oh jesus

[prog]

i just got fuckin food poisoning from Alex Pizza. I think. In a serious serial barf-mode. Poor Zarf had to listen twice, and then I made him get me from stomachey things I remembered from last year's poisoning, back when I had a health care plan with a dial-a-nurse option. (That was from some cheapie Thai place, I can't even remember which now.)

Wish me luck.

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[keimel.livejournal.com]

When you can keep it down, water. And more water. Hydration.

Good luck.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Z just handed me a 2-liter of Ginger Ale (with Pepto Bismol for a chaser) and said "Try not to - if you will - spend it all in one place." O funny guy.

[keimel.livejournal.com]

Mmmm yes, ginger - good for settling the stomach. USually the sugar content is too much for my upset stomach though to be helpful.

But still, good luck.

[kahuna-burger.livejournal.com]

unfortunately, most widely available ginger ales have zero actual ginger these days. When I was morning sick I kept Whole Foods in business buying like 5 sixpacks at a time of the yuppy organic ginger brews with actual ginger listed in the ingredients.

In addition to the hydration, for the next day or so, stick with plain white rice, boiled chicken or hamburger and bland bread products. If you scarf down rich food the moment you feel hungry again, your poor abused GI tract will tell you what-for, even if its "over" the initial insult.

[rserocki.livejournal.com]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

ew, i hope you feel better quick!

it might be worth your while to pass your suspicions along to the city health department.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't feel alone; that's happened to me before. Just drink lots of water or juice, and try not to think about it...

bummer!

[taskboy3000.livejournal.com]

It's amazing that I never hear of people getting food poisoning from eating dog food. Try that.

Also, nice to see you can blog and puke at the same time.

Get well soon, jmac.

[radiotelescope.livejournal.com]

If you really want (and while you're sick, you probably don't have the energy) I have a recipe for making actual ginger soda out of actual ginger. Not that it's complicated -- chop up ginger root and boil it in sugar water for a while. With cloves. Refrigerate, then add to seltzer and drink.

(2 inches of ginger root, diced. 400 grams sugar. Lime or lemon juice. A couple of cloves. Add 2 liters boiling water, stir, let cool. Add one drop of almond extract. When you use it, let the ginger bits sit at the bottom of the bucket; they're tough.)

[leighjen.livejournal.com]

We do something like that, except that we add it to tonic water (lemon and lime already added). We have tried to add cloves but had never thought of the almond extract. I will have to make sure my husband, the cook, see this.

[katre50.livejournal.com]

I just go for ginger tea, myself. Same idea: chop up a bit of ginger, toss it in a teacup with hot water, start sipping. It's nice and fresh and you can keep adding hot water for two or three cups' worth.

[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

meerkitty showed me how to make a wicked good ginger tea simply out of boiling a whole bunch of cut up ginger root, straining into a mug, and adding honey as you desire.

Food poisoning sucks. I had a horrible time at Pop!Tech last month, because I was sick still from a bad case of food poisoning.

[doctor-atomic.livejournal.com]

You might just have bug. Just sayin.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I might, but this is following the same pattern as an illness that struck me last July, which the Dial-A-Nurse said was almost definitely food poisoning. So that's what I'm calling it. (That, and the fact that I got sick within minutes of wolfing down the pizza & beer in question.)