in her lungs and her heart is failing. I know she has had a long life, and she is ready to go; her mind is all intact and she is telling us she is tired. And that is an understaement..... My grandmother married very young and gave birth to 15 kids. My mom and her are actually more like sisters, less then 15 years apart. My Nana is so special, when her sister and husband died in a car accident they left 4 kids, my Nana raised them too. I can still remmember the house that they all lived in, it was huge! Wrapped around kids, I mean porch. When Mom arrived with her 9 kids there were always enough kids to play any sporting game!

Hmmmmmmmm, those were the days. Can you believe we are all still here, we have been so blessed as a family!

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  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #2
    ginger for nausea
    Hi Nana,

    Fun to hear about your family background.
    Anyhow, about the nausea... I'm sorry you've experienced it that much. I only had trouble with it being severe maybe three times out of the many infusions I've had (of which I've lost count!) Are you taking Emend? If not, definitely try to get it- I think that's what helped me the most. Did you read the recent article (both in my local newspaper and on the C-3 (colorectal cancer coalition) website/article)- on ginger helping curb nausea? I don't know exactly how the ginger is taken (powder form, perhaps?), but the study showed out of the people who were getting actual ginger vs. those who thought they were getting the ginger but were really only getting a placebo, that those who got the actual ginger experienced far less nausea than the others. I'd say that's definitely worth looking into. If you don't already get the C-3 newsletters in your inbox, google it and subscribe to it. Things from it show up in my inbox 1-2 times a week. It addresses things only pertinent to colorectal cancer and it's usually very relative to my situation. I've read very interesting news on all sorts of things concerning our type of cancer. It's by Dr. Lenz from USC in L.A- check it out.
    Hope you start feeling better soon & definitely look into the ginger and also the Emend, if you're not already on it.

    God bless,
    Lisa
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #3
    lisa42 said:

    ginger for nausea
    Hi Nana,

    Fun to hear about your family background.
    Anyhow, about the nausea... I'm sorry you've experienced it that much. I only had trouble with it being severe maybe three times out of the many infusions I've had (of which I've lost count!) Are you taking Emend? If not, definitely try to get it- I think that's what helped me the most. Did you read the recent article (both in my local newspaper and on the C-3 (colorectal cancer coalition) website/article)- on ginger helping curb nausea? I don't know exactly how the ginger is taken (powder form, perhaps?), but the study showed out of the people who were getting actual ginger vs. those who thought they were getting the ginger but were really only getting a placebo, that those who got the actual ginger experienced far less nausea than the others. I'd say that's definitely worth looking into. If you don't already get the C-3 newsletters in your inbox, google it and subscribe to it. Things from it show up in my inbox 1-2 times a week. It addresses things only pertinent to colorectal cancer and it's usually very relative to my situation. I've read very interesting news on all sorts of things concerning our type of cancer. It's by Dr. Lenz from USC in L.A- check it out.
    Hope you start feeling better soon & definitely look into the ginger and also the Emend, if you're not already on it.

    God bless,
    Lisa

    Nana B
    I was simply not able to get rid of the nausea no matter what I did..It was a 6 day adventure so I just layed around and slept as much as possible. I did the emend but never tried the ginger.....although Ginger snap cookies one in each cheek made me forget about the nausea,(I was actually trying to keep breathing)..all I did was throwup and keep saying it will be over soon.....hang in there hun.....Bless ya....
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #4
    Thanks!
    I will try the suggestions. I am running out to see if I can find some ginger tea and ginger snaps!

    Need to shock my body awake! Laying around is depressing!
  • taraHK
    taraHK Member Posts: 1,952 Member
    #5
    Nana b said:

    Thanks!
    I will try the suggestions. I am running out to see if I can find some ginger tea and ginger snaps!

    Need to shock my body awake! Laying around is depressing!

    ginger
    Try candied ginger. Or "japanese" pickled ginger. Also, look for white ginger oil and apply to inside your wrists. Sponge Bob introduced that to me! I found the perfume oil in a health shop.

    Also, although feeling nauseous is awful, distraction does help. As can a walk -- if you can manage.

