Stomach Flu vs. Food Poisoning

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

update on Mr. he's doing a little better. he's eating some crackers and dozing (and burping ) off and on. I'm laying on the floor on his laptop and trying not to get too close when I bring him his crackers.

Just throw the crackers at him from accross the room.

A couple weeks ago I had BOTH the stomach bug AND food poisoning!

Warning:graphic description to follow...
I had the stomach bug for a whole week- chills, nausea, diarr., weakness, and relentless grinding stomach cramps for days on end. Lost 6 pounds.
Then I got better and felt great again for two days and ate like a horse.

Then I ate a quesadilla in a restaurant and 4 hours later became violently ill- vomiting my guts up and lying on the bathroom floor between violently wrenching hurls. But after an hour of this vomiting of quesadilla remnants, I felt like it was all emptied from my stomach and immediately began to feel better. After the vomiting I was weak for a day but not actually sick anymore. I did talk to the restaurant owner the next day and he said he suspected the tomatoes which had looked a bit "iffy" when the supplier brought them. He apologized profusely, threw everything out that had gone into making my quesadilla, gave DH and I a free breakfast the next day, and told his supplier about the incident.
I have had food poisoning two other times in my life- once from canned sardines, once from cooked mussels. All 3 times involved violent vomiting several hours after eating the food, and all 3 times I started feeling better right after the all vomiting finished.
The stomach bug, in contrast, lasted for days and involved a lot of churning stomach and diarr. and some chills/fever, plus I felt nauseous for days but never actually vomited- just cramps, diarr., weakness, and no appetite.

[mimitabby]

Just throw the crackers at him from accross the room.

A couple weeks ago I had BOTH the stomach bug AND food poisoning!
appetite.

well, Lisa, you definitely get the prize!

my doctor said no food for 24 hours that you can't SEE through. throw the crackers to the dog.
Mr Silver gets tea, broth and water! (or gaterade)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

my doctor said no food for 24 hours that you can't SEE through.

How about Swiss cheese then?

I second the electrolyte water recommendation. I like Glaceau Fruit Water with electrolytes myself.

[LBTC]

Better than gatorade with all that sugar and colour and stuff that's so hard to tolerate, get elite electrolyte drops and put in his water! And when I feel like that, room temperature water is too cold. My tummy prefers water that's almost as hot as tea.

Sounds like a terrible case of gastroenteritis! Keep those liquids coming and try to ride it out.

Lisa, your combination definitely wins! OUCH!! My one case of food poisoning was pretty similar, except that my stomach didn't stop when it was empty. I have an unnatural fear of vomiting now as the dry heaves are sooooo horrible! I've been told, though, that food poisoning can occur anywhere from a few hours to 3 days after the offending food is eaten. I wonder if that's true.

Hopefully you all get well super soon,

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I've been told, though, that food poisoning can occur anywhere from a few hours to 3 days after the offending food is eaten. I wonder if that's true.

Yes I read all about various food poisoning symptoms and many food poisoning symptoms occur several days after eating the food. There are various specific types of food poisoning and they are all different.

[Mr. Bloom]

Well, one thing I can say for gatorade and saltines...they make their round trip with ease!!! I had gone 4 stable hours...but that just changed.

So, now I'm on Propel...I'm allegic to tea...and my body seems to be favoring cold rather than hot.

Ironically, I feel decent right now...just achey with the chills.

You can see from my blog that I had quite a dinner last night at Bonefish Grill...shrimp, steak, salad, veggies...I was so good, I even told the waitress to take the bread away (along with temptation). But with all that heavy food, it just made the 'morning incidents' miserable to say the least.

PS: I'm type B blood.

PSS: I WILL go to Arizona tomorrow...I have to, it's going to be 75 degrees

[mimitabby]

you'll be all right mr silver, just don't be in such a rush to eat. The clear food diet lets your guts calm down before you dump more solids on them.

[luv'nAustin]

Mr. Silver,

I had the flu last weekend (along with a nasty sinus infection) and I'm still feeling weaker than normal. I hate to tell you that my stomach is still a little iffy after I eat "real" food.

Hope you enjoy Arizona and go for a hike up Camelback if you're in Phoenix. Good luck!

Karri

[Aggie_Ama]

Don't rush to eat is good advice. I was starving and did, paid for it with another day of horrible stomach cramps. The stomach virus I had last summer lasted 4 days. Only the nasty part one day, but cramping stomach and a feelign of nausea for the other three.

I was told by my doctor to steer clear of gatorade because the sugar could just aggrevate the cramping.

[mimitabby]

Better than gatorade with all that sugar and colour and stuff that's so hard to tolerate, get elite electrolyte drops and put in his water! And when I feel like that, room temperature water is too cold. My tummy prefers water that's almost as hot as tea.


Hopefully you all get well super soon,

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

Gee, WHen it occurred to me that electrolyte supplements would be good, i thought, now I'll finally get to try all the expensive powders that DH has been buying. I went to the cupboard, and the only kind in there was gatorade
I was disappointed. I wanted to try the fancy stuff.. but Gatorade was better than the chicken boullion DH insisted I drink. barf.. it wasn't even real chicken!!!!