They beat me to it. Pedialyte is one of the best things for dehyradation. Curious is right about the cycle of electrylyte imbalance its so important and being balanced does help the pain.

Did they knock you out for the block? Last block I had I told the doc that no matter what they give me I get naseous so the last time they made sure they went light on the opioids in the anesthesia but also pumped me up with anto nasuea meds. It helped.

Also breathe in through nose and out through mouth, that always helped. me.

Hey, Shelley! Thanks for the reply.

No, I wasn't knocked out for the block (so many RSDers I have talked to have found that strange... are most of the people getting LSB sedated fully or partially?), I must've had the nausea from the anesthetic that the dr injected into my back or the actual LSB.

Hope you are well!


P.S. Oh, the nurse was telling me to correct my breathing, because I wasn't breathing correctly. Interesting you also told me about that.

Vanessa
Reading this post I was reminded of the horrible nausea I got after my first surgery...from then on they would give me patches to put behind my ears the night before any procedure so it would get a head start. I can't remember the name but they're the same ones for motion sickness. Also if you want to go the natural way...Ginger...I prefer gingersnaps....cookie and anti nausea in one Since I've discovered the ginger I can actually read in the car...that's a miracle for me
Jeanne