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Peppermint oil either drip it in water and wipe it on your hands and face or drink it BUT make sure you find the drinking sort as these are two different sort of oil!!!!!!! Dont get mixed up!!!!!!!! lol

hi PT!!! sorry to hear you not feeling too great.... with the steroids i have to take each time I feel a bit nauseous...comes in waves a bit like morning sickness...... now apart from the anti sickness drugs that i was given I found flat lemonade helped me quite a lot....so long as I just sipped it...and other than that....burnt toast!!! which I found out completely by accident when my pal came in to help me feed the kids one time and she made us all cheesy toast....but burnt it!! lolol the charcoal effect seemed to settle my tummy a bit... hope you find something that will help you as its a horrible feeling!!! much love and hugs AT xxxx

l found lucozade helps abit as well - take care:o) jude sarf wales xx Off't out now to try and sort me James Bond outfit out:o((((

Thank you Jacky and Jude for asking this morning :) I'm feeling sort of weak and steamrollered, but thankfully not quite so nauseous. At the moment, I don't think it's bad enough to go back and get the tablets changed, I'll stick it out another day or so in the hopes that I'll get used to them. Fortunately I haven't come out in a rash, read that on the leaflet too, so hopefully I might not get any worse. Thanks to everyone for helpful tips, I'm avoiding milk and dairy, but drinking plenty of semi-flat Coke and chewing Soft Mints! Thanks again, Mandy :) xx

Hi Mandy - how are you this morning - what wiv you and Jacky, wat u like:o((((( A couple of years ago l had a nausaa reaction to antibiotics - and l came out in a rash - the doc took me off immediately and its now in my medical notes, so get to your doc and tell him. Can't remember which one it was but l have it written down somewhere. Take care. jude sarf wales xx

You feeling any better today Mandy? Jacky :-)

Hi Mandy, sorry to hear about your ear infection. When i had one, years ago, I couldn't keep anything down. My doctor suggested Lucozade sipped flat to keep sugar levels up as I was throwing up and eating little & often.....avoiding milk. And strangly to place a not too hot, hot water bottle on my ear. IT WORKED A TREAT. hope you feel better very soon Caz

Hi - my son is on erythromycin for acne & I have just read the leaflet from the box. Nausea is a side effect & you should report it to the Dr as you may need a change of antibiotic. It should also be noted on your chart that erythromycin doesn't agree with you. The leaflet also says NOT to take indigestion remedies whilst taking this medication so be careful what you get from your pharmacist!! I was given a course of it almost 4 years ago too & it affected me the same way - I had to get it changed to something else. Hope this helps & you're feeling more like yourself soon. Ails

Morning Mandy, Sorry to see your are not very well ~hope you are a little better today. Told o.h. about the sickness and he said that Motilium should help,but please check with your Pharmacist if you take any other medication. Take Care, R.B.xxx

Thanks Bryan and Gaynor, I managed to sleep and thankfully, the nausea is only in waves, not all the time now. I remember Kaolin and Morphine mixture from when I was little Gaynor!! Will see how I get on this morning with plenty of mints and Coke, then get something from the chemist this afternoon if need be. Mandy :)

Hi Mandy... sorry your feeling poorly :-( I realise hubby may need to go out for this but... I always find Kaolin and Morpine helps. I don't know about you as I know you have problems as I do... but I am on strong morphine based painkillers for my neck and back but I do take kaolin when I feel sick and I seem to be ok with it. Hope this helps... Love Gaynor :-) xxx

hi mandy, up late, can't sleep for some reason, i always have a stock of trebor extra strong mints, once sucked, turn your trunk to the left, should help. ask your pharmacist to make up a bottle of aludrox ( aluminiumhydroxide ) it works wonders. nite nite ... bryan.

Hi Carol (NY!), I don't think we can get Coke syrup over here but it sounds yummy! Hi Carol, I do suffer with indigestion so maybe burping isn't helping after all! Will water the Coke down now, thanks. Hi Kay, as long as it's going to improve when the tablets kick in, I think I can cope with it. If it doesn't get better in a day or two, I'll ring the doctor because it's a 10-day course, urgh! Mandy :)

Hi Carol I prefer keeping the Coke fizzy because I always feel better after a burp (lol - that's very unladylike to admit on a thread!). Would watering it down help more? Hi Kay I have hot chocolate made with milk for breakfast so I'll avoid that tomorrow, thanks for that tip. The infection is actually in the ear canal, hopefully hasn't reached the middle ear, so I think it's more likely the tablets. I've just googled and it does say that with that sort of side effect, it often settles down once you've taken a few doses, so fingers crossed! Mandy :)

Flat coke is better, cos everytime you 'burp' you may be bringing up a little acid, so continuing to feel sick. Try nibbling on a slice of crispy dry toast, it may help. Hope you soon feel better.

still not nice having that yukky feeling though, ,,,,,lots of dairy produts dont mix with bio's ,,,,you will be feeling ok once they kick in,,but if they make you feel too ill get back on to doc,,,,,

Hiya Mandy, I don,t know if you can buy it over there but if you can find Coke syrup....usually at the chemists....it really helps. Pour 2 tablespoons over crushed ice and eat it like a tub of ice-cream. My doc recommended it when the kids were little.

hiya mandy. awwwww you poor love, my hubby has had the same anti b as you, its a good one but has its draw backs, in your case sickness, in my hubbys case 'the trots' say no more lol, hope you are soon well mandy x

hiya mandy, mwahhhhhhhh xxxxxxxxxxxx

hi mandy. dont take milk as some anitbios & milk mix....making matters worse,,,,, and please please please -- dont visit any hospital while taking them,,,,if its known that ** Deadly Super Bug C/Diff*** has been or is present,there, your nausea may be caused by your ear infection down in your middle ear, hope your'e better soon,