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Posted 6/13/2012 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone.  I recently had a small bowel resection three weeks ago thursday.  When I came home I had extreme D and was going to the bathroom upwards of 30x a day.  This I was expecting.  What I wasn't expecting was the extreme nausea.   I can't eat and if I do I want to vomit.  I can't deal with it.  I called the dr. so I could have some anti nausea medicine, called it in for me and my insurance wants a prior authorization.  So the dr.'s office submitted the paperwork and now I'm waiting like an idiot for them to approve it.  I asked the dr's office why b/c I've never had to have a prior authorization before on anti nausea meds.  This one is supposidly used for chemo patients.  I need it bad.  I am so sick to my stomach.  ugggg it's so frustrating.
Posted 6/13/2012 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
That is awesome.. Hope they get you something soon :).. There is nothing worse than nausea.
Posted 6/13/2012 9:56 PM (GMT 0)
The doc is probably calling in Zofran which is expensive and often used for Chemo patients. The advantage of it is that it doesn't make you tired. While you are waiting, the doc can probably call in Phenergan, which is cheap and probably your insurance company won't need the authorization. It does make you groggy...it is an antihisitimine so it makes you thirsty too. When I was very sick this winter, I thought the Phenergan worked better than the Zofran for the nausea. I was so sick and in pain that I really didn't care if it put me to sleep...it also put me out of my misery! I did not have a resection, but I had gastroparesis as a result of a c. difficile infection and everything was making me nauseous! You may want to ask you doc (or others here) it nausea is common after resection surgery and how long it lasts. I hope you feel better soon!
Posted 6/28/2012 3:41 AM (GMT 0)
Just wanted to update my situation. The nausea is gone! YAY. It was zofran that the dr. called in and I needed an authorization for. Although If don't think it worked very well. But thankfully it is gone. I was miserable. I also got my remicade infusion last week which was wayyy overdue b/c the resection surgery I had. Still having loose watery bm's constantly throughout the day and pretty much I can see the food I ate in the stool. Sorry for the tmi. But, overall I feel ok. Somedays the D is so bad I cannot leave my house. Other days it's not so bad. Doesn't matter what I eat there is no form to the stool. I don't think I'll ever have a formed bm again. Although the only think that is completely different now after surgery is that I have to have bm's in the middle of the night. Multiple times a night. The other night I actually went to the bathroom on myself b/c I was sleeping and didn't wake up to go b/c I"m exhausted from not sleeping. So annoying. Also pretty much right after I eat I have to have a bm. Just sucks sometimes.
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