Stomach bug....day #6

[inkjunkie]

This is getting old. My stomach is starting to hurt. Seen doc, he said not can be done for it. Lost 13 pounds so far. Afraid to venture outside.

 

[GaryHibbert]

Jeez, your luck is really running bad.  Hope it clears up soon.  I know just what that`s like.  After spending 30 years eating in truck stops, my guts are screwed up like that half the time.

Gary

 

[noboundaries]

IJ, took my wife and me three weeks to get back to feeling normal after our bout with the bug. We each only missed three days from work but the days we were there in those three weeks were not fun. 

Mine hit me in a matter of hours.  Started feeling bad at 3 PM.  By 8 PM I was using all exit ports simultaneously.  I initially thought I had food poisoning but the way it lingered and then my wife catching it the doc confirmed it was a bug that just had to run its course.  I literally have not been that sick since I was a pre-teen. 

Crackers, bread, butter, rice, vanilla ice cream, bananas, white puddings, plain pasta (or with butter), milk, lots of salty soups, and liquids in general.  That's all I could eat when I realized I absolutely had to have something in me.  I could not tolerate proteins (eggs, cheese, or meat), fruits, or vegetables at all until the start of the third week. 

Once the third week passed, then came the opposite problem.  They sell this 99 cent bottle of liquid at Target called Magnesium Citrate.  Problem solved.

 

[timtimmay]

Ugh...hate that. For me spices and oregano oil helps. Fight fire with fire.

 

[bluewhisper]

When the "dust" settles, consider plain yogurt to re-establish your gut microflora.

 

[inkjunkie]

 
Jeez, your luck is really running bad.  Hope it clears up soon.  I know just what that`s like.  After spending 30 years eating in truck stops, my guts are screwed up like that half the time.

Gary

30 years of "gut bombs"? Would think that your nickname would be Irongut....

 
IJ, took my wife and me three weeks to get back to feeling normal after our bout with the bug. We each only missed three days from work but the days we were there in those three weeks were not fun. 

Mine hit me in a matter of hours.  Started feeling bad at 3 PM.  By 8 PM I was using all exit ports simultaneously.  I initially thought I had food poisoning but the way it lingered and then my wife catching it the doc confirmed it was a bug that just had to run its course.  I literally have not been that sick since I was a pre-teen. 

Crackers, bread, butter, rice, vanilla ice cream, bananas, white puddings, plain pasta (or with butter), milk, lots of salty soups, and liquids in general.  That's all I could eat when I realized I absolutely had to have something in me.  I could not tolerate proteins (eggs, cheese, or meat), fruits, or vegetables at all until the start of the third week. 

Once the third week passed, then came the opposite problem.  They sell this 99 cent bottle of liquid at Target called Magnesium Citrate.  Problem solved.

I have never had the bug this bad. Normally it only lasts a day or two...and when I was working I never missed a day, at least that I can remember, for this. Like you, it hit me quickly. I am very concerned about my wife "catching" it. Her immune system is in the toilet....

As for the "opposite problem"....I take 60mg of Oxy a day which causes a "concrete plug up the arse".....I have this stuff called Generlac...aka Poop Juice... to help. When I seen my doc the other day in his somewhat typical smarta** fashion he looked at me and without skipping a beat and said "guess you ain't using the "Poop Juice" lately....

 
When the "dust" settles, consider plain yogurt to re-establish your gut microflora.

Will do.....thanks for the advice....

 

[bluewhisper]

I take 60mg of Oxy a day which causes a "concrete plug up the arse".

That's what killed my mother. She was in intense pain from spinal stenosis and arthritis, and she was on very heavy pain killers. They paralyze the intestines. She survived two kinds of cancer but died of toxic shock from a perforated gut.

I won't go into details about cleaning the bathroom unless you want to PM me about it.

 

[inkjunkie]

 
That's what killed my mother. She was in intense pain from spinal stenosis and arthritis, and she was on very heavy pain killers. They paralyze the intestines. She survived two kinds of cancer but died of toxic shock from a perforated gut.

I won't go into details about cleaning the bathroom unless you want to PM me about it.

Sorry to see this about your Mom. That is what I started taking the Oxy for, lumbar spinal stenosis. Have tried numerous times to get off of the narcotics but sadly can't even get out of bed without it. Between the Oxy, Gabapentin and aspirin I can at least still spend an hour or two a day outside.

My best friend in AZ did not talk to me for a while when he found out about the pain meds. Childhood friend of his was in a car wreck. She ran thru the cycle of pain meds before ending up on Oxy....she ended up developing some sort of serious heart condition directly related to the Oxy.