Hi irbyma, sorry to hear you are feeling so crappy. I do understand how you are feeling, lets deal with one thing at a time, starting with the hunger, I did notice at one time you mentioned that you are on pain pills of some sort, since your visit to the emergency room. Pain medications can make you feel better, worse or strange and sometimes like a zombie. If you don't mind me asking, and you don't have to answer...What medication are you on? There are oral pills, the usual which can not only kill your appetite and if given too much, can also give you anorexia, or deaden your appetite and also make you nauseated, to where even though you are hungry, they make you sick to your stomach and no fun feeling like you are going to puke constantly. These are usually the opiates. ( I know because I have had them all and have been on opiates of one sort or another constantly, every single day since 1998 when I had my first foot operation, and then shortly after that, my second operation, and then in 1999 I hurt my back, and it has only gone downhill, painwise since then.
Opiates can be great at reducing pain, but they have a lot of side effects and for someone as young as yourself, it can have a lot of side effects that you just are not used to.You can ask your dr. for an appetite stimulant or better yet, some anti nausea pills that will make eating a lot more feasable and with out all the side effects. In the meantime, try dinking Gatorade, or other electorlyte drinks, glucose type drinks or just water with some honey or sugar added to it, a tablespoon should help, Crackers are allways a standby for nausea and will help keep your stomach from being so upset. Try to stay away from sour foods, overly salty foods and too much sugar though a little is not bad, Greasy foods, such as fries, burgers, etc, and esp stuff like pizza is more nauseating and hard to digest on an empty stomach that is already upset. You can also suck on some hard candy, It will help keep your mouth from drying out too much and sometimes helps with nausea.
If you are on over the counter pain meds, then I can't help you much with that, but I do not think they would suggest over the counter when you are in the kind of pain you are in currently. Have you tried a heating pad for the pain in your thiighs, legs?Some people swear by ice but heat and hot baths allways work better on my back pain. Have you tried talking to your parents, mom or dad, about what you are going through? They know you are discouraged, and depressed, who wouldn't be in your circumstance?! Be honest with them and tell them how bad you feel and that you just need some help, sometimes just talking to someone can make it easier to go to sleep, getting things off your chest so to speak and if you need to cry, then cry, God knows you have every reason to do so, and let it out, it will probably make you feel better and then you may be able to get some much needed sleep, a few extra hours an make you feel better. When we do not get enough sleep, and enough support, things have a way of building up like a pressure cooker and if you dont let your feelings and such out, you feel like you will explode. Hopefully some of the things I have talked about can make a small bit of helpfullness and I think more than anything you are just overly tired from the pain, and when we get like that, everything is worse. ONce you can get your pain under better control, the nausea and hunger situation will improve and then you can get a good nights sleep, Before you know it, it will be the day of your operation and this will all be in the past, In the meantime, talk if you want to here and at least I will be here in the daytime checking on you and in the afternoons and evenings, so know you can talk about how you feel and when I am not so tired myself, I will see what other ideas I can come up with. Try to get some rest tonight and talk to your mom or dad. They are your best bet right now and in your corner to support you. RWM
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