I hate this.

[Mytical]

Warning : Rambling will follow.

For awhile, has been hard to keep anything down. I know there is not much that can be done about that, been through it all before. Last time, it actually saved my life, but that doesn't mean it is fun..at all.

It starts off innocently enough. No greasy foods, or it will just come right back up. Easy enough to avoid. Then comes the randomness. Grilled (non-greasy) chicken? No problem. Berries? No..can't keep those down. Wait..now berries are ok, but chicken is not? Make up my mind.

It keeps getting worse, I am now at that "Good luck keeping water down, let alone anything else" stage. Still have absolutely random times I can eat whatever I want, other times..can't even keep down water. Water!. Medicines don't help, I can take all the 'acid reflux' meds in the world and it doesn't help. :(

Last time this happened I was 305 lbs, and getting bigger constantly. It saved my life..I know that sounds weird, but it did. Would have just eaten myself to death. It subsided once I got some Phenegren and lost a lot of weight, and I am loosing a lot of weight again...so I am hoping it will get better once I've lost some more weight. Just unhealthy to lose it like this.

I know it is made worse by stress. Management at my job has it's head where the sun doesn't shine, and have been trying to pressure me not to take my vacation. Vacation I NEED to get away from all the STRESS.

Dad's bipolor episodes are getting worse. Some of his prior episodes are bad. Along the tunes of I am the worthless illegitimate child of an African-American (I won't say what he ACTUALLY called me, that is the 'nice' version). Problem is when he isn't in his own paranoid delusional place he is one of the NICEST people you will ever meet. Total strangers have called him Pa (southern word for dad if you don't know). Since I WON'T let him live on the street, I have no idea what the heck to do when he gets like this..

I sleep way to much, between my NASH and Diabetes I have NO energy..and the stress keeps piling on top of that. I just wish it was the healthy sleep, instead of the tossing/turning type. Gah I am rambling, and I know this isn't the place..just need it OUT of my head.

[ArcticChicken]

Get thee to a gastroenterologist. Now. Faster.

[Mytical]

Unfortunately, I know what the issue is..and I also know not much can be done about it. :(. Non-Alcoholic Streatohepititis (type 2). Affects the liver, causing it to not only create excess bile, but Cirrosis (which I have) as if I was a heavy alcoholic drinker (and am a non-drinker ironically). Been to near all the doctors in Ohio. 10 know about type 1. 2 know about type 2. University of Cincinnati was where I first learned about it. All say the same..there is no cure or treatment. Can't even get on a transplant list for my liver, because my disease would just destroy it.

I go to doctors (which I hate) all the time, they throw anti-acid reflux pills at me, which might as well be pills made out of sugar.

[ArcticChicken]

Well.......that just sucks, I'm sorry.

I wish I had some advice to offer you.

[Mikkel]

they throw anti-acid reflux pills at me, which might as well be pills made out of sugar.

If the immediate problem isn't stomach acid but vomiting, wouldn't an antiemetic be the obvious choise?
I'm sorry, be better soon.

[Aethian]

What about apple or white vinegar? Or a big ol heaping tablespoon of backing soda (not at the same time, mind).

[Mytical]

I've tried everything to be honest. However, there is some hope for my stomach. Managed to actually eat today (yay!) and keep it down. Now if I can just lower the stress. My life savings might end up walking out the door, but you know..it might just be worth it if one source of stress would go with it.

Not like I wasn't going broke anyhow. Started with quite a bit of money saved up (cause I am cheap when it comes to myself), before moving others in to share expenses with. Watched it slowly dwindle to nothing, so it's not like it wasn't going to happen anyhow. Still not sure how going from paying everything to paying just MOST of everything my savings got lost in the shuffle, but meh.

Extra pressure from Management. "Oh noes we messed everybody's schedule up, and three of the people there are ready to quit. We might not be able to give you that vacation." not my problem. Paid out a LOT of money so far, have receipts, so unless they cough it ALL up, AND pay a lot more for overtime..your tough luck. We've told them for 2 almost 3 years we needed you to train one of your 'salaried' people here so vacations, sick times, etc would be covered. Lack of preparation on your part, does not constitute an emergency on MY part. I've had this vacation set for MONTHS (they either knew about it February or March), and if they don't want a 6'0" 255+ lbs person everybody calls the "Gentle GIANT" going postal (ie quitting) they will find a way to make my vacation happen.

Blah, rambling again :(

[Mytical]

Having a really really rotten day. This post could have been really long, but right now I just don't know if it is even worth it.

[TheSHAD0W]

Try some Ensure pudding. It's designed to be very easy on the GI tract.

[elsporko]

How about some stress medication?

[Whiskey]

How about some stress medication?

I recommend Bourbon. I got two days off, I'll show you how to chill like a professional.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Liver problems, Whiskey. :(
How are you doing, Mytical? Any changes at work yet?
(Also, very much agree that management needs *rolls Dice of Doom * a lobotomy! Brain-dissection all around!)

