Hi all, I hope someone can reassure me. I had a lot of nausea with chemo and am still sick 9 weeks later. My doctors say my insides just need to heal. Can this be right? Have been on Maxalon and Ondansetron for months with little effect. Can hardly eat, living on Sustagen drinks. Feeling quite low.

@lizette,I found dietician very helpful. I have a gp management plan and am receiving 5 free sessions. Would you consider sonething like that? I figure all the help i can get.Michele

Hi @LizetteH,I didnt have the same specific problem you are experiencing but i did have lingering gut issues. For me i had oral thrush for quite a while after chemo finished - so annoying. Think i had it during chemo for 2 months and then 5 weeks after. Some people are more sensitive in the gut area and have propensity for it. My dietician said that i needed to heal my gut and said 20g of protein 4 times a day would help. I also tried that yoghurt drink with kefir (blueberry one) and found it tolerable. You could try that. It does sound like its lingering a bit so keep at drs if you are not getting better. Ive been told it can take 6 months to feel right after treatment. Michele

Chemo, unfortunately, is a big stick that does not discriminate and knocks out gut bugs that we really do need while punishing those rogue cells that we really don't want. It took me a very, very long time to feel like my insides were functioning in any competent manner after my last treatment.Advice to see a dietician is good. Particularly if you find one who has experience with folk in your situation.Part of the problem with probiotics is that they don't do anything for the flora in your lower bowel. There is some argument that they do anything much at all, but it doesn't hurt to try.I actually got to the point of considering a fecal transplant. I didn't pursue it as everything I read made the whole process sound a bit dodgy as its not a procedure endorsed in the mainstream health system following cancer treatment. In the end I was OK enough that my innards weren't a daily obsession, but it took a long time. Hang in there and make sure your medical team is aware of your problems. Even if they don't do much to help, this stuff needs to be recorded.

Thank you @AllyJay. This is all good advice. I really appreciate it. Getting calories in is difficult.

Thanks @MicheleR. It helps to hear from others. My big fear is that it won’t go away. Will try the yoghurt drink.

Ongoing nausea 9 weeks after chemo

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MicheleR
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5 years ago
Hi @LizetteH,

I didnt have the same specific problem you are experiencing but i did have lingering gut issues. For me i had oral thrush for quite a while after chemo finished - so annoying. Think i had it during chemo for 2 months and then 5 weeks after. Some people are more sensitive in the gut area and have propensity for it.

My dietician said that i needed to heal my gut and said 20g of protein 4 times a day would help. I also tried that yoghurt drink with kefir (blueberry one) and found it tolerable. You could try that.

It does sound like its lingering a bit so keep at drs if you are not getting better. Ive been told it can take 6 months to feel right after treatment.

Michele

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