The Stomach Flu Sucks. Or rather, Blows.

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[scheherazade_79]

Not recently, but in April of last year I got stomach flu that hit both ends.... That horrible feeling of sitting on the toilet with a bucket in front of you, not knowing where the explosion's going to come from next... And the sheer exhaustion that makes you just want to spend the night sprawled on the bathroom floor so that you don't have to go far when the next wave of cramps hits you.

Anyone who gets it has my total sympathy. Hope you manage to stay free from it

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Ugh!

My sympathies... you're doing all the right things... now you just have to think healthy thoughts!

Hopefully you won't get it, but if you do... this too shall pass (sorry bad pun)...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Anyone else been through the stomach flu lately?

The last time I thought I had a stomach flue it was my appendix threatening to burst, so I had it removed. That was about seven or eight years ago.

 

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[Selena_Kitt]

The last time I thought I had a stomach flue it was my appendix threatening to burst, so I had it removed. That was about seven or eight years ago.

Hm. *looking closer* I don't see a scar!

(Let's just hope young son and I don't get this!!!)

<-----Hoping you don't!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Hm. *looking closer* I don't see a scar!

Haha. It got lighter in color over the last few years. Also, it is obscured by hair and stretch marks (and the general curve of my belly).

Here's a closeup of it . If you still can't see it, I circled it in this shot .

 

[buxxxom]

Sending hugs through a cloud of Clorox.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

It does suck. It hit our house a few weeks ago.

I feel for you, and hope it's all gone soon.

 

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[SeaCat]

Sorry,

Never had the Stomach Flu, although I have had the fun of going through the involuntary Oil Change from other sources. (Dysentary once and Food Poisoning twice.)

Oh there is nothing quite so entertaining as draining from both ends and wishing you were dead. (Except for maybe doing this in full Rig on a forced march at night.)

One occasion of food poisoning did have a good outcome though.

I was feeling the effects of some terrible Cambodian Food I had picked up in Boston. I was laying there at home waiting for the inevitable when I received a phone call from a local Harbor Master. There was a yacht in that needed some work done quickly and the owner was being a royal pain in the ass about it. He begged me to come down and do the job. Hell he even promised to double my fee.

I dragged my ass out of bed and tossed my gear in the car and headed to the Marina. It wasn't the best time to do this kind of work. The tide was ripping and the boats were shifting on their moorings.

I got to the docks as was accosted by the boat owner. He demanded that I get the work done quickly, he had to set sail so he could make it to a regatta further south. Oh this guy pissed me off. He poked at my gear and critiqued it. He commented on my attire. (A bathing suit and my dive rig.) He told me that I wasn't the kind he normally would allow to work on his boat but that beggers couldn't be choosers. I listened to his litany of complaints as my belly grumbled and rumbled. I pulled the Harbor Master to the side and suggested that he have the E.P.A. Rep floating down current from the boat with his toys.

I hit the water and almost immediatly felt the spasms start. I didn't surface though, I just worked my way along this guys hull while setting my work lines. I clipped in and hesitated. I knew what was coming and debated how to handle it. Finally I just reached down and pulled my shorts off. Yep I was upside down under this guys boat wearing nothing but my dive rig. And yes I was correct about what happened next.

Picture it, I'm upside down under this guys boat in cold water wearing nothing but my B.C. and the cramps hit. I'm underwater with my head to the current so I just let go. I'm draining something fierce as I work. I'm removing growth as well as replacing Anodes and doing a general inspection of this guys boat as I'm draining. It took me well over an hour to do the work. By the time I'm done the worst is over, for now. (It seems to come in waves.) I pul my shorts back on and surface. I get paid twice my usual fee for this kind of work and head off to my home where I suffer for another day.

The Harbor Master, not understanding the reasons behind my request had called the E.P.A. Rep and yes he was in place. The Boat Owner was later charged with dumping waste into the harbor and had to pay a rather large fine. (Much to his surprise I'm sure.)

Oh I never went back to that particular restaraunt.

Cat

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Sorry,
somthing funny, as usual

Cat

That sounds unethical... Funny, but unethical

 

[SeaCat]

That sounds unethical... Funny, but unethical

Now who said anything about ethics? I was pissed at the boat owners attitude.

Cat

 

[cloudy]

I think K has it.

I talked to him around 5, and he was fine. Just called, and stepdaughter says he's puking - too sick to come to the phone.

Sometimes it really, really sucks being this far away. I feel so damn helpless.

 

[lipsofanangel]

I just had it on Thursday. I just finally started feeling human again today.

Crossing my fingers that no more people get it!

 

[phoenixphair]

my (heathen) prayers are with you all

Hi all, even those of you (ok, most everyone) who doesn't know me.

I feel for all of you. I had it not long ago and it was not a pretty situation.

SeaCat, I think you're a genius. Kind of a sick genius, but that's the best kind.

good luck to all of you. and a bottle of Immodium, some Pepto...

 

[lipsofanangel]

Hi all, even those of you (ok, most everyone) who doesn't know me.

I feel for all of you. I had it not long ago and it was not a pretty situation.

SeaCat, I think you're a genius. Kind of a sick genius, but that's the best kind.

good luck to all of you. and a bottle of Immodium, some Pepto...

Mmm Immodium. I swear these last few days I've survived thanks to it.

Here's hoping those of us who already had it won't get it again!

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

One sure way of curing it, but it forces you to throw up one last time. . .

Get a cap full of Listerine and drink it. The burn sucks going down and sucks coming back up, but after that the bug is dead.

(note. . . I have never tried this, I just heard it works.)

My youngest had it Sun-Tues. and my middle child just started getting it this evening. I have myself, hubby, and the eldest still healthy, we will see how long it lasts. I do have Listerine, but I just can't bring myself to try the above remedy.

 

[lipsofanangel]

Get a cap full of Listerine and drink it. The burn sucks going down and sucks coming back up, but after that the bug is dead.

(note. . . I have never tried this, I just heard it works.)

Oh wow. I don't know if I could do that...

But if you do and it works? Let me know!

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Oh wow. I don't know if I could do that...

But if you do and it works? Let me know!

Sure. (I have known of this remedy for several years now and have recommended it to others, as well as my mom, who is an RN and no one will try it. lol. . .)

 

[lipsofanangel]

Sure. (I have known of this remedy for several years now and have recommended it to others, as well as my mom, who is an RN and no one will try it. lol. . .)

No one's willing to be the first...wusses.

And I'm happily in the wuss category myself! LOL

 

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[RedHairedandFriendly]

Listerine cure?

Ummm- can I get back to you on that?

It could work. . .

 

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[lipsofanangel]

I'm not throwing up yet!

So far, so good right? Knock on wood and all that good stuff.

Glad to hear your son is doing better!

to cheer you up from the grumps!