one of those nights......

[Brandi]

Ok wait wait I have to ask and please excuse me if I am missing something. [" Stand up or sit down"]? Please explain this to me. I am a women I always sit unless in england they have some devise that allows women to stand and pee. Like I said forgive me for my stupidity.
Love detol by the way! brought a bunch back when i was down under a few years ago. Can't find it in the states!

[Duck on Wheels]

Uhhhhm, I think the issue is deciding which urge is more urgent -- throw up or let loose. My usual solution is to sit, but keep bucket between my knees (the one we use for floor washing and that gets stowed right by the toilet).

[mimitabby]

uhoh, now my mother is on the mend, her husband got it, he didn't really enjoy the superbowl, he was too busy running back and forth to the toilet. We went over there Saturday to give them food..
Now DH is feeling poorly... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
it's going around!

[Brandi]

Uhhhhm, I think the issue is deciding which urge is more urgent -- throw up or let loose. My usual solution is to sit, but keep bucket between my knees (the one we use for floor washing and that gets stowed right by the toilet).

Ogh good! Thank you for clearing that up for me! Pleaaase don't send it my way! i am going on vacation in a week!

[Surlygirl]

Yes it was near 0 degrees F this weekend but I opened all the windows in the house. I had too or succumb to toxic fumes. I'm on my second round of disinfecting everything.
My solution was to put a small childs chair in the bathroom with (the Pukey pot) on it and then they can sit on the regular pot and heave in the other one. Oh what fun. I need a vacation.

Get well everyone and wash those hands!

[chickwhorips]

can ya'll keep that down there? i can't afford to get sick. i have surgery next week. gotta be healthy.

though this is one good thing about living in the middle of no where. mostly this stuff stays away.

[RoadRaven]

I am having trouble loading the entire page of full posts, so excuse me if I am repeating something from the previous page.

STAY AWAY from dairy (and this includes cottage cheese).
When you have had a gut upset - diarrhea or vomiting - the "good bugs" in your gut have to repopulate themselves. If you have dairy (milk, cheese, butter, yoghurt etc) you can set this repopulation back significantly and even trigger more d or v.

After 24 hours or so you could start having a small ammount of live culture yoghurt - the ones the have biofidus and acidophulus - these are what your gut needs. You can also get acidophilus tablets.

Clear food is good advice, and then "plain" food includes dry bread/toast and crackers. Avoid fruit like kiwifruit and oranges as they are good for constipation and may not be particulalrly useful.

Trust you are well on the way to recovery now though

[Dianyla]

Rice works really well to bulk your stools back up if you've been having diarrhea. I like to overcook it into an almost soupy consistency, and maybe add a little sugar and salt to it. It's almost like a dairy-free rice pudding.