Hello. My mom, 54, was diagnosed with stomach cancer the first week in January 2008. She had surgery on January 7th. Her whole stomach was removed as well as her spleen, part of her pancreas and 12 lymph nodes. With all this, her doctors expected her to do well and progress to chemo as well as radiation. I live in a different state so the information I get is from her. After surgery, she has still battled with nausea and also gas (burping all the time), throwing up and diahreah with cramping. Sometimes all at once. Sometimes, just the nausea. She is very frustrated as she doesn't know what will make her sick. At home, she became dehidrated and had to receive IV fluids. She doesn't eat or drink because she can't tolerate to and doesn't get up much either. She had tried to push through but nothing works. Eventually, the doctors put her on a continuous J tube. She doesn't eat and drinks very very little. I am very worried. She has already been postponed for starting chemo because she isn't strong enough to tolerate it. Has anyone out there had this experience - problems with so many symptoms and nothing that the doctors give her alleviate them. I am especially worried that she cannot seem to eat anything but a cracker here and there. The doctors just tell her that she is having a much harder time than most and that this will take time. Do ya'll think there is a lot she is not sharing with me? Please help. I feel so helpless right now as I have 20 month old triplets and a newborn at home 300 miles from my mother. Yes, my hands are full but I want to be able to help my mother get better.