Food Poisioning!

DELTAQTE · #1 04-14-2002, 01:35 AM

LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD!

Has anyone ever had food poisioning??? And what from????

This is my Sad story:

Tuesday I was in a good mood and didn't feel like cooking. So I found some smoked Oysters in the pantry, busted out the hot sauce and crackers, ate that, and went to bed.

AND I'VE BEEN JACKED UP EVER SINCE!!

My fellow Greeks I feel like I want....to....DIE!

I thought it would go away after a few days, but it got WORSE on thursday!

Pepto Bismol? Didn't work!
Alka seltzer? NOPE!
Nyquil? PUH-LEASE!

I had to go to the big dog's and finally go to the doctor on Friday. He gave me this little pill that is the strongest pill on the market, and I'm GETTING THERE, but I'm still at home on a saturday night not quite ready to face the world.

Why didn't someone tell me it was this bad???

I'm never eating food again(dramatic sign and falls on bed with hand over my forehead).

QTE

Dionysus · #2 04-14-2002, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DELTAQTE
LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD!

Has anyone ever had food poisioning??? And what from????

Yes, two years ago. From some veggies at the cafeteria from my school.

It was pretty traumatic. It effected me for three months. Like you I didn't want to eat anything. I loss like 15 pounds. My doc prescribed me Prevacid, some anti-biotics, and something to calm my nerves. The meds did wonders.

PM_Mama00 · #3 04-14-2002, 01:52 AM

Well, I'm not sure if it was food poisoning or the dirty pool water that I accidentally swallowed. I had the worst ever stomach ache, had to drive from Bowling Green Ohio to Downriver Detroit. Got home, puked. Sat in pain for hours, finally my mom took me to the docs, puked on the way there. Felt like I was gona die!!! Doc said I had a bacterial infection, but it felt like someone poisoned me. She gave me a shot for some kind of flu that was going around. Apparently a lot of people were coming down with this weird flu, so I got one of the last things of the shot. Felt a little better but I didn't eat for a few days. Crackers and Vernors...yep I lived on that. Try warm Vernors (or Canada Dry if thats what you have). You'll be fine in a couple days!

Peaches-n-Cream · #4 04-14-2002, 01:56 AM

Food poisoning is really bad! My sister had food poisoning from leftover Chinese food. It was awful, and nothing helped. Just like you she was sick for three days before she went to the doctor. He said that if she ever got that sick again, she should go to the hospital immediately.

bruinaphi · #5 04-14-2002, 04:36 AM

I got food poisoning last summer. Here's my advice:

1. Drink as much as you can. Gatorade and juice are good b/c they compensate for the fact that you aren't keeping anything down. Make sure you are ALWAYS drinking.

2. Follow the BRAT diet: bread, rice, applesauce, toast. These foods are very mild on the system and will help you get back into normal eating habits.

3. Stay away from meds that your doctor didn't prescribe or recommend to you. Over the counter stomach medicines are not designed to deal with bacterial infections like you get from food poisoning and can actually make you worse rather than better.

Good luck!
Laura

P.S. If you get signs of dehydration and can't keep liquids down for more than 48 hours go back to the doctor and get an IV.

aggieAXO · #6 04-14-2002, 07:31 AM

Pedialyte is best as it does not have sugars that can further dehydrate you by causing diuresis, plus it is a balanced electrolyte solution. Gatorade has sugar in it

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aephi alum · #7 04-14-2002, 08:20 AM

I've had food poisoning, but thankfully only minor cases that went away in a couple of days. (knock on wood)

The best thing to have is water. You're losing a lot of fluids and you have to replenish those. Ginger ale is good; so is chicken broth, and Pedialyte. Go easy on your stomach. When you're feeling a little better, you may want to try baby food.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

dzsaigirl · #8 04-14-2002, 12:48 PM

I got food poisoning from TGI Friday's. I have a very zen sort of control over vomiting so I can keep it down FOREVER before I cave in (this is the only time I have puked since 5th grade!). Anyway, my whole digestive system just stopped. I felt horrible and could feel the food just sitting like 2 days later. Finally I nearly fainted and then it started...ahem...out of both ends. It ended up affecting my stomach for over a month. My appetite was gone. I went from 125 pounds to 110 in that month! I actually had to wean myself back onto food by drinking small sips of water and like, half a cracker. I would literally sit down and say "okay, I am going to eat this cracker and then take a sip of water". It was really bad. It was embarassing too 'cause I would go out with my sisters and they would ask why I didn't touch my food and they started trying to get me to eat 'cause they thought I was anorexic! HELLO!!!!!!!

