My Mom, 54, 5'3" 110 Lbs, had a meningioma removed 4 weeks ago. It was at the base of her skull and had wrapped itself around a major artery on the right side. They got 99% of the tumor. In the days following surgery she seemed to have done extremely well. She is in excellent shape and has always taken great care of herself. However, as time progressed, the pain was so great that she almost couldn't bear it. However, the meds for the pain made her nautious to the point of vomiting. She began taking the narcotic by half dose every 24 hours and supplemented with over the counter aleve, advil, tylenol and bufferin. Now she is completely off the narcotic, however, she began vomiting last week and has had to have two shots of phenigran to keep her from vomiting. She has stopped taking the over the counters as the Dr is fearful that she has given herself a peptic ulcer. Whenever the nausea meds wear off she bgins the vomiting again. She is a very petite woman and she can't afford to lose any more weight. We were wondering, besides the petic ulcer, what else could be causing the vomiting? They tried to get her in for an upper GI but she has to wait a few weeks and they've already begun her on the ulcer meds although that hasn't helped yet. Is this normal for post surgery? Will it eventually subside? Is there anything else besides a peptic ulcer that could be casuing this? Much thanks
Jessica