hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[teal]

I hope so. I know there isn't anything they can do other than prescribe more anti sickness tablets but I'll need a line for work- although I know doctor will back date it if I have to wait a few days.

My manager called this morning for an update and said if I'm not well enough to do my job then I should stay off. A complete turn around. I think it's just less effort for him if I stay off rather than come back into work and then find it too much and go off again. I'd much rather be at work than be feeling like this. Just feel awful and really down all the time

Katy how are you getting on today? xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

I hope so. I know there isn't anything they can do other than prescribe more anti sickness tablets but I'll need a line for work- although I know doctor will back date it if I have to wait a few days.

My manager called this morning for an update and said if I'm not well enough to do my job then I should stay off. A complete turn around. I think it's just less effort for him if I stay off rather than come back into work and then find it too much and go off again. I'd much rather be at work than be feeling like this. Just feel awful and really down all the time

Katy how are you getting on today? xx

That's what I keep trying to make my boss understand too.

I'm okay-ish, I've been sick 3 times, but I've been naughty and not eaten or drank anything. So that's probably why not been too bad.

How are you? xx

 

[teal]

I've been feeling sick all day and dry heaving but I wasn't actually sick until I attempted toast this afternoon xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Awww no. Are you keeping any food down at all?

I ate a blegian waffle, touch wood so far I've not been sick (ate it an hour ago) I feel really sick, but am being stubborn and refusing to go and be sick xx

 

[Kitty23]

thanks girls Dh came home and cleaned me up bless his heart. Still not stopped being sick though its once an hour now. blah I hate bad days!

Teal- its terrible you cant get an appointment!! I can't believe how crappy your doctors are! Can you not make an emergency appointment?

Katy- Well done on the waffle Lol I do the trying not to be sick thing

God I can't wait till this finishes for us all! xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Hope you have a better day tomorrow Kitty xx

 

[Kitty23]

thanks Katy Dh is staying off tomorrow ( he's got his work laptop here) just incase I'm bad again. Do you get really bad days to ?( obviously having HG every friggin day is bad lol!) xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Yeah, mine tends to be more bad weeks though. I'll have a week where I'm sick in the morning and sometimes early afternoon but then manage dinner, then I'll have a couple of weeks where I will puke after everything I eat as well as for a couple of hours each morning when I first wake up xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

The waffle didn't stay down Blergh xx

 

[teal]

Kitty - I tried to make an emergency appointment but the receptionist wouldn't give me one and the nurse wasn't in this morning so I'm going to phone again tomorrow.

Sorry to hear you were sick again Katy
I seem to have really bad weeks and then I'll feel ok-ish for a few days then the sickness comes back. xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Sounds quite similar to me teal. I'm looking forward to my good days, but then at the same time I feel bad when I have a good day, because I feel I should be in work even though I know it won't last xx

 

[teal]

I feel like that too but the good days never last long

Although work isn't too happy I'm not there they prefer that I'm off in a block rather than attempt to go in and having to keep taking days off. Seems strange.

I've always felt guilty about being off work for anything xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Same, I just don't like it. But there's nothing I can do about it, I just wish I didn't feel guilty xx

 

[teal]

I managed to get an appointment today although the receptionist really didn't want to give me one for some reason. She said I should be speaking to my midwife but whenever I've mentioned the sickness to my midwife she just asks if I've seen my doctor.

 

[Kitty23]

Teal- I think you should consider writing a little complaint to your surgery about this receptionist, I bet they arent aware that she is trying to turn patients away. She's got zero medical training so her opinion counts for shit lol! Rahhh I hate receptionists and they are so up themselves. Write a letter, I bet you won't get anymore trouble.

Katy- Don't feel guilty about work lol, easier said than done eh? Sorry about the waffle

My work phoned up yesterday, my boss is really lovely at the mo ( she's a senior nurse so she understands hyperemisis) but she did ask if I had used all my sick days from talking to acas about this me having a sick note for however long overrides any sick days I have left.

Only been sick 3 times today hoorah lol hows everyone else? xxx

 

[teal]

I wasn't impressed with the appointment today. I couldn't get to see my own doctor (because she wasn't in) so I had to see a new doctor. He really have a clue - he said the sickness is normal and should go away at 18 weeks even though I had already said to him I was 24 weeks. He also said I shouldn't be taking stemetil (which my own doctor has said was fine to take). I said I needed another line for work which he was ok with although he asked what I wanted on the line and I said it's normally "hyperemesis" that's written on them - he asked if I knew how to spell that

Really not filled with confidence now.

I'm probably just whining because I already feel really down

 

[Kitty23]

Teal!- How terrible, how on earth do some people get bloody medical degrees!!! Have you thought about changing doctors? Your not whining at all, people are just craps. xxx

 

[teal]

There are a few doctors at the practice and I really like my own doctor when I manage to get an appointment with her xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

That doctor sounds awful! Sorry you had a crappy time at the docs and sorry you're feeling crap today

I went out for the first time in 8 weeks, it was kinda scary being in public again and I was very violently sick at the restaurant but managed to just about make it to the toilet in time. xx

 

[teal]

Hope everyone is having a better day today

I was up sick during the night a lot. That really horrible acidic sick

Feeling slightly better now. Managed some toast and I've not been sick.. yet. Hoping for one of those good days that are few and far between xx