Re: For Cammie/broth

[Guest guest]

You know Cammie, they gave me broth mixed with meds in the hospital

and I managed to decorate the room with it. Sigh. I really want an

english muffin with plum jam..fantasizing here... Thanks though!

alix

> > Hey Alix,

> >

> > I've been thinking of you and this nausea thing. I also had a

nice

> > accompaniment to the nausea, called chronic diaharrea. Because

of

> > that, I wanted to stay away from fruit juices for fear it would

> make

> > it worse. That left little else but milk products which caused

the

> > mucous problem. Needless to say, I had a very rough start,

getting

> > weaker each day as I couldn't tolerate much food. What I lived

off

> > of, and forgot to mention to you earlier, was Vanilla and

Chocolate

> > Boost. I'm not sure what in milk causes the mucous, the

lactose?,

> > but whatever it was, it wasn't in the Boost. It tasted great

and I

> > enjoyed it really really cold. But it gave an aftertaste so I

> > recommend the rinsing and cleaning immediately afterwards.

> >

> > As for the pain meds, I don't remember how long I took them but

it

> > certainly wasn't for 6 weeks. I think after a short time (after

> the

> > first week) I started to wean off of them and then only take

when

> > necessary, versus around the clock. And I was only taking

Motrin.

> >

> > Hang in there! (and yes, 2 times and lived to tell about it!

AND

> > SMILING! You will too)

> >

> > Irish!

[Guest guest]

But REAL broth is very, very different from hospital broth which

usually is, of all things, about five times too salty. (I dared the

dietitian to taste it when she came to tell me how to eat, post-op.

She wouldn't.)

For nausea, did they give you any suppositories? I didn't need any,

but phenergan was what they sent home with me. Of course, if you have

problems at the other end, too, that might not work, either...

And I promise you, it may take a while, but you'll get your English

muffin with plum jam, eventually!

Cammie