Flyman35 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Okay so Tom had chemo yesterday and has had the hiccups most of the night and again most of the day today. Sup with that? Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary colleen Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 My husband had them too. We were told that it is a semi-common side effect. They were self-limiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie B Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Denise, If you go to Search on the top of any page and type in HICCUPS at the top right of the search page where it says: Search for any terms or use query as entered You will get Ton's of past messages regarding members with Hiccups. It's all there all kinds of them. This has been talked about a LOT over the years on LCSC. You'll find some good tips reading over some of them. Even idea's to help stop the hiccups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 A simple thing you could try. Have your husband put an index finger in each ear. You hold a glass of water to his lips and have him drink as long as he can without stopping while he continues to plug his ears. It works every time for my family and I've used it as a kind of "majic trick" for clients with the hiccups in my office when I was a counselor. Judy in Key West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famograham Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I've got a trick that almost always seems to work too. 11 swallows of water while holding your breath. Not 10, not 12...11. I have no idea why it works, but it seems to do the trick! (((hug))) Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodogs Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Mine are just like Katie's dad's were. They start in the middle of the night following my chemo and then it's off and on for at least a day. Sometimes it goes for a couple days but gets sporadic after the first two. It's new to me this time around. Didn't get them in 2003. Probably my new meds. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I start to get hiccups the night before chemo (so they're not from the chemo per se). They go away two days after chemo. In my case, they're clearly from the steroids (which start the day before chemo).--Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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