27-01-2021, 11:20 PM
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Get well soon Minx. We need your sunny self here!
I was best man for my brother when he got married (for the third time). My nephew (his son from the first time around who is only 7 years younger than me an also my closest friend in the world) and I sat up till the wee hours the night before getting our speeches just right. We ordered a seafood pizza and crashed. The next morning we felt a little off but put it down to the beer or six we had with the pizza the night before. It was a morning wedding and by the time 11 am came round we were ready to heave. Bad baby clams will do that do you. Greg, said nephew got through it OK but I had to excuse myself from the wedding party twice to go and throw up. Then I had to sit down and just look at the amazing wedding feast all day. I couldn't eat a thing and was told I looked green.
28-01-2021, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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Me too, Tabby.Never felt so ill in me life.
The Doc confirmed it after test results.
28-01-2021, 12:58 PM
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Minx, when I had it for that long period, I was at my GP three times, and they flatly refused ABs. I’d been given them before for food poisoning and knew they worked. So they let me remain ill for all that time. The sickness was off and on and eventually after 2.5 weeks I was back there, seeing the very same GP who had refused. Her words? ‘You don’t look well, I’m sending you to hospital.’ Oh hallelujah!!!!!!She called the ED and then typed out a letter which I took with me. I was then fast tracked from the waiting area, but all they did was attach a drip, which kept setting off the alarm every time I went to the loo. I was put into a side room, was freezing cold, the cannula was put into my elbow, and at 6.30am was taken to AAU. I had my own room and bathroom, and a proper bed and blankets, but was disturbed all day and the following night with the OBs. But they did put me on two different ABs immediately and by that afternoon I was begging for some food. I was, at last, recovering.
I had to see the GP again the following week for something else and smugly told her I had ABs, but forgot to mention the three saline bags.
What made me so angry was I knew what was wrong with me, and what could help make it better, but no...they thought better.
28-01-2021, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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Minx, didn't your doctor send a sample away for testing before he disgnosed???Take it easy, and I hope you're on the mend again soon.
28-01-2021, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I guess the doctor was being cautious. Diarrhoea is a less common symptom of covid. A friend had it but he also had hallucinations and a high fever. I hope you are feeling better Minx. I last had food poisoning courtesy of a Premier inn salad back in 2002. I think I was diagnosed with norovirus. I also had it a couple of times in the 80s. Once from pork chops when I didn't really know how to cook. It's really horrible. You have my sympathies.
Black tea with no sugar and toast is the best x
28-01-2021, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I hope you are feeling better Minx, getting anything wrong with you while Covid is doing the rounds can make it very difficult to get a proper diagnosis over the phone, and even harder to get the treatment that you need. Prawns are Foxy's nemesis, they have the same effect as Green Kryptonite has on Superman. It took me several bouts of crippling illness before it became apparent it was the prawns that done it....I can eat every other type of seafood, including shrimps and scampy, so it's quite a mystery why it's just prawns that my body rejects....
28-01-2021, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by keezoy
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Get well soon Minx. We need your sunny self here! I was best man for my brother when he got married (for the third time). My nephew (his son from the first time around who is only 7 years younger than me an also my closest friend in the world) and I sat up till the wee hours the night before getting our speeches just right. We ordered a seafood pizza and crashed. The next morning we felt a little off but put it down to the beer or six we had with the pizza the night before. It was a morning wedding and by the time 11 am came round we were ready to heave. Bad baby clams will do that do you. Greg, said nephew got through it OK but I had to excuse myself from the wedding party twice to go and throw up. Then I had to sit down and just look at the amazing wedding feast all day. I couldn't eat a thing and was told I looked green.
What a tale of woe! Seafood is definitely a trigger for food poisoning but perhaps there was a slight element of alcohol poisoning involved as well. You poor thing - I’m sure unrelated people thought that you were just hungover !
I hope your speech hit the right note! I hope they’re happily married!
28-01-2021, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzi
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Minx, when I had it for that long period, I was at my GP three times, and they flatly refused ABs. I’d been given them before for food poisoning and knew they worked. So they let me remain ill for all that time. The sickness was off and on and eventually after 2.5 weeks I was back there, seeing the very same GP who had refused. Her words? ‘You don’t look well, I’m sending you to hospital.’ Oh hallelujah!!!!!!She called the ED and then typed out a letter which I took with me. I was then fast tracked from the waiting area, but all they did was attach a drip, which kept setting off the alarm every time I went to the loo. I was put into a side room, was freezing cold, the cannula was put into my elbow, and at 6.30am was taken to AAU. I had my own room and bathroom, and a proper bed and blankets, but was disturbed all day and the following night with the OBs. But they did put me on two different ABs immediately and by that afternoon I was begging for some food. I was, at last, recovering.
I had to see the GP again the following week for something else and smugly told her I had ABs, but forgot to mention the three saline bags.
What made me so angry was I knew what was wrong with me, and what could help make it better, but no...they thought better.
Like you, I experienced a case of food poisoning when I was 22. That landed me in hospital on drips and on antibiotics so I know the feeling well. It’s the tummy ache that’s unbearable.
I bet your GP still thinks she knows better!
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