MrsJdot Welcome. There's lots of support on here. One of the worst things from this scourge is the feeling of isolation, which is bound to make anyone feel sad, even apart from feeling terrible. Great advice from Melleebacca. The doctor would not recommend Ondansetron unless s/he had weighed up the very small risks associated with that with the very real ones of chronic dehydration as decisive in your case, so you mustn't torture yourself about that. kalidasa has pointed out on these threads the drawbacks of that research. I include my normal spiel, which I hope may help. Most sufferers find that they improve a lot at some point between weeks 14 and 20, or sometimes later. Even those who are unlucky enough to suffer throughout generally are not as ill later on as they are in the first part. A good anti acid can make a surprising difference to the sickness. Kesostix are worth buying online or from a chemists, as while they aren't they best test of dehydration, hospitals take them seriously. When reporting on the vomiting to doctors, remember to emphasize the number of heaves in each vomiting session, as doctors tend to count these as 'vomits' and this can lead to their underestimating the severity of your symptoms. Besides drinking through a straw, here are some drinks that have helped others: full sugar flat coke (if you don't find it too acid), ice lollies, the juice of tinned fruit, Lucozade, apple juice, Ribina, Dr Pepper, soda water, Elderflower water, tonic water, ice cubes, Iron Bru, lemonade, lemon squash, orange squash, orange juice (if not too acid), fizzy orange, 7Up, isotonic drinks, sips of chocolate milkshake (maybe soya), fizzy water, apple juice, Robinson's fruit drinks, Rubicon sparkling mango drink , raspberry Lucozade sport and frozen ice cubes of flat Lucozade sport. Also, pink lemonade , cloudy lemonade and Sprite. Foods of a sort include tinned fruit, cuppa soup, nibbles of crisps and chips, cheap ice cream, Scotch pancakes, bagels and biscuits, potato smileys, minature salty Yorkshire Puddings and slices of melon and mango. Protein drinks have also been mentioned.
lilacover I hope it eases for you soon. I think on the Ondansetron issue, there were drawbacks to the research which kalidasa pointed out. I'm glad you have got pills left over, and never worry about tmi on here. All things are discussed: impacted constipation and vomiting up foam from anti-acids included.
Melleebacca I sympathise. I was expecting DD in one of the hottest UK summers on record, though I am sure that didn't come near the temperatures over there. Great advice.
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.