Beginning week 3 still nauseous and have upper right abdominal tightness/discomfort.
No cheats, only veggies protein berries(handful with chia seeds and coconut milk) and cheese products but I’ve been cutting back in case it’s a lactose intolerance
Also no weight loss (but I have a messed up metabolism due to yo yo dieting since early childhood. My body seems to like to stay around 160 and I’m healthy according to te doctors)
I’m answering mostly to bring this back up on the threads in case anyone has any suggestions. Nauseous for extended time plus abdominal pain sounds odd to me (I think that occasional queasiness might come up with a transition to keto, but not 2+ weeks of nausea…).
What were you eating before (is this a huge change?) Anything besides cheese that might have something that you’re reacting to?
I was still really nauseaus as well at the beginning, even the middle, of week three. I hung with it, though, and just looked for advice. Boy, am I glad I did!
If you’re not sure if this is normal, or if it’s actually painful, definitely go see a doctor. Otherwise, try simple things like drinking some powerade or broth, saltwater, anything with a lot of sodium and electrolytes. Eat pickles. Drink pickle juice. Basically, treat yourself like you’re super dehydrated and/or hungover.
Best of luck!
Actually I feel better this morning! I had a large bowel movement this morning and now I’m all better. Let’s see how this afternoon goes.
I always think of that too, for upper right abdomen. My gall bladder was removed in July 2016. Had what I later realized was a gall bladder attack the previous January - only very slight nausea but considerable pain over a weekend where I thought that if it got any worse, was definitely going to have to go to the emergency room. Took a lot of Ibuprofen and waited it out, and it subsided.
Then came July and one evening it was back, even stronger pain that time. By then I was really figuring “gall bladder” and that if it didn’t clear up fast, the hospital it was. Next morning headed to the hospital, and had blood and urine tests, an ultrasound, etc., and fairly soon the doctors said, “Yeah - gall bladder needs to be removed.” Afterward, the surgeon said it was “very inflamed and full of stones.”
It was not just tightness/discomfort that I felt - it was serious localized pain, like a medium-small ball in there, quite alive with pain. It hurt more to breathe in, I presume from the expanding lungs putting pressure on the gall bladder.
Gall bladder trouble will feel differently for different people. The pain can vary, and nausea or even vomiting are common.