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...what the hell is one supposed to do when one is extremely hungry and thirsty but cannot get more than a tiny sip of water to settle without throwing up? And hasn't eaten in about 24 hours or had much of anything to drink since a bit later last night, and also had major fluid loss due to diarrhetic nastiness? Nastiness accompanied by considerable pain, no less?

Bloody being sick. Bloody not being able to get a proper sick day due to being a temp.

Edit: about four ounces of grape juice safely down, yay! (At least for the moment.) And craving...frosted cheerios? My body has been very specific about such things as of late.

Although I did forget to bitch about not having a doctor or health insurance or particularly much money. Consider that bitched.

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[callunav.livejournal.com]

That sucks immensely.

One thing that /might/ help - for some reason sweetened drinks often stay in the stomach better than water. You'd think water would be most inoffensive, wouldn't you? But apparently not. You might try tiny sips of gingerale - not too fizzy - or, if you're up for fixing it, tiny sips of sweetened peppermint tea.

I hope you feel better soon!

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

I have tried ginger ale, at Cyn's suggestion, and that pretty much popped back up. :/

I'm thinking of trying a wee bit of the grape juice in the fridge. If I can get it to stay down, at least I'll get a little sugar with my water...

I hope so too. Especially with the whole no health insurance and no doctor thing. That gets nervewracking.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Aie! It sounds like what I had over the July 4th weekend - nasty, nasty stuff. Fortunately the nastiness abated after about a day and a half.

Fortunately *hugs* type-hugs don't transmit bugs...

[wired-lizard.livejournal.com]

...day and a half, phew! I hope mine's on a similar timer.

*hugs* That they don't.

...and that's a very spiffy icon!

...and how are you? I don't recall seeing you around much; what's up?

[callunav.livejournal.com]

Considering your symptoms, it seems extremely likely that you have a Norwalk virus, in which case you should be expect maybe 36 hours of the violent symptoms you're describing, followed by a couple days of being limp as a rag in the aftermath.

One way to peg the Norwalk virus is the extremely reliable incubation period. If you are in contact with someone who gets sick, and between 24 and 48 hours later - often 24 on the dot, I've found - you get sick, and whoever is around when you get sick gets sick 24 to 48 hours later...it's a Norwalk. The first couple times I saw this around, the first person to get sick was convinced it was food poisoning, because it hit so fast, so hard, and so concentratedly on the digestive system. When the next person got sick with the same symptoms *exactly* 24 hours later, the food poisoning diagnosis seemed less plausible.

It's awfully contagious, unpleasant, and *brief*. If that's what you have, I wouldn't personally bother with too much testing of whether you can keep things down. You should feel significantly better (and exhausted) within the day, and can sip your gingerale or whatever then.

Sympathy. Being sick sucks. At least, if it is a Norwalk virus, you have the dubious comfort of knowing there's not a damned thing a doctor could do for you, anyhow.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

And if it's a Norwalk virus, washing your hands obsessively is the best way to keep your loved ones from being infected too.

As a note, Norwalk virus is often transmitted via food, in which case, it IS, technically, food poisoning. (The Pro-MED editors like to point this out.)

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

Immediately before wired_lizard got sick, the following occurred:

Last Tuesday, my coworker Sandy called in sick completely unexpectedly.

On Thursday, Sandy came back but my coworker Dana called in sick completely unexpectedly.

On Sunday, I had what I assumed was an allergy attack but which also matches my body's general reactions when I'm fighting something off.

On Monday I called in sick. Around 11 am my body told me to get it onions. I obliged, and in an hour I was feeling fine again.

This pretty much fits what you're talking about. I wouldn't at all be surprised that my body was able to fight off something like that; I've stopped worse things in their tracks. If so, I probably ended up giving Tory the virus I got from Sandy via Dana. :/

[paper-crystals.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

[cleverthylacine]

A trip to the ER may be in order if this goes on--if you become dehydrated, you could become seriously ill quite fast. Diarrhea has been known to kill people through electrolyte loss and dehydration leading to blood chemistry imbalances that can kill you, so please get seen, because you might need IV fluids if you don't keep liquids down after 36 hours.

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

No more grape juice if you are having diahhrea. Juice has a tendency to aggravate diarrhea. Personally, I'd go for sweetened soda, sports drink, or tea with sugar. In a pinch, water with a tablespoon of sugar thrown in it. (Sugar is good). This is one of those times when you gotta screw the dieticians.

Also small amounts and then wait.

Frosted cherioes without milk is a pretty safe starting munchy. Chicken soup, if you can stomach it, is also very good and has the advantage of being somewhat salty and full of fluid.

Personally, I'd avoid all solids until you've been vomit free for at least 4 hours, preferably 6. Your tummy is very very tender.

[telepwen.livejournal.com]

Apple juice in small doses.

Boiled rice in really small doses after you can keep some apple juice down.

When you feel a little better, a Saltine or a Ritz cracker or two.

Water.

Work your way up from there.

Other than that, you can call me. I'm good at this shit.

[telepwen.livejournal.com]

This is assuming that the ER is out of the question. 'Cause that's my first suggestion, really, when it gets down to it.

IV fluids are what you really need, but the above advice will help if the ER is not feasible.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I won't be able to get her on my medical insurance until January.

[nevacaruso.livejournal.com]

*long distance cuddles and lurve*

Hope you feel better soon!

[nevacaruso.livejournal.com]

(because everyone has already given the good advice.)