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This is different than the nausea/dizziness situation from before
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I am trying to determine if it's the diet (nutritional shakes), dehydration, not eating enough or...

A nutritionist said that drinking boost or pro balance quickly can cause it.

e.g. I slept a long time till about 6 p.m yesterday. I woke up had one ensure like shake, 2 cups tea, another shake, 2 cups water. I usually drink the liquids fairly quickly as it's easier to get them down.

Around 1 am started having strong cramping with normal stool first, then diarrhea and then nausea and vomited a little, mostly the shake.
It's as if the diarrhea and nausea occur together. I was not nauseated before the diarrhea happened.


Dx 10/06 Adenoid Cystic carcinoma; Stage I. Soft palate/minor salivary glands.
Tx surgery 11/06 Tomotherapy (targeted IMRT) 3/07
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HI, TRT:

I had the same experience as you. The shakes can give you nausea and diarrhea. I stopped having symptoms once i stopped drinking the shakes. good luck. Try drinking them a bit slow that might help you. it helped me.


diagnosed 12/20/2006 with undifferentiated large cell salivary gland cancer
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The last time that happened to me it was at the aeropuerto in Cozemel from an E Coli infection. Worst expereience in my life (well maybe - the cancer Tx kind of sucked but I have put most of that behind me). Actually had to have a Mexican doctor make a house call to our luxury hotel in Cancun. He was good though and cheap compared to American doctors - 50 bucks for the house call and that included the penicillin shots.

Watch out for that tea - it can dehydrate you. Drink lots of water - 2-3 liters/day.

I couldn't handle Boost at all, just the chalky texture of it in my mouth made me want to vomit. I switched to Carnation Instant breakfast, which was milk based and had a lot better luck.


Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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