stomach flu / food poisoning

Well that's my other consolation when I contemplate worst case scenaria: if I end up with a bag on my gut, I can at least go back to drinking 5 cups of coffee a day and eating genuine szechuan.

Wow, that list! Well done on having the willpower to cut all that stuff out. :/

(reading this thread cz my mother has Crohn's and lately I've had some v. minor but recurring stomach troubles which I am 99% sure are not Crohn's but am beginning to worry they may be something else I don't want to have. I def. need to cut out the sweet sodas even if this turns out to be nothing, and that in itself seems like a big deal right now; nuts, chocolate and alcohol too would be a pretty depressing prospect)

Best wishes for all the ILX Crohn's/colitis sufferers.

If your symptoms start getting more frequent and/or more severe, get your doc to run some tests.
I never was a big soda drinker, but since I can't have sucrose but CAN have corn syrup (and honey, agave nectar, etc) I MUST have a Dr Pepper every day. It's become a thing. But watch, I'll find out in a few years that HFCS and maltitol/other sugar replacements are even worse for Crohn's.

they are. this is a good article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html

Hi, Mr. Jon Lewis. Have you considered that your attack last month could have been diverticulitis? It fits your description of the pain, and I've been through it before.

You can have both UC and Diverticulosis at the same time. I've been through a couple of similar episodes over the years. Toughed it out once, and hospitalized on IV antibiotics another.

On the nicer end of the disease scale, I eat a normal diet and only have to take asacol pills for UC. No complications or steroids.

On the other hand, I re-read that you had a current colonoscopy. That should have shown up, but I've had it missed over the years.

I suppose if it were diverticulitis it's really high up (given the location of my pain that day) and hence maybe beyond the point she reached with the camera scope. I suspect I am already avoiding the things one avoids for diverticula food-wise.

There's quite the IBD posse on ILX! (IBS posers stay out!)

i've had an ongoing stomach bug this past week but i'm also craving spicy thai food. i think the thai food is going to win.

also: if i only have acid reflux, am i too much of a poser for this thread?

my stomach felt like it was playing "Putnam's Camp" by Charles Ives during the night. I was really nervous cuz a friend of mine had a stomach virus recently and I was afraid I got it. in a condo-esque hotel, so I had nothing I could take as the lobby is a mile away.

fortunately it was mild, but like, are there any good natural remedies for this (sour stomach) in situations where I can't get antacids/other products?

Ginger, in whatever form you can find it (including ginger ale).

oooh forgot about ginger ale. thanks!

:-)

a flat sprite/7-up also helps.

Argh. My wife and I were both struck on Monday night what we suspect was food poisoning from something we ate on Sunday. I hate the fact that this afternoon I'm *still* feeling spacey and sluggish and without much appetite. Get better, self!

yep same here, apart from my not having a wife. if i did i assume she would have it too though, assuming we weren't so estranged that we never spent time in close proximity.

This is a useful thread, thank you ILX.

1. Peppermint tea is not good for your stomach, it is an irritant. Ginger is good.

2. Has anybody tried Flagyl? My doctor friend has recommended I take it. It is a gentle antibiotic that she says has positive pro-biotic side-effects.

3. Do not eat whole roast suckling pig.

psyllium husks are very useful for bad stomachs, will help both runs & constipation.
Not sure where you get them from easily elsewhere than Galway. Think I've looked in London before and not found hem as easily.
Here they're in the health food shop in bags for something like €1.29 or €2

Are we talking food POISONING, eating spoilt food...or just a condition like gas or constipation? Because food POISONING, well, even if it isn't that severe, get that checked out!! Seriously, you might end up in a coma or WORSE.

I got food poisoning once on a stuffed mushroom and it was hell. Usually your whole body is involved. I thought I was going to die. It was on Thanksgiving. My family got me some type of sedative, like a Tylenol PM because I was vomiting so much and my fever was very high.

I don't know what I would take, but something to help you rest and lots of water if you don't see a doctor.

Slammed a cup of two week old yogurt and felt bad and crampy within 5 minutes, reported to the bathroom within 15

Damn

Fuck you, 蒙牛

Ironically, the only milk I have trouble digesting is COCONUT MILK which c'mon you aren't even milk, why u gotta play me like that.

This flaw in my otherwise iron-clad GI system made travel in Sri Lanka a bit dicey, because there is delicious coconut milk in basically all of the delicious curries. After a while I worked it out so that I could be like "OK well if I eat this curry now, I should be OK for the 3:00 p.m. train."

what is a good transitional meal between the bananas & rice diet in the aftermath of the liquid shits, and normal greasy eating? bcz this is where i have been fucking up for ten days.

(i seem to be handling yogurt OK)

oatmeal
mashed potatoes
a plain sandwich like turkey, or cheese

those are what helped me, idk how far along you are though

white starchy foods worked p well in all their forms

something with tofu maybe?

that's good, i am white and starchy to begin with

xp

cheese, dairy seems dubious to me but i can try turkey tom'w

I have never prepared oatmeal in my life, but ate it several times in Chicago cuz it's what the health cafe in the hotel was serving.

it's easy, even instant unsweetened packets where you add water would be ok

i only suggested cheese bcz you said you could handle yogurt, but def dont overdo the dairy

yeah i was not about to fall into a pizza

Do you have a microwave?

i do, couldn't live w/out it

Oatmeal is dead easy then. Don't get that microwave crap in packets; even regular "old fashioned" oats are microwaveable. 1.75:1 water to oats ratio (ymmv), pinch of salt, nuke three minutes; add a spoonful of butter, splash of milk, sweetener of choice, handful of dried fruit.

Brat diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. But I also recommend psyllium husk which will help absorb liquid. Which you should be drinking a bunch of, regardless.

heheh, you don't understand what constitutes "too much work" in the kitchen for me.

(ie, that) xp

yeah ive been doing the fucking BRAT diet since a week Thursday, and relapse every time i think im over it.

i keep no butter or salt or sweetener in my home.

psyllium husk, aka the main ingredient in good ol' metamucil

oh well, then
xp

lol

i wasnt suggesting instant oatmeal bcz its *good *- i know my audience :)

pasta might be good to try

w/out the sauce?

yeah, tomato sauce would prob be too acidic

a splash of soy sauce or a little bit of olive oil for flavor? idk - i would say butter but since yr no butter you're on your own :)

cooled off cooked potato (has resistant starch which can soothe your gut), add some salt/olive oil

very tired of drinking gatorade and then throwing it all up as soon as I lie down. worst halloween weekend ever.

That sucks. A colleague of mine is out from work with food poisoning or stomach flu. I am really hoping it's the former.

Anyone in NYC for it recently? Brutal one and everyone's getting it

Anyone in NYC for it recently? Brutal one and everyone's getting it
--Iago Galdston

I got mine in Austin, which is way cooler.

My colleague was in Austin for a conference last week.