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Posted 3/18/2011 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, I took 40mg prednisone at 8:10. (On 8th day of 8 week prednisone schedule starting at 40mg per day for two weeks, which was preceded by 1 week on 40mg prednisone per day.)
Had a couple pieces of potato, a banana, and some apple juice with it. Terrific bloating and and nausea. Finally laid down. At about 9:15 threw up everything. Laid down. At ll:00 took 1600mg mesalamine ec. And 20mg omeprazole ec. It's 11:18 as I write this. Feel very weird. Bloat and nausea returning. Must lay down.
11:29 just threw up again. Feel a little better, but still weird.

My question is, should I retake any of the prednisone that I threw up (and I have no idea how much made it's way into my system and how much I threw up)?

Thanks and best wishes to all.
Posted 3/18/2011 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
Please call your doctor's office. It could just be a stomach or intestinal virus, but it could a medicine sensitivity reaction. I would not re-take any of the meds without talking with your doctor's office. I hope you feel better soon.
SZm
Posted 3/18/2011 4:40 PM (GMT 0)

Subzeromambo said...
Please call your doctor's office. It could just be a stomach or intestinal virus, but it could a medicine sensitivity reaction. I would not re-take any of the meds without talking with your doctor's office. I hope you feel better soon.
SZm

Thanks. I use the VA, no telephone contact with the doctors. It's 12:35 here now. Still feel weird. Lots of bloat and gut pain. Will lay down some more.
Posted 3/18/2011 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
There are OTC anti-nausea suppositories that work well. Maybe someone could pick some up for you? A hot pad on my guts sometimes helps the pain. I wish I had more effective advice for you. You must be feeling miserable.
SZm
Posted 3/18/2011 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
    Ditto subzero.  Bananas are hard to digest and often give me a bloated feeling.
Posted 3/19/2011 1:11 AM (GMT 0)

Subzeromambo said...
There are OTC anti-nausea suppositories that work well. Maybe someone could pick some up for you? A hot pad on my guts sometimes helps the pain. I wish I had more effective advice for you. You must be feeling miserable.
SZm

Thanks Subzeromambo. I just don't eat or drink anything when it gets like this. It could be a lot worse. It's 9pm now and I only have about 9 hours to go before eating/drinking and prednisone. I think it was eating the wonderful garden veggie crackers last night at 4am that might have done it. So, today was a bit of a setback or treading water, and tomorrow should be back to slowling improving.

Christine1946 said...
Bananas are hard to digest and often give me a bloated feeling.

Thanks Christine1946, I've never had any problem with them. The anomalies that preceded todays discomfort were, 1) eating at 4am, and 2) eating salty, spicey herbal garden crackers as well as banana, applesauce and apple juice at 4am.
Posted 3/19/2011 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
johnny - how are you doing?
I hope you have been able to at least sip water..... you don't want to get dehydrated!

Keep us posted....
Posted 3/19/2011 6:41 PM (GMT 0)

songlady said...
johnny - how are you doing?
I hope you have been able to at least sip water..... you don't want to get dehydrated!

Keep us posted....

Thanks songlady. Doing better. Did without food and water yesterday and I think that provided a needed rest for my system. No danger of dehydration. Before yesterday I was steadily and significantly increasing my water intake for a few days.

This morning, following a few hours of dozing/sleep, and after about 45 minutes awake (about 8am) the stomach pain/bloating during much of the previous 24 hours seemed much lessened and I ate 2 scrambled eggs, a pinch (5 to 6 oz) from a loaf of Cuban bread, and 10oz water with 40mg prednisone. Following this was able to push out about a tablespoon of diarrhea. Then laid down again for several hours of intermittent dozing. Now it's going on 2:30pm. Drank two, 10oz cups of water at 2pm. No undo bloating or pain. Simmering a large chicken breast (bone in) with carrots and potatoes, and couple pinches of sea salt. I'll try a little of this at about 6pm, but no later.

Through all this, from the outset of the flare several weeks ago, frequent sitdowns on toilet to evacuate colored water (reddish brown, brown, red, pink, with and without mucous and blood clots, etc.).

I think that what I might take away from the previous day's setback is that I shouldn't eat (especially not salty, spicy crackers) at 4am in the morning while flaring. That is, keep things very simple and stick to schedule. Body likes schedule -- especially when trying to heal itself. And healing is, apparently, going to take ... a while.

Post Edited (johnnymg) : 3/19/2011 12:47:16 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/21/2011 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Update. Following an improved day (Saturday 19 Mar) as noted in previous post, I again was apparently unable to handle the Prednisone 40mg dose yesterday morning and threw it up along with breakfast about 45 minutes after trying to deal with the bloating and pain by just laying down. After throwing up felt better and about an hour after that took 20mg Pred and again ate an egg and small amount of bread and applesauce. After that no severe bloating or pain. Munched on chicken, carrot and potato stew throughout the day. Only moderate constant discomfort and bloating and only slight increase in that when munching stew or drinking liquids (mostly just water), which was a better day than the day that I didn't replace any thrown up pred.

Today ate two eggs with a little bread, two teaspoons of yogurt, a small piece of banana, and a couple of forkfuls of leftover baked fish for breakfast. Took the prednisone two 5mg pills at a time at 10 minute intervals. The expected bloating and pain weren't as pronounced, and reduced to normal constant low level bloating and pain within an hour or so. Also, I'm smoking a few cigarettes today which seems to help.

Just ate about 1/3 of one of those little moist carrot cake squares with the wonderful frosting with some highly diluted tea. Consequences not as pronounced as expected. It was delicious and worth it! As I type this my gut is decidedly more bloated than before, but only minimal pain/discomfort.

Bowel evacuations still just brownish reddish water with occasional bloody clots visible.

A few days ago I thought I was healing. Now I'm not sure at all. Will see doctor next week Thursday or Friday, two weeks prior to previously scheduled visit, to discuss possible rectal meds and alteration in Prednisone schedule, etc., etc.

Thanks for this forum. I'd love to be able to offer some helpful advice, but don't yet feel qualified or experienced enough to do that. Everything seems iffy and unclear at this point, and all I have is my current/recent situation to relate. Anyway, thanks.

Post Edited (johnnymg) : 3/21/2011 3:22:19 PM (GMT-6)

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