Just to put in my 2 cents re: nausea and vomiting, and that's really all it's
worth! I have had several bouts with nausea and vomiting or gagging
everytime I tried to eat. It seemed to last until I could get my stomach
starting to work again. I did this by just sipping Boost or Ensure or even
broth. Whatever sounded good to me at the time. Have Melissa try to slowly
get her stomach going again. Anything that sounds good to her, try eating
just small bites slowly. When I had the gagging problem, the more I thought
about it, the more I gagged. I distracted my mind by concentrating on a good
TV show and slowly eating or drinking something. It may take several days of
doing this but I bet it will slowly get better. I also had to distract my
mind when trying to get pills down. If I didn't think about the gagging
they'd go down. This sounds simplistic, I know, but when it's been a while
since your stomach has digested food, it may respond to the slow approach.
Once I got liquids to go down and stay down, I worked up to softer foods like
pudding and mashed potatoes. I hope this will help her. They do have
antinausea suppositories if she can't keep anything down orally.
In friendship,
Debby