Being sick everyday for 4 weeks

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As the title says. Ive been sick everyday for the last 4 weeks, usually just a little. This time it was quite a bit. Not sure why I was sick as not eaten nice lunch time. I have a doctor's appointment on the 19th for something else. Do I wait till then and talk about it adding to a list of things I have to talk to them about or call 111 in the morning? I'm not pregnant. Pregnancy tests are negative so not sure why I'm being sick. Dont usually get stomach pains with the sickness and nausea but tonight I'm in a fair bit of pain right in the centre of my stomach.

Generally it means that you are either not absorbing fat, or there is an infection in your small intestine - the bit that goes from your stomach to the large intestine which then goes to your rectum.

If you are constipated, the stool is more likely to be darker because it gets compacted. But your bloods are normal, so it is unlikely to be an infection. You may just have to wait and see.

I hope you feel better soon.

Sounds like gallstones

I know you said the pain is centre to ur upper tummy does it go to ur back or ur right side at all.?

You'd like to think, thank you, theyve said hopefully tomorrow I'll be out

Nothing has come back to say infection. Doctors don't seem concerned about the colour, I'm in until at least tomorrow they want to see how I cope on oral ppi rather then canula and liquid ones.

Not sure theyve even checked for that unless its something that would show on an xray or ct scan

It does yea, did mention that to the doctor here i think thats why they want to keep me in another night

Have they ruled out Celiac disease?

My mum had her gallbladder removed because it was full of gallstones. Feeling sick all the time was one of the symptoms.

If you have pain they have to give you painkillers, there are many alternatives to morphine, even iv paracetomol which some patients say is very effective. I'd ask if they have done a biliary blood screen, amylase, and if this was included on your ct and xray, yellow poo, vomiting, pain especially if it's after eating, no relief from morphine could be biliary and the gastritis is a side effect of all the vomiting. I'm not a doctor .

I think so, I'm not sure

Is that something they check with an xray or ct scan?

The pain is a lot better than it was so don't think its gallbladder. They are happy with my test results so far. And have just said if my poo was smelly or green then its a concern

I have two hiatus hernia, GERD, and have also had gastritis - all started in my early 20’s.

The consultant put an endoscopy camera down, which was left in for 48 hours. The wire came out of my nose, and at the end was a type of remote control with buttons to press when I ate, drank, lay down, or was sick (from what I recall, may have been more options).

The endoscopy wire had sensors the whole way down to measure where the refluxed food and acid reached, and also how my oesophagus was functioning.

It found that the peristalsis function - think of a snake, where the muscles work in a certain order, smooth and rhythmic and without spasm or delay - was disrupted due to scarring/hernia. This cause food to get stuck, refluxed back up, delayed gastric emptying as food sort of bounces around, and a leaky valve at the top of my stomach.

I had already been diagnosed with hypermobility as a child, and was later diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, which definitely contributes.

I was advised not to have surgery to repair the hernias so young as it would need repeating due to the weakened areas and the possibility of new hernias popping through.

It was a reasonably long journey to recovery, including taking esomeprazole (different to standard omeprazole apparently), complete diet overhaul, sleeping propped up, keeping weight down… but my oesophagus healed and symptoms have been controlled for 20 years (flared during pregnancy).

Definitely worth asking if they can assess your oesophageal function.

I hope you feel better soon.

Oh wow sounds like you've gone through a lot.

Do you have any idea what the next step is? You’ve been there for a week, single parent with young children. You need to be discharged surely. They’ve done extensive testing, diagnosed gastritis. The vomiting has stopped . So what else is there to address?

They are letting me home with medication, everything has improved and stabilised. So blood pressure is normal and stable, blood tests look better than what they did. All tests are better as well, so get to go home today. Kids are with their dad so are in safe hands. Just means a week longer without them as he won't swap weeks

I'm finally going home, they are just sorting pit medication to go home with.

What medication?

I thought your bloods were always normal?

I had an abdominal ultrasound to diagnose gallstones, but when they suspected them they checked bloods which showed my liver wasnt doing brilliantly. Have you had an abdominal ultrasound? Presumably this will have been on their mind given the amount of pain you've been in. My pain was in my upper stomach/sometimes almost felt like my chest and it almost felt like someone was blowing a balloon up underneath my ribcage, absolutely horrendous. It did make me physically sick and go to the toilet lots, when I had pancreatitis/jaundice my poo was an odd colour and my wee very strong. I assume they'll have checked this?

Laxido, sucralfate, omerprazole, gaviscon and ondansetron

Thats what they told me at the start, then when i asked about it this morning they said they've improved

They didnt do an ultrasound sound but did do a ct and xray.

All very strange

but key is.. you are not vomiting and not in pain
so go home and enjoy the rest of the weekend