For the first time ever (?), I threw up in a public place on Wednesday. Let me tell you, it was not a fun experience. But I succeeded in doing it very discretely and I don't think anyone noticed. Thank god for the plastic bag I had tucked away in my handbag. Jigs gets a shout out for recommending I take it with me after vomiting on Tuesday night (that time, in our bathroom).
I think I had food poisoning. We ate out at a Mexican restaurant Tuesday night before going to a Sharks hockey game (vs. the MN Wild...the Sharks kicked some serious bottom). I've had a vomiting experience two times after eating at said restaurant, though the first time relates to taquilia, to which I think I have some strange sensitivity. I vomited one other time after eating at a different Mexican restaurant, so I think I'm done with Mexican. Moving on to other ethnicities...
Anyway, after 2 days of fever, chills, and various digestive track-related symptoms (I'll let your imaginations run wild), I'm feeling better. And a little woozy, to be honest. I've eaten a total of one sleeve of saltines, 3 bananas, two cups of jello, and a handful of cereal in the past 48 hours.
Gain 5 pounds during the holiday season? Not me! I'm on the Staphylococcus aureus diet!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Yikes! That sounds awful, Po. My illness has been of the respiratory-discomfort-and-tiredness variety - much more pleasant.
Feel better! Remember the BRAT diet:
bananas
rice
applesauce
toast
Works like a dream.
oooh I'm sorry it was so awful. I wonder if you are allergic to something in Mexican food? I am allergic to a lot of mole sauces, mostly because americans like to sneak peanut butter into mole sauce without telling anyone... (I think it is traditionally made with other kinds of nuts)
JPo - Sorry to hear you are feeling ill, friend. You are in good company with the public vomiting - lil welle has a story involving a norwalk virus and a BART trash can. I have heard that s. aureus food poisoning causes very dramatic projectile vomiting. Never experienced it myself, but I have heard it is quite remarkable. I did, however, catch rotavirus gastroenteritis on my Peds rotation. Fun times.
Lots of fluids and handwashing (just in case it isn't food poisoning) and I hope you feel better!
Shan
Maybe this is the form your racism is choosing to take.
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