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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
... snip hormonal tummy upsets When I was preggers, these are the things I found helped me: Never ever get hungry. Never over-eat. Just keep grazing all day - and on salady stuff mainly. Decrease your animal protein, such as cheese, eggs and meat - they are harder to digest than vegetable proteins. Water crackers or other boring dry starchy stuff is your friend, especially in the morning Avoid caffeine like the plague Avoid alcohol like the plague Avoid greasy or strongly flavoured foods like the plague (garlic being a notable exception in my case) Be careful not to shake yourself up, or get motion sick. Keep your eyes steady when you move around, and don't move your head too much. Ginger biscuits are another good snack, escpecailly the really hard ones that take alot of work to actually eat. Keep up your fluids but don't drink large amounts at a time - like the food, sip often rather than drink a large glass all at once. Unsweetened (or only slightly sweetened with honey) ginger tea is great. The general principle was to always have a small amount of very boring easily digested stuff in the stomach. Don't make it work hard, but don't make it wait either - that was worse. HTH Yowie |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
... On 2005-01-23, Seanette Blaylock penned: I had ongoing nausea [mild] while on the Pill [one reason I switched off it], and on one brand I had horrendous psychological side effects. Oof! I hope this doesn't continue for me. I don't remember having any upset stomach when I first got on the Pill umpteen years ago, but that was a different brand ... and I doubt they even have the same formulation. I remember being very emotional back then, but then, I was a teenager, so it could easily have just been typical teenage hormones. Hard to say. Stomach settlers [this is what works for me. YMMAPDV]: ginger ale, candied ginger, 7-Up, milk [sometimes], bananas. Well, straight-up milk doesn't tend to like me, but ginger ale and 7-up sound like good options. Bananas? Really? Weird. Oh, I forgot to put bananas in my list! Bananas are great! Yowie |
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In article , mlbriggs
wrote: On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:08:55 +0000, Sherry wrote: Stomach settlers [this is what works for me. YMMAPDV]: ginger ale, candied ginger, 7-Up, milk [sometimes], bananas. Ack, memories. My mom's remedy for a sick stomach was 7-up and a cold washcloth on your neck. I can't drink 7-up to this day. It reminds me too much of being sick. Sherry Guess I tend to be a worrywart, but every time I hear about repeated stomach pain I wonder about appendicitis. While appendicitis can be chronic, that's rare. In general, an attack will be serious enough that you'll want medical attention for the pain. It's not as easy to diagnose as many people believe, and, surprisingly, it's considered desirable that 10-20% of the appendices removed by a surgeon are normal. If the percentage is close to zero, the surgeon is waiting too long, and may be risking much more serious complications of delay. An appendectomy, for surgery, is a low-risk operation, often done laparoscopically these days. When the surgeon really isn't sure, actually looking at the appendix may be the best course of action. While in the belly, the surgeon can also look for other causes. Regardless of what is found, the appendix is ALWAYS removed, so that some future physician won't see an appendectomy scar and assume the problem can't be appendicitis. Recurrent pain does need evaluation. Keeping a diary of times, mealtimes, etc., can help. It's worth noting that about 85% of ulcers are completely curable without surgery, since a major discovery was that most are caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori responds to various combinations of antibiotics, which may, interestingly, include the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol. |
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In article , Karen Chuplis
wrote: 1 Yeah. Crackers. And, I repeat, crackers, not quackers. Swallowing a live, quacking duck will neither calm your stomach nor the duck. |
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:22:45 -0700, "Monique Y. Mudama"
wrote: Haven't tried Tagamet ... I was kind of fishing for more "easy and non-medicinal" options, but I guess I should have said that up front =) Tell your Dr. you want to try a different pill. There are many. -bonbon |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Be more specific. Are we talking about diarrhoea? Or vomiting? Or both? The euph.. upset stomach can cover both. Where is the TMI warning? ;-) -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Howard Berkowitz wrote:
In article , mlbriggs wrote: On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:08:55 +0000, Sherry wrote: Stomach settlers [this is what works for me. YMMAPDV]: ginger ale, candied ginger, 7-Up, milk [sometimes], bananas. Ack, memories. My mom's remedy for a sick stomach was 7-up and a cold washcloth on your neck. I can't drink 7-up to this day. It reminds me too much of being sick. Sherry Guess I tend to be a worrywart, but every time I hear about repeated stomach pain I wonder about appendicitis. While appendicitis can be chronic, that's rare. In general, an attack will be serious enough that you'll want medical attention for the pain. It's not as easy to diagnose as many people believe, and, surprisingly, it's considered desirable that 10-20% of the appendices removed by a surgeon are normal. If the percentage is close to zero, the surgeon is waiting too long, and may be risking much more serious complications of delay. An appendectomy, for surgery, is a low-risk operation, often done laparoscopically these days. When the surgeon really isn't sure, actually looking at the appendix may be the best course of action. While in the belly, the surgeon can also look for other causes. Regardless of what is found, the appendix is ALWAYS removed, so that some future physician won't see an appendectomy scar and assume the problem can't be appendicitis. Recurrent pain does need evaluation. Keeping a diary of times, mealtimes, etc., can help. It's worth noting that about 85% of ulcers are completely curable without surgery, since a major discovery was that most are caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori responds to various combinations of antibiotics, which may, interestingly, include the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol. You really should have been a doctor I think you're more "up" on this stuff than most physicians. Jill |
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On 2005-01-23, bonbon penned:
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:22:45 -0700, "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote: Tell your Dr. you want to try a different pill. There are many. -bonbon It's been a week. I figure this will likely settle down within the first month. -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* |
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On 2005-01-23, jmcquown penned:
[Howard Berkowitz wrote some interesting medical stuff ...] You really should have been a doctor I think you're more "up" on this stuff than most physicians. Jill But if he were a doctor, I doubt he'd have the time to post these interesting tidbits on a cat-related newsgroup! For that matter, he might not even have time enough for cats! -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* |
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"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message ... In article , "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote: On 2005-01-22, Christina Websell penned: "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Any ideas on how to settle my stomach? Be more specific. Are we talking about diarrhoea? Or vomiting? Or both? The euph.. upset stomach can cover both. Oh. Um, I meant what I said. Purely that my stomach is upset and doesn't feel well. No diarrhoea or vomiting. Just discomfort that sometimes peaks to pain. Let me throw out several possible remedies, if you don't mind them coming from a man. :-) There are several fairly expensive anti-nausea syrups such as Emetrol. They work, but I prefer to use a tablespoonful or so, every 15 minutes or so until I feel better (or about 4-6 doses) of Coca-Cola concentrate. Many pharmacies stock it behind the counter. "Sports drinks" may help, in that they have sugar in them -- which halps sodium and potassium get absorbed. A rehydration drink with a starch in it works far better. There's a classic Chinese soup-like dish called, depending on the dialect, jook or congee. Take a fairly small amount of rice -- perhaps half a cup to a quart of water, or even more water, and simmer until the rice grains start to break up. This can be flavored with lots of things, ginger and soy being a start -- orange rind, in moderation, gives a nice taste. Chicken simmered well in it gives you the Chinese-Jewish approach. Let me mention a couple of "upset stomach" drugs that work differently than antacids, which I assume you've tried. Gaviscon, like prescription Carafate, actually coats the stomach. Pepto-Bismol has turned out, in recent years, to be much more medically respected -- the bismuth salicylate it contains actually stabilizes quite a bit and also has real effect against certain irritation and ulceration. Yes, but can cause constipation. |
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