Re: Have operation or live with nausea
From: Marilyn (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Wed Jun 12 17:04:59 2002
At Mon, 10 Jun 2002, clare wrote:
>
>Hi Jim:
>
>You know, I tried different meds for nausea, and the only thing I found
>that helped me was some good old fashioned peppermint tea. After all
>the drugs, it seems kind of silly that the tea helped, but if you can
>get the real leaves they work better than the stuff you buy in the
>stores. I got mine from a first nations reserve, and I usually have to
>drink two or three cups before it helps.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>--
>Clare
>
>At Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Jim wrote:
>>
>>Three years ago I had surgery for a complete bowel obstruction. The
>>surgeon found the
>>bowel was “twisted” but did not know why. He also removed my appendix
>>claiming it
>>was diseased. I’m still not sure why, but the Gastroenterologist
>>thought my gal bladder
>>my have been part of the problem, so a couple of weeks after they opened
>>me up for the
>>blockage, they did a laparoscopic procedure to remove it.
>>
>>Last year I had another complete blockage. This time they found my gut
>>was “frozen”
>>being completely bound with adhesions. It took the surgeon over three
>>hours to cut all of
>>them.
>>
>>I have suffered from constant nausea since that operation. No pain,
>>just nausea. After
>>months of tests they finally did a procedure called enterolysis, where
>>they put an NG tube
>>through my stomach into my small intestine and then filled it with
>>barium. This showed
>>without a doubt a partial blockage of the small intestine.
>>
>>My Gastroenterologist thinks the surgeon may have missed an adhesion,
>>since I have had
>>the nausea since the operation. He referred my to a surgeon at
>>Froedtert’s in Milwaukee
>>who is experience at latroscopily removing adhesions.
>>
>>My questions is should I live with the nausea or take a chance on the
>>operation causing
>>more problems. I do not have any pain, just constant nausea. No
>>medication seems to
>>help the nausea.
>>
>>Thanks
>
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Nausea or Surgery. Please make inquiry to your doctor for a drug called Torecan distributed by Roxane Drug Co. I was extremely effective and fast acting, and I used it for two years. It blocks the signals of nausea between the brain & stomach. It is little known, however is still being used. It stopped nausea w/i 15/20 min.