    All the best

    Tara
  • VickiCO
    VickiCO Member Posts: 917
    #6
    Emend saved me
    NanaB, Emend is a Godsend for me...my Round #2 was so bad I didn't think I'd make it. Actually, they stopped it after 3 days, instead of 5. Round #3 I took Emend and never threw up once! I had a bit of nausea, but adding Compazine helped that. And Ginger for sure...

    I, too, came from a large family. My maternal Grandpa was from a family of 22 kids...My Mom and Dad had 9 & 10 kids in their respective families and Mom birthed 6. I have over 50 first cousins. I have 1 child (living...I was pregnant 5 times, but that is another story) and my Grandpa thought I was 'lazy'. LOL! I can remember the wonderful summer picnics at my Great Gramma's farm...wall to wall people and that was just close family! I loved it. She passed when I was 17, at age 99 and I always thought that she only died then because her sons sold her farm so she could 'retire'. She took to her bed and that was the end. She was so feisty. When they told her she couldn't drive anymore, and revoked her license, she just drove the tractor to town to get groceries! No need for a license.

    Thanks for reminding me. I am sitting here now with my wonderful memories.

    Many hugs, Vicki
  • Shayenne
    Shayenne Member Posts: 2,342
    #7
    VickiCO said:

    Emend saved me
    NanaB, Emend is a Godsend for me...my Round #2 was so bad I didn't think I'd make it. Actually, they stopped it after 3 days, instead of 5. Round #3 I took Emend and never threw up once! I had a bit of nausea, but adding Compazine helped that. And Ginger for sure...

    I, too, came from a large family. My maternal Grandpa was from a family of 22 kids...My Mom and Dad had 9 & 10 kids in their respective families and Mom birthed 6. I have over 50 first cousins. I have 1 child (living...I was pregnant 5 times, but that is another story) and my Grandpa thought I was 'lazy'. LOL! I can remember the wonderful summer picnics at my Great Gramma's farm...wall to wall people and that was just close family! I loved it. She passed when I was 17, at age 99 and I always thought that she only died then because her sons sold her farm so she could 'retire'. She took to her bed and that was the end. She was so feisty. When they told her she couldn't drive anymore, and revoked her license, she just drove the tractor to town to get groceries! No need for a license.

    Thanks for reminding me. I am sitting here now with my wonderful memories.

    Many hugs, Vicki

    Awww Nana,
    I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmothers health. Though she had a nice long life, it's still sad to see them fade. My grandmother had Alzheimers, and by the end, she was getting so violent, it was scary, she didnd't recognize anyone in her family, and become very hard to take care of, but I choose not to remember her like that, I choose to remember how my family used to be when I was 16, and everyone was still alive, no one had any kind of cancer then, and we were all happy with our BBQ's as well, and reuniting with our cousins and other relatives. I love old memories. My grandmother actually married at 14, but he beat her alot, and she did eventually leave him and married someone else who wasn't any better. She had a hard life. Dragged all 5 of her daughters to the houses she would clean for a living, even through the depression era.

    I miss those family reunions. Since my mom died, she was in charge of all the get togethers, and really liked everyone being together, but that flew out the window when she was gone. I recently started getting in contact with all my relatives on facebook, we're finding each other again, and hopefully after my chemmo treatment, I can have a break where I can go to New York and stay with them, and have some fun. My kids have never been to where I grew up and met my cousins on my moms side, they are excited to meet some of their family :)

    I hope you feel better, you should really ask for Emend and Dexamethason during your treatments, they work excellent. I have never had any puking or nausea since my first chemo round, when they gave me zofran and compazine, which didn't work at all, but I now take it with the Emend and Dex...4 different anti-nausea, and they work like a charm, I can eat and drink anything on them, and also try nibbling on saltines as well. I hope this all works for you, and doesn't keep happening to you!

