uuuggg kill me now...

[telophase]

Spent the wee hours of the morning throwing up what seemed like everything I've ever eaten, ever, and not because I was having fun, either. darkisawa reports that his workplace is decimated due to an evil stomach bug, and although he's in a different state than I am, it's a possibility. Except that I haven't had contact with anyone but my mother in the past week. (Well, and a small succession of delivery people, who've had contact with lots of other people, so that's a possibility, I suppose.)

Due to that and the apartment complex's employees engaging in loud, motorized horticulture outside my bedroom walls this morning, I also had such a headache that I went straight for the Relpax without even trying Advil first. Seems to be dying down. Stomach currently feels fine, but I haven't eaten anything yet because I have to get to the grocery store as soon as I can make myself get dressed - I'm down to the last half-roll of toilet paper and that seems like living on the edge at this moment - and I don't want to be pinned down in my apartment until I get supplies.

Off to get dressed. Wish me luck!

Comments

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Got dressed without mishap ... now to find the keys...

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Bleah! You poor thing!

Now I am terrified that my respiratory bug could be joined at any minute by a gastrointestinal bug. Although generally I am far more prone to get the former than the latter.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If there's a GI bug going around, I get it. I have whatever the opposite of an iron stomach is, although it usually doesn't manifest in throwing up. OTOH, although I have allergies most of the time, I really don't get many colds or respiratory things, so I guess that's a silver lining.

We should ahve kids. The combination of our immune systems would either produce kids that dropped dead in infancy or lived forever.

[(Anonymous)]

We are heading out to Fort Worth later this afternoon do you want us to drop you off about four rolls? This should tide you over till you are feeling better.

[(Anonymous)]

That was me Mundee, I'm using someone else's computer.. Sorry!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm up and about and about to head to the store - I want to get potatoes and things in the comfort-food vein - and I think I'm fine at the moment. (No telling what I'll be like *after* I eat, but I'm feeling almost human now that the Relpax has kicked in.) Thanks, though. If I have to turn back from the store I'll give you a call. XD

[nockergeek.livejournal.com]

Be careful; there's a couple of strains of this GI bug going around. According to one of my co-workers' doctor, one of them can last up to 14 days, and be full of... intestinal distress.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely. Well, I shall do my best.

Why couldn't this wait until I was back at work and could take sick days off, instead of spoiling my vacation, I want to know!

[rachel-renee.