Hi Friends,
My husband, Jim is still having intermittant queasiness even though his last rad. treatment was 6 weeks ago and his last chemo was 9 weeks ago. When he last saw his MO she told him to stop taking his Zofran because he should not need it anymore. Wrong! Granted, he DOES have days when he feels fine, i.e. yesterday he felt great, but today he's a little nauseous. Has anyone experienced this nausea off and on so long after treatment? At first we blamed it on the mucous but he has not had much mucous lately so it can't be that. Is the chemo still in his body causing it?

It is frustrating in that just when you think you're getting better, the next day it's back to square one.

Thanks,
Debbie

Debbie, I too had a hard time getting over the nausea from chemo and nothing seemed to work. My chemo doctor thought it MUST be something else so she sent me to a gastro doctor and I had an endoscopy. It was fine. I am just nausea free so it had to have been related to chemo. I thought maybe it was because I chose to do 3 large chemos rather than 7 weekly chemos but I don't know. Maybe some of us have weaker stomachs than others.

Debbie, clearly we're all different. There's no normal when it comes to side effects. So while your concern is certainly warranted it doesn't seem based on my experience to be anything too unusual.

Case in point: I had 6 weeks of RT but no chemo. The radiation gave me acid reflux, and for a solid 3 months afterward I was nauseated 24 hours a day. Easily the hardest part of the whole deal. And I was on Zofran.

I tried just about everything else but it wasn't until I finally got some Compazine that I got a little relief. So you might ask about it unless you've tried it already. If nothing helps it might be worthwhile to consult a GI doctor.

I'm sure your husband's nausea will abate. It just sometimes takes longer than we'd like.

Keep us posted.

David the Second

While I have read here that many folks have taken Compazine for nausea, Jim's docs have never mentioned it, only Zofran and Phenergan. Also he was taking Reglan but stopped it a few weeks ago because it was giving him the shakes. If the nausea continues or worsens I will certainly ask for Compazine.

I suppose it is a combination of all of it - radiation, chemo, acid reflux, mucous, constipation, pain medicines, etc etc, and throw in some nervous anxiety about the "C" to boot and how could one not be nauseated?? I'm glad to know others had the same problem though. I will let him know that it WILL go away in due time.

Thanks for taking time to answer.
Debbie

Hi,
Gordon is having the odd bout of nausea too - last chemo Apr. 14 and
last rad. Apr. 23.
Tonight, while having his dinner "shake", he commented on how he felt
better after having IV fluids today. Then a few minutes later, the nausea hit.
He take meto-clopramide which seems to settle it down.
I think Debbie is right - given the level of toxicity from the whole treatment,
side effects, drugs etc. no wonder there is nausea. I haven't heard about compazine,
but will ask about it when we see the doc. next week.
Anne