    Hugssss!
    ~Donna
  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #8
    Shayenne said:

    Awww Nana,
    I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmothers health. Though she had a nice long life, it's still sad to see them fade. My grandmother had Alzheimers, and by the end, she was getting so violent, it was scary, she didnd't recognize anyone in her family, and become very hard to take care of, but I choose not to remember her like that, I choose to remember how my family used to be when I was 16, and everyone was still alive, no one had any kind of cancer then, and we were all happy with our BBQ's as well, and reuniting with our cousins and other relatives. I love old memories. My grandmother actually married at 14, but he beat her alot, and she did eventually leave him and married someone else who wasn't any better. She had a hard life. Dragged all 5 of her daughters to the houses she would clean for a living, even through the depression era.

    I miss those family reunions. Since my mom died, she was in charge of all the get togethers, and really liked everyone being together, but that flew out the window when she was gone. I recently started getting in contact with all my relatives on facebook, we're finding each other again, and hopefully after my chemmo treatment, I can have a break where I can go to New York and stay with them, and have some fun. My kids have never been to where I grew up and met my cousins on my moms side, they are excited to meet some of their family :)

    I hope you feel better, you should really ask for Emend and Dexamethason during your treatments, they work excellent. I have never had any puking or nausea since my first chemo round, when they gave me zofran and compazine, which didn't work at all, but I now take it with the Emend and Dex...4 different anti-nausea, and they work like a charm, I can eat and drink anything on them, and also try nibbling on saltines as well. I hope this all works for you, and doesn't keep happening to you!

    Hugssss!
    ~Donna

    Family is important, just a bit of reminicing....(sp?)
    You know I joined the military over 30 years ago and never thought I would move back home...my husband and I had our great jobs, business, two homes, one up in woods of Strawberry, AZ... but somehow it happened. I saw and fell in love with this 100 year old charming house that came up for sale in my home town.... we bought it for the future/retirement. I was so excited... then, we flew back home, and things starting to come apart; we lost the business, my husband lost his business partner to an illness. our cabin caught fire. Then, wholla a job came open for me near my home town, which mind you is out in the boonies....how a coporate job opened up in the midde of no where is a miracle in itself. The first thing I asked them when interviewing, why open up this 500,000 foot facility hee, of course cheap labor. (not mine) I just said heck with it, sell the house, we are moving. The house in Scottsdale sold in one week, and here we are. Moral of the story.... It had to be in the stars, for me to come home. With this illness, I could not have made it as easily without my family. Now that I am here, I am cleansing myself of the Phoenix polluion, high stess of 12 hour days and traffic, stess of the cabin fire, stress of losing the business and closing it down. This is my time to enjoy this house, take walks, and laugh. My job is great and I love it.

    I am toasting to 2010, to our health!

    God Bless!
  • CanadaSue
    CanadaSue Member Posts: 339 Member
    #9
    Nana b said:

    Family is important, just a bit of reminicing....(sp?)
    You know I joined the military over 30 years ago and never thought I would move back home...my husband and I had our great jobs, business, two homes, one up in woods of Strawberry, AZ... but somehow it happened. I saw and fell in love with this 100 year old charming house that came up for sale in my home town.... we bought it for the future/retirement. I was so excited... then, we flew back home, and things starting to come apart; we lost the business, my husband lost his business partner to an illness. our cabin caught fire. Then, wholla a job came open for me near my home town, which mind you is out in the boonies....how a coporate job opened up in the midde of no where is a miracle in itself. The first thing I asked them when interviewing, why open up this 500,000 foot facility hee, of course cheap labor. (not mine) I just said heck with it, sell the house, we are moving. The house in Scottsdale sold in one week, and here we are. Moral of the story.... It had to be in the stars, for me to come home. With this illness, I could not have made it as easily without my family. Now that I am here, I am cleansing myself of the Phoenix polluion, high stess of 12 hour days and traffic, stess of the cabin fire, stress of losing the business and closing it down. This is my time to enjoy this house, take walks, and laugh. My job is great and I love it.

    I am toasting to 2010, to our health!

    God Bless!

    Nana,
    It like that saying "Everything for a reason".

    You have ended up where you should be, minus all the stress, and the long hours.

    Enjoy your house, your new job, and life!


    Hugs,

    Sue

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