Let's talk about ginger and crackers. When I first started feeling sick, it was just a little queasiness in the morning. Pete's mom told me to eat Saltines, and it helped immensely with the mild nausea. Then I got worse. As would anyone with more than a few days of wretching violently all day, I looked on the internet for any possible relief. I tried all of the following at least 18,000 times: ginger tea, ginger chews, ginger snaps, mint tea, peppermint candy, saltines, dry toast before getting up, lemon, flat soda/cola, homeopathic remedies (nux vomica), naturopathic remedies (nausea ease), acupuncture, acupressure (seabands), unisom and B6, and finally the prescription meds (reglan, zofran). The only thing that allowed me to eat was the zofran.
So, here's a tip for all of you sympathetic souls out there: when a woman tells you she's got morning sickness and has been feeling rotten for 7 weeks, don't ask her if she's tried ginger or eating crackers! :)
That said, I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am going up to work for a few hours on Thursday, and hoping that I'll survive the smells. I hear the second semester is all sunshine and roses. Can't wait!
1 comment:
Hi Pete and Liz,
Mary told me about your blog and I just read Liz' latest entry therefore I will NOT tell her any ginger things she should try. :) But my son just asked me what I was laughing at so loud. Looking forward to seeing you two again when we come up over Labor Day weekend. Take care Liz especially. Maybe what made you sick was all that stuff you tried????? lol Mary did tell you I can be a smart a** at times didn't she???
Dean
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