I still take medications eight different times throughout the day, and two of those doses are antibiotics. Those always make me sick with severe nausea, but usually only for about an hour after I've taken them. Then it passes and usually I'm fine. I've also found that eating a large, substantial meal, (ie., rice, pasta, protein, etc.) and making sure that my stomach is full prior to taking the antibiotics does help. Other than that, soda crackers (saltines) have become my best friends. I've also learned from sad experience that if I ignore the nausea for too long before doing something about it, (ie., eating crackers) I will end up vomiting up all the food I've eaten and all the meds I've taken over the prior three hours. I try to avoid this at all costs for obvious reasons, (the price of the medications among them.)
We're looking into various options for continuing my treatment, since it's extremely expensive, and I haven't been working for quite awhile now. Still, Heavenly Father has continued to provide for us and open doors whenever we feel like we're at a dead end. I'm still having problems with severe fatigue, swelling & joint pain on my bad days, but all in all I am feeling pretty good and looking forward to the future!