Dionysus · #9 04-14-2002, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by dzsaigirl
I got food poisoning from TGI Friday's.

What did you eat?

catlady · #10 04-14-2002, 01:49 PM

I've never had food poisoning before, but someone once told me that if you suspect anything, eat yogurt because it's supposed to make it not as bad. Someone else even told me that it's supposed to help prevent food poisoning but I don't know.

ZTAngel · #11 04-14-2002, 02:42 PM

I heard that yogurt is good for you after you have been vomiting. I heard that it is because through vomiting you lose the "good" bacteria that is in your digestive track and yogurt, which contains bacteria and yeast, puts it back in your system. I may be wrong though.

CrimsonTide4 · #12 04-14-2002, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DELTAQTE
LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD LAWD!

Has anyone ever had food poisioning??? And what from????

This is my Sad story:

Tuesday I was in a good mood and didn't feel like cooking. So I found some smoked Oysters in the pantry, busted out the hot sauce and crackers, ate that, and went to bed.

AND I'VE BEEN JACKED UP EVER SINCE!!

My fellow Greeks I feel like I want....to....DIE!

I thought it would go away after a few days, but it got WORSE on thursday!

Pepto Bismol? Didn't work!
Alka seltzer? NOPE!
Nyquil? PUH-LEASE!

I had to go to the big dog's and finally go to the doctor on Friday. He gave me this little pill that is the strongest pill on the market, and I'm GETTING THERE, but I'm still at home on a saturday night not quite ready to face the world.

Why didn't someone tell me it was this bad???

I'm never eating food again(dramatic sign and falls on bed with hand over my forehead).

QTE

Poor SOROR

I have never had food poisoning but from you all's stories I have not missed any thing.

bruinaphi · #13 04-14-2002, 04:01 PM

I was told not to eat yogurt or any dairy products at all while I was sick. I also had a very severe case of food poisoning and wound up having to take two courses of cipro before I was able to eat or function.

I don't know exactly where I got food poisoning, it was somewhere in Ireland within 24 hours of when I got on the airplane to come home. They think I may have gotten it from contaminated water.

To make it worse, the bacteria I got is a reportable disease in the US so I had to deal with calls fromt he health department and all sorts of other stuff. It was one of the worst experiences of my life.

I hope you feel better soon.

TigerGirl52 · #14 04-14-2002, 05:23 PM

First off...I just want to tell you I feel so bad for you. I know how horrible food poisoning can be and I hope you have a speedy recovery. The one time I got food poisoning I seriously thought I was going to die. It was about 5 or 6 years ago on Christmas Day night. I honestly think it was from something I had eaten on Christmas Eve. My stepmom usually cooks alot of seafood dishes on Christmas Eve and I think something may have been contaminated. I woke up the next night writhing in pain. My mom tried to get me back to sleep but it just wasn't happening. She honestly thought I was having an appendicitis because of the way I was holding my side. But to make a long story short....after being in severe pain for about 30 minutes I couldn't take it any longer. I ending up puking for pretty much the rest of the night. The toilet and I became very good friends that night because I had to sleep on the bathroom floor. LOL. I don't think I moved for about a week after that. My body was absolutely exhausted and I was extremely dehydrated. My advice is just get plenty of rest and slowly VERY slowly start weaning yourself back onto food. Hope you feel better SOON!!!

Allison

SSS1365 · #15 04-14-2002, 05:53 PM

I'm lucky enough to have never really had food poisoning. But I wanted to comment on the yogurt thing. Ok, BAD idea to eat or drink any kind of dairy product when you have an upset stomach, or even just a fever for that matter. But they're right to a degree... it would be a good thing for you to eat AFTER your food poisoning is over.

I've never eaten eggs sunnyside up, and as a bio major who has recently taken more of an interest in microbiology, I wouldn't even want to try it! Eggs and meats have to be cooked to a high enough temperature to kill all the bacteria, so if you want to be safe you might want to stay away from stuff that's not cooked all the way through.

Just be careful, and I hope you feel better soon deltaqte!