Continuing Nausea

I am not sure what you mean by PFC? My stomach was damaged by chemo,I kept feeling queasy,despite anti nausea drugs.Then I started having stomach pain ,was hospitalised and they did a scope and found the erosion.I took Carafate and it healed up,but I still have to be careful and can't use NSAIDs.

Sounds like a stomach acid problem, which is exacertbated by stress. I was experiencing daily nausea a couple of months back and on one particulary bad morning, I crawled to the pharmacy and the pharmacist recommended Tums. It worked like a charm, always carry them with me now. Also, frozen shoulder utterly sucks, got it after my lumpectomy and I was in pain and barely slept for six months.  A sudden movement in the wrong direction and I would wakeup from a sharp pain. Between that and your concern about mets, your stomach acid is probably churning.  To be on the safe side, speak to your doctor and if he confirms it's acid then a couple of dietary changes and a bottle of tums will do the trick. Also, speak to your doctor about the frozen shoulder - there are exersizes that you can do that will help break the calcifications up quicker.  The links below are to some articles about stress and nausea.  I hope you feel better soon.

best,

J

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/anxiety-stress-and-stomachaches

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-symptoms/SR00008_D

http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/guide/understanding-gerd-symptoms

Hi Tif,

I started developing frozen shoulder in 6/2009 and it was resolved enough for me to play tennis the following summer (6/2010).  The first 6 months were the worst, mainly because I was really lazy about doing the exersizes, but once I started doing them every day, my shoulder  significantly improved.  I also read somewhere that women over 40 are more susceptible to frozen shoulder, which is just annoying.  Take a look at the food lists below. I basically overhauled my diet, started eating less simple carbs (bread, pasta - which is a big acid instigator) and more acid reducing foods - and that helped a lot. I also gave up coffee for a brief time, which was torture.  

I didn't have chemo and I still felt like crap for a year after treatment ended, mainly b/c of tamox side effects (which have, gratefully, subsided). You have been through the ringer. Give yourself time to heal and try to stay calm and relaxed.  

best,
j 

Foods that don't cause acid:

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/dietfood/a/heartburnfoods1.htm

 Foods that cause acid

http://heartburn.about.com/cs/dietfood/a/heartburnfoods3.htm

Ginger is all its forms is great for fighting nausea. I always have a pack if dried ginger pieces / strips handy (not the crystallised kind) and I also make sure I nibble on them during chemo. I get my preserved ginger from Chinese medicinal shops, Asian markets or snack shops. They're hot in a gingery kind of way. I avoid synthetic anti-nausea drugs as much as possible. I don't even take the ones they give me to take home at the end of each chemo session, and I feel fine.

You can make your own gingerale, but that takes work.