[Mytical]

No changes at work. I did manage to get my first vacation, and it was a blast. Put over 1000 miles on my new (ish) vehicle. 11 hrs to get to Sterling, 9 hours to get back. (Made more stops on way up). The one time I made it in to DC forgot the camera. Still, the person I went to see was with me, and that was all that mattered. :angel:

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Awwww. Twuu Wuv. :D
Glad you had a good vaycay. I've discovered that going to completely different places and doing completely new things actually stresses me out to no ends, no matter how fun it was (or wasn't)-- which makes it more of even money, rather than 100 percent one way or the other.

[tellmedarkie]

I don't know what your med coverage is, but maybe look into "sandoz-rabeprazole" which is a G-I settler, and "mylan-ondansetron" which is a weapons-grade anti-nausiant. Before I was given these, I was always throwing up, and lost about 100 pounds in 6 months, after it was WONDERFUL. I could hold down my food (though I'm also taking Ensure)

Best of luck to you!

tmd

[Jarissa]

Hey, Mytical, you said you've tried everything, and so I assume that you've covered anything I can think of and this post is useless as a breathalyzer at Dragon*Con.*

But just in case!

Around a decade ago, various medical dumbnesses happened that ended up with me being told that I am not either allergic to water, that a gastroenterologist who disbelieves in Irritable Bowel Syndrome as fervently as he disbelieves in the Tooth Fairy is a nutbar, and that I did in fact have IBS. I was put on a diet actually designed for migraine sufferers, because what affects one nerve center in the body affects the other just about as hard; and I was told to take a specific digestive enzyme supplement before every meal.

That doctor moved away a year later, and the enzyme supplement company went out of business three weeks later. I've since done a lot of experimenting with other brands, and I've found "Digest Gold" by Enzymedica to be fairly close. I think it'd work better if it didn't have lactase in it. However, it's basically a batch of extra digestive enzymes that I swallow about half an hour before I eat -- so, at a traditional restaurant, right around when I order food -- and it boosts the amount of digesting I do.

I'm wondering if this would help treat your symptoms, during the early part of nausea anyway, by leaving less work for your liver to refuse to do? Or maybe there's a similar "liver function in a pill" supplement that your pharmacist could suggest?

I hope I have been helpful, or amused you momentarily, and if not I apologize for wasting your time!

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* You can use it as a doorstop. Or take it apart and repurpose the components over in the Robotics track. Mostly it's a doorstop.

[telecom_goddess]

What about apple or white vinegar? Or a big ol heaping tablespoon of backing soda (not at the same time, mind).

Ya at the same time could be...interesting :D But on the vinegar note they make apple cider vinegar pills....which so far I have only seen at Winco, so I don't know if they sell them anywhere else. But I take two of those a day...it's a thought.

[Mytical]

Jarissa.. thanks for the advice, I am up for trying anything once. Never heard of your suggestion, so I will look into it. Sorry I took so long to respond, getting to be a bad time of year for me :(

[AccountingDrone]

Hey, Mytical, you said you've tried everything, and so I assume that you've covered anything I can think of and this post is useless as a breathalyzer at Dragon*Con.*

But just in case!

Around a decade ago, various medical dumbnesses happened that ended up with me being told that I am not either allergic to water, that a gastroenterologist who disbelieves in Irritable Bowel Syndrome as fervently as he disbelieves in the Tooth Fairy is a nutbar, and that I did in fact have IBS. I was put on a diet actually designed for migraine sufferers, because what affects one nerve center in the body affects the other just about as hard; and I was told to take a specific digestive enzyme supplement before every meal.

That doctor moved away a year later, and the enzyme supplement company went out of business three weeks later. I've since done a lot of experimenting with other brands, and I've found "Digest Gold" by Enzymedica to be fairly close. I think it'd work better if it didn't have lactase in it. However, it's basically a batch of extra digestive enzymes that I swallow about half an hour before I eat -- so, at a traditional restaurant, right around when I order food -- and it boosts the amount of digesting I do.

I'm wondering if this would help treat your symptoms, during the early part of nausea anyway, by leaving less work for your liver to refuse to do? Or maybe there's a similar "liver function in a pill" supplement that your pharmacist could suggest?

I hope I have been helpful, or amused you momentarily, and if not I apologize for wasting your time!

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* You can use it as a doorstop. Or take it apart and repurpose the components over in the Robotics track. Mostly it's a doorstop.

Well, they do make bile that people like my uncle slurp down a nasal tube before injecting the food [by the time that happened thanks to cancer he had lost a majority of his internal organs and was no linger producing bile nor most of the digestive enzymes at all] but I think that is a bit exxessive. Although I do vaguely remember a chinese digestive med that was essentially bile turned into small pills. Hm go talk to an actual practitioner, but one of these (http://www.bestchinesemedicines.com/group.php?gid=62) might be indicated.

[42_42_42]

Is your dad on meds for his Bi-polar?