I take a couple of medications that upset my stomach occasionally, not all the time. I'm also working with Mike to wean myself off my narcotic pain meds. I don't need them anymore for pain, but I am dependent on them to keep me from feeling "icky" like I get when a dose is long overdue. Taking Aleve with a dose of pain med makes the effect last three times as long, but I don't tolerate Aleve very well. It gives me the jittery shakes, so THAT, along with withdrawal symptoms AND the stress of semi-annual PMS that I'm currently having could easily contribute to feeling nauseous.
I don't think I have a kidney infection, but I'm watching it. The doctor is only a few blocks away if I need to get there I can take myself. It's no longer a burning agony, it has subsided to being merely annoying and I don't even think about except when I lean over in that direction. I may have strained something with my unsupervised physical activity regimen. I'm making a conscious effort to get in a LOT more moving in all directions, including getting out of my chair and using my walker when I clean the bathrooms & do laundry. I'm bending, stretching, reaching, pulling, pushing and warming up atrophied muscles that haven't moved much in several years. I have physical therapy scheduled three times a week just down the road that I WILL start next week. I believe life has settled down to the point that I'm able to leave the house without "anyone" suffering a major trauma.
from Crickadoodle: Gwen -- curious about the seltzer, why so often? And the diet soft drinks? Do you think maybe the carbonation could be hindering you? Just a thought.
I don't know anything about the effects of carbonation in beverages. Seltzer is nothing but water and bubbles and I can drink gallons of it, whereas plain water upsets my stomach after only about a quart. Even the seltzer does this, once it has lost its bubbles. Don't know why. All the bottled waters I have tried, except for the very expensive ones (of course) make my mouth & throat feel dry & scratchy, depending on the brand. I used to enjoy Brita filtered water. I'll get another Brita system & see how it works now. I only drink diet soda as a rare treat, like at the movies, or for medicinal purposes as with the 6 oz. of 7-Up the other night.
From Little Mary: Sorry you've been feeling badly--I saw on your other posting what you think may have caused the nausea. Please talk to your doctor if you don't improve within another day or two. Better safe than sorry!
Anyhow, yes, I wonder about the seltzer and soda too, if they might be causing you hinderance. Mainly, though, I wanted to comment on the earlier days when you said you were STARVING an hour after a meal. Make sure you're eating enough at mealtimes, particularly HIGH FIBER foods which will carry you over longer. Can you eat grapefruit? If so, when it's fresh and affordable, it has a lot of fiber and is filling, or a banana also makes you feel full longer than just eating grapes for breakfast, for example. I see that's what you had on a day you were starving later. And then perhaps more than 3/4 cup of beans is needed to keep you feeling full and satisfied with your lunch.
Good job with the wise choices at Outback! Way to go! Beware of the Wendy's chili though. It's not your friend. NJ and I once reviewed the ingredients, and it was surprisingly fattening and probably causes cravings for more sugar too.
You do remarkably well given your inability to jump in the car and stroll around the grocery store like LP has been doing. I admire you. That's all for now, though, or I'll risk going "off topic." Little Mary
I believe I was eating enough at the meals you referenced. I felt pleasantly full and satisfied when I was finished. And even though each serving was relatively small, there were MANY different small servings, totaling up to a big meal. The strange emptiness happened each time when eating a big meal immediately prompted a trip to the bathroom for a major event. After THAT made more room, it's like the food was able to drop down suddenly, leaving a large void in my stomach that felt very empty. I know this is not really possible, physiologically, but that's what it felt like. I suddenly had room for another big meal. ha ha.
As much as I love beans and fresh fruit, they are not currently sitting well with me for some reason. I may have a touch of IBS and the fiber may be aggravating that. Does that cause nausea, too? I'll ask the Dr. about it if it continues. Watermelon and cantaloupe are fine, but apples, citrus & even my beloved grapes are too acidic for my mouth which still has some little sores in it. When you see me list grapes now, it's only a very small bunch, maybe a cupful, instead of the whole 2-3 pound bag and SEVERAL batches of popcorn I was eating at one sitting as a meal replacement. No wonder my mouth got sore, huh? I'll make sure to get some more bananas soon.
What else? -- OH, the Wendy's Chili. It's like the diet soda - I was sick & it was easy. Not an good excuse, but it's the truth. I only choose it once in a blue moon because I know it has sugar & other unacceptable ingredients in it. And I always mix it with an equal amount of additional beans so the effect is not AS bad as it could be. The rest of the time I make the knock-off version I posted.
I've been doing okay with my own shopping and meal prep, but storing the foods once I get them home & cooked is a challenge. Loving, well-meaning people have been thronging here, stuffing the fridge & freezer full of totally inappropriate foods, trying to do their good deeds for the "needy" family. I cannot get anyone to listen to me, that we are both have certain dietary restrictions that we need to adhere to in order to recover. They always say, "Oh, but this is HEALTHY whole WHEAT bread", or "Well, there's just a little bit of .... (fill in the blank) in here, so you can just eat around it. The other day I came home from the store, all excited that I had stocked up on tons of fresh produce and the market had frozen whole turkey breasts on sale for $.99/lb. YAY! While I was out, someone I didn't even know had crammed the fridge & freezer full of Boston Market TV dinners, sugary fruit cups, Green Giant veggies in buttery sauces, pasta casseroles, peanut butter, jelly, & non-diet margarine. I couldn't get one single thing into the fridge & had to leave my beautiful foods sitting on the counter. I put the turkey breasts into coolers with ice packs, but I didn't get it cooked in time & I lost both of them.
Do you know that Boston Market TV dinners have 700-900 calories, 44-58 grams of fat, and 1800-2500 mg of sodium EACH? They expect me to feed these to a critically ill man and be glad I didn't have to COOK? I've been inviting people to dinner, telling them I'm having it catered by Boston Market. When they get here & see that it's TV dinners, they're like, " ... oh! ... ha ha! ... hmm... well, this is delicious!" But I feel bad feeding this to anyone, not just someone on a restricted diet.
I'm afraid one of the caring, loving donors will read this and be horribly offended at my seeming lack of gratitude, so I'll stop for now. It's hard to be resentful when people just love you so much and they want to do ANYTHING they can to help. But with me being a foodaholic, it's tough for me to watch hundred of dollars of food going to waste just because people don't want to ASK or LISTEN. I'm trying to compose an email now, thanking everyone for their generosity, explaining that dietary restrictions make meal planning complicated, and asking that instead of food, future donations be in the form of gift cards and RIDES to grocery stores, Walmart, and the CVS pharmacy. Mike gave me some ideas about tactful language I can use that might get the message across without hurting anyone's feelings who has already contributed.
To be fair, everyone totally loved the benefit spaghetti dinner the City & our church threw for us, and cash gifts have been pouring into a special fund set up by our credit union. I don't want to minimize that with my whining.
SOWWY . . .
Btw, since I did that, I can probably just remove my message so that it will be clearer for Roger's perusal. Sound good? 
I just pictured one of those buildings being demolished with sequential charges. It sits there, seems like forever, & you're holding your breath waiting for the explosions to start. Then boom, boom, boom, . . . it collapses in on itself until it's just a neat pile of rubble & smoke. That's what's happening to me - I'm collapsing one layer at a time. 
I no longer have problems with nosebleeds, but the oil is soothing & the vapors help open blocked sinuses.
Yeah! I am sure that being pain free is helping you to move about more easily. 
