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Tricia:
Hi Sue :)

Thank you for that I will certainly try it  :peace:

Love

Tricia :thankyou:

poppyrose:

Hi Ladies,  ;D

Yes Sue54 is absolutely right, ginger is great for heartburn and nausea, now why didn't I remember this? Flaming heck my memory is geting worse!

Once I was working on a gynae ward and we had a young woman in who was suffering from...wait for it....Hyperemesis Gravidarum....err what is she on about now? I hear you asking  ;D ;D ;D

Hyperemesis Gravidarum, simply means excessive sickness due to pregnancy  8) Why on earth they don't just say that is beyond me too  ::) But at least now you know.  ;)

Well this poor girl had this really badly and she was losing weight which is not good, she had been given all the drugs she could safely be given because of her pregnancy and still no let up, she was physically exhausted. Then by some good fortune we had a Gypsy lady admitted and she was put in the same bay in the opposite bed to the pregnant girl. She soon sussed the situation out and said, forget all those drugs give her some ginger beer, she'll soon stop. We didn't of course, so the next thing I know she had a relative bring in some and had given it to the pregnant girl to sip every 15 mins and within one hour she had actually stopped vomiting and within 2 hours for the first time in 2 months she had lost the feeling of nausea and that night she had her first night of undisturbed sleep for weeks. She went home a few days later able to eat and drink again, albeit in very small quantities.

Well this was one lesson we all learned on that ward, bearing in mind of course that this was in the days *before* complimentary medicines had taken off. But I have used ginger whenever I have felt nauseous ever since and it hasn't let me down once!

Lots of Love Pops xxx :peace:

Angel:
Hi
I havn't had a full night sleep since whenever. Sometimes I wake and can turn over and go straight back to sleep, but this last month or so it's been the flushes. They seem to have eased now (due to cycle??), but still dreadful sleep. I bought the night time Kalms on Saturday, and did sleep a bit better, but couldn't try them Sunday, as I was on-call with my job. I don't have a problem going to sleep, just staying asleep, and I have no worries at present, apart from lack of sleep!!
Yesterday my hubby bought me a download of something called 'Sleep time' - a relaxation/self-hypnosis CD. I went to bed last night with the little ear pieces in of my MP3 player, and relaxed. It was weird, I was listening to the man's voice and I did relax. I was aware that I wanted to move, and part of me was trying to think of other things (I think I was just testing the accuracy of the CD!), but I can honestly say I couldn't do either, and I couldn't open my eyes either! I was aware of hubby coming to bed, and he took the headphones off me, the CD had finished (25 mins), and I knew it had, but I couldn't speak to him, just turned over and slept!  I did wake a few times - couldn't open my eyes still! I trundled to the loo with eyes closed, straight back to bed and sleep.
The only downside was that it says you wake up refreshed, I felt like I had a bit of a hangover. I do sometimes wake like that anyway, without the alcohol I hasten to add! It says it may not work fully until up to 2 weeks.  I will definitely try it again and keep you all informed.

Angel  :)

Tanny:

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 forget all those drugs give her some ginger beer, she'll soon stop. We didn't of course, so the next thing I know she had a relative bring in some and had given it to the pregnant girl to sip every 15 mins and within one hour she had actually stopped vomiting and within 2 hours for the first time in 2 months she had lost the feeling of nausea and that night she had her first night of undisturbed sleep for weeks.

Lots of Love Pops xxx :peace:


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I think ginger is supposed to be good for settling the stomach and have heard about using it for travel sickness. It is also an anti-inflammatory and helps with aches and pains. I get quite bad migraines and have found that fizzy drinks seem to help with the associated sickness.  I did think it was just Cola that worked, but with the last attack didn't have any in the house  and just used some fizzy Tango and it seemed to work the same.

suzieQ:
I am still struggling with it to be honest. I came off HRT patches ( Evorel Conti ) in December and in mid January had a vicious return to symptoms including this terrible insomnia which came on overnight. I've never had this before - slept well all my life. I tried a few things ( the usual herbs, over the counter stuff, melatonin etc) but nearly 3 weeks ago went back on HRT. My GP could see I was on my knees with only 3-4 hours sleep a night so she suggested a slightly higher dose to try to tackle the by now quite deep seated problem ( over 2 months of poor sleep) and help the sleep resolve, then phase down to a lower dose again. All the other horrid symptoms have gone - hurrah! - but the sleep is still a huge problem, with no sign of real improvement yet. Does any-one know how long I will have to wait to see an improvement? I am desperate! I know I should be patient but I long to sleep just a bit better - I take ages to fall asleep, wake often and have poor fragmented sleep. Any advice or wisdom would be much appreciated.
I feel like I'm only half alive and so fearful every night. Suzie Q

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