Gagging and vomiting 8 months post transplant

Hi @wakop. So glad to see you here again. I’ve been wondering how your son has been recovering from his BMT. When we left off he was having all this nausea which isn’t unusual in the early months. I am sorry to see it’s returned.

It’s also not unusual when we’ve had a BMT to have unexplained symptoms pop up from time to time. In my experience, if I wait a day or two, they usually disappear. I’m hoping this will be the case for your son. In any event if it continues it’s important to contact his BMT team to rule out any potential gvhd issues. At this point in time they would/could come on gradually so it’s good to just keep notes and then if something persists you have a start date and potential precipitating events.

Has he tried any anti-nausea meds such as sublingual Zofran, or ginger tea/candied ginger? Also, a little trick that works is to sniff isopropyl alcohol. Like the little cleanse-prep pads. It can provide a quick sensory distraction from nausea.

@wakop, I wanted to check in. How is your son doing? Did you find anything that helps with the gagging?

I see that this is an old post, but wanted to thank you for it. I am 14 months post transplant, and after getting four immunizations about 10 days ago, I developed similar symptoms to your sons. To complicate things, I actually got a stomach virus, which initially I thought was the cause of the symptoms, but I feel like this has resolved, but the gagging and reflux has continued. I did go to urgent care and got Nexium, omeprazole, and simethicone. These have helped somewhat, but still feel horrible. I hope your son is doing better, and curious if he found anything that helped besides time also curious if anybody has had experiences with getting multiple immunizations at once. I still have many more immunizations to go, andbased on this experience I don’t wanna get a bunch at once, but the idea of 13 different appointments is daunting. Thank you!