10-19-2005, 09:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-19-2005, 09:43 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
Diahrrea! Hard to spell, even harder to cope with.
The backstory
I went to England last week-end where we partook in some of the local eateries, among others a chinese restaurant and a shady-looking Indian place. We had some hot food both places. At the Indian place, I also had the chocolate ice cream for dessert.
The story:
Fast forward to Tuesday morning. Having returned home monday evening, I woke up having to go to the bathroom, which never happens. I was astounded to learn that I suffered from diahrrea. After bitching and moaning to myself for a few minutes, I composed myself and went about my day. The bathroom-trips increased in time, and I do believe I clocked in about 10-12 visits that day. Wednesday is now over, and I have yet to rid myself of this menace. I've avoided dangerous foods, drunk boiled water and eaten a norwegian flat bread that supposedly helps against this sort of thing. It haven't. I've tried other things. Coke (intake of sugar helps, according to Wikipedia), salty crackers (same with salt) and blueberry jam (which according to my father also helps). I also took two pills of something called "Ido Form", but those haven't kicked in yet.
I should mention that I've contacted everyone I had dinner with in London, and none of them are experiencing anything similar. Granted, I was the only one who had the ice cream saturday evening, but that was 3 days before it started. I had a BLT sandwhich at Stansted airport monday afternoon, but I checked the expiration date, and it was fine. I don't know what's causing this. Divine retribution?
I'm looking for more helpful hints and tips on how to cope with this. I'm drinking plenty of fluids (water and coke), but is there anything more I can do? I suspect most of you have gone through this one time or another and have a good idea of what works and what doesn't. Also, Doc, if you see this, and if you are indeed a Doc(tor), please tell me what to do. The pain from having to go the bathroom so frequently is so intense, I feel short-winded when I'm done.
Apologies in advance if this post upsets anyone. I don't know what to do.
The backstory
I went to England last week-end where we partook in some of the local eateries, among others a chinese restaurant and a shady-looking Indian place. We had some hot food both places. At the Indian place, I also had the chocolate ice cream for dessert.
The story:
Fast forward to Tuesday morning. Having returned home monday evening, I woke up having to go to the bathroom, which never happens. I was astounded to learn that I suffered from diahrrea. After bitching and moaning to myself for a few minutes, I composed myself and went about my day. The bathroom-trips increased in time, and I do believe I clocked in about 10-12 visits that day. Wednesday is now over, and I have yet to rid myself of this menace. I've avoided dangerous foods, drunk boiled water and eaten a norwegian flat bread that supposedly helps against this sort of thing. It haven't. I've tried other things. Coke (intake of sugar helps, according to Wikipedia), salty crackers (same with salt) and blueberry jam (which according to my father also helps). I also took two pills of something called "Ido Form", but those haven't kicked in yet.
I should mention that I've contacted everyone I had dinner with in London, and none of them are experiencing anything similar. Granted, I was the only one who had the ice cream saturday evening, but that was 3 days before it started. I had a BLT sandwhich at Stansted airport monday afternoon, but I checked the expiration date, and it was fine. I don't know what's causing this. Divine retribution?
I'm looking for more helpful hints and tips on how to cope with this. I'm drinking plenty of fluids (water and coke), but is there anything more I can do? I suspect most of you have gone through this one time or another and have a good idea of what works and what doesn't. Also, Doc, if you see this, and if you are indeed a Doc(tor), please tell me what to do. The pain from having to go the bathroom so frequently is so intense, I feel short-winded when I'm done.
Apologies in advance if this post upsets anyone. I don't know what to do.
