Help with nausea!

lori1961
lori1961 Member Posts: 56
in Breast Cancer #1
I had my third TAC treatment on Tuesday and the doc switched my nausea meds and told me to take my prednisone and zofran around the clock with a little help from ativan. Still having trouble drinking water or tea, any other suggestions I had some banana and crackers but the liquids are feeling nasty on the tummy. Thank you
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  • faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy
    faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy Member Posts: 319 Member
    #2
    Canada Dry
    I found sipping the name brand ginger ale helped me. I also had some ginger cookies that I carried with me and nibbled if I started to feel the slightest bit nauseous.

    Hang in there.
  • teresa41
    teresa41 Member Posts: 471
    #3
    ginger ale
    i drank a lot of canada dry ginger ale when i was going through chemo it really helped my tummy and it tasted right to me.


    hope it gets better for you

    best of luck

    teresa
  • Boppy_of_6
    Boppy_of_6 Member Posts: 1,138
    #4
    So sorry
    So sorry you are having problems with the nausea. I was so blessed and did not have much trouble at all with it. Maybe you could try popsicles or just eating ice. I love to eat ice. That would just still get some fluids in you. I would call the Dr. to try another med if it keeps up. God Bless
    (((Hugs))) Janice
  • lori1961
    lori1961 Member Posts: 56
    #5
    faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy said:

    Canada Dry
    I found sipping the name brand ginger ale helped me. I also had some ginger cookies that I carried with me and nibbled if I started to feel the slightest bit nauseous.

    Hang in there.

    thank you Teresa, tried
    thank you Teresa, tried seeven up last night and did not do the trick. will let you know
    Lori
  • lovs2decorate
    lovs2decorate Member Posts: 44
    #6
    Hope this helps...
    Hi Lori,

    Sometimes a small pice of crystallized ginger to suck on helps calm down nausea or even small sips ginger tea.

    I'm sorry to hear your feeling poorly.

    Justine
  • lori1961
    lori1961 Member Posts: 56
    #7
    Boppy_of_6 said:

    So sorry
    So sorry you are having problems with the nausea. I was so blessed and did not have much trouble at all with it. Maybe you could try popsicles or just eating ice. I love to eat ice. That would just still get some fluids in you. I would call the Dr. to try another med if it keeps up. God Bless
    (((Hugs))) Janice

    Thanks Janice will try the
    Thanks Janice will try the posicles and ice, any particular flavor that worked better than others?
  • lori1961
    lori1961 Member Posts: 56
    #8
    lovs2decorate said:

    Hope this helps...
    Hi Lori,

    Sometimes a small pice of crystallized ginger to suck on helps calm down nausea or even small sips ginger tea.

    I'm sorry to hear your feeling poorly.

    Justine

    Thanks Justine, I forgot
    Thanks Justine, I forgot about the ginger, my neighbor gave me some ginger mints for when her huppy was going through treatment. Will try that also, the more suggiestions the better...
    Lori
  • Boppy_of_6
    Boppy_of_6 Member Posts: 1,138
    #9
    lori1961 said:

    Thanks Janice will try the
    Thanks Janice will try the posicles and ice, any particular flavor that worked better than others?

    Hmmm not sure
    I like grape best so I ate more of them but guess its just up to you! :o) God Bless
    (((Hugs))) Janice
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
    #10
    Ginger Ale
    I don't remember anyone telling me about it, but I craved it. I made sure I had cases of it in the house. Also since I had no taste buds - I'd sip soup. I'd make sure the veggies and meat in the soup were cooked way too soft and let them slide down the back of my throat. It made sense to me to make sure I was getting my veggies in - and since they bypassed the tongue, they had a little flavor. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the nausea medicine my oncologist gave me, but it worked wonders. I am seeing her this afternoon for my weekly bee sting, and will ask her. Before my chemo she would start the drip with the little bag of nausea medicine, then give me the pills for later. They were extremely expensive even with insurance. But boy did they work.
    Pat
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
    #11
    what really helped me
    Lori,

    I took the anti nausea medication and on days I didn't what really helped me
    Ginger tea. The brand that worked best for me was Yogi Ginger tea, it's quiet
    strong and very effective.

    Another venue I would try is aromatherapy, I found it really useful.

    Some oils have specialties: Rosemary improves poor food absorption, and peppermint
    treats irritable bowel syndrome. Basil overcomes nausea from chemotherapy or radiation
    treatments (even when conventional antinausea drugs have little effect). You can find
    these oils at whole foods.

    And just so we have everything covered (: Trader Joe's makes some yummy Ginger
    chews, that really help too. I would take a little bite and just hold in my mouth.

    I hope you find some relief.

    Hugs,
    Ayse
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #12
    Frozen Jello
    Try some frozen Jello (whatever flavor you like). I like it best just as it's got ice crystals in it as when totally frozen it's rather hard - not solid like an ice cube but it takes more 'energy' to get a spoonful of it.

    Susan
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
    #13
    Rague said:

    Frozen Jello
    Try some frozen Jello (whatever flavor you like). I like it best just as it's got ice crystals in it as when totally frozen it's rather hard - not solid like an ice cube but it takes more 'energy' to get a spoonful of it.

    Susan

    Are you getting Emend? That
    Are you getting Emend? That is the antinausea drug that most of us get. If you don't have it on insurance, they usually have some samples in the chemo room. The nurse used to give them to me cause my copay was still $70. for it, but it's worth it!
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #14
    lori1961 said:

    thank you Teresa, tried
    thank you Teresa, tried seeven up last night and did not do the trick. will let you know
    Lori

    I don't have any
    I don't have any suggestions, just want to say that I hope you feel better.


    Hugs, Jan
  • Sher43009
    Sher43009 Member Posts: 602 Member
    #15
    dyaneb123 said:

    Are you getting Emend? That
    Are you getting Emend? That is the antinausea drug that most of us get. If you don't have it on insurance, they usually have some samples in the chemo room. The nurse used to give them to me cause my copay was still $70. for it, but it's worth it!

    I was told the any food that
    I was told the any food that "melts" is considered a liquid. I ate Bryers Fruit Bars very slowly also crushed ice. By the time it hits your stomach it's already melted and absorbed. Like dyaneb, I was on Emend but the cost was $325.00. Because I couldn't afford this, my oncol. office got me into a program where the manufacturer donated it. I was also on Decadron and Compazine all worked for me.

    Hope you feel better soon.
    Sher
  • Pinklady1960
    Pinklady1960 Member Posts: 2
    #16
    Just started my FAC 3 weeks
    Just started my FAC 3 weeks ago. All these comments are very helpful. I tried Powerade as it has the electrolytes that I needed from being sick. About to have the second round this next week and will keep the powerade and crackers close by as well as some of the suggestions made here. Good luck - it does get better each day!
  • PinkPearl
    PinkPearl Member Posts: 280
    #17
    Hope the tummy is better
    Just a hug to you! Don't have any great ideas for you but my onco did give me a prescription for what she called "break through nausea" that you could take between the regular prescribed nausea med. The one they use is mixed at the hospital's pharmacy but I looked online at the 3 meds in it and it looks like they used meds that hit different nausea trigger areas of the brain. Maybe your oncologist could suggest something like that.
    I read this fun sounding idea of putting frozen grapes in your ginger ale to add a bit of nutrition!
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #18
    PinkPearl said:

    Hope the tummy is better
    Just a hug to you! Don't have any great ideas for you but my onco did give me a prescription for what she called "break through nausea" that you could take between the regular prescribed nausea med. The one they use is mixed at the hospital's pharmacy but I looked online at the 3 meds in it and it looks like they used meds that hit different nausea trigger areas of the brain. Maybe your oncologist could suggest something like that.
    I read this fun sounding idea of putting frozen grapes in your ginger ale to add a bit of nutrition!

    I also used the ginger ale
    I also used the ginger ale and vanilla waffers we ok. the drug Emend was very good for Nausea along with zofran. You might ask your doctor about this if it does not go away. Hope you feel better soon.
    Kathy
  • catlover6
    catlover6 Member Posts: 10
    #19
    Meds that worked for me
    Hi - I had a very rough time with my A/C treatments ( I was sick as soon as I got home from the cancer center ). Along with Zofran and Emend, they gave me Anzemet ( 100 mg ) that I was to take once / day. I also used Cesamet when I couldn't control it with any of the other meds ( this did make me pretty dizzy, but helped me get through the treatments without being totally sick ).

    Good luck - hope you feel better soon!
    Sue
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #20
    catlover6 said:

    Meds that worked for me
    Hi - I had a very rough time with my A/C treatments ( I was sick as soon as I got home from the cancer center ). Along with Zofran and Emend, they gave me Anzemet ( 100 mg ) that I was to take once / day. I also used Cesamet when I couldn't control it with any of the other meds ( this did make me pretty dizzy, but helped me get through the treatments without being totally sick ).

    Good luck - hope you feel better soon!
    Sue

    Like Dee, I swore by Emend.
    Like Dee, I swore by Emend. Also, I did suck on popsicles and ice chips too.
    Good luck,
    Hope it gets better
  • Hippiechick58
    Hippiechick58 Member Posts: 320
    #21
    Compazine works for me
    Hi I am new here but thought I'd tell you what works for me. I have 2 more taxol tx's left to go and still suffer from acute nausea. When I am feeling nauseous, really nauseous, I take a zofran and a compazine. Zofran alone is okay, but somehow adding the compazine really kicks it out. You may want to consider asking your onc about it. It's an old stand-by, but very effective.

    I am sorry you are feeling bad. I hope you feel better soon.

    "May you be at Peace; May you be free of Suffering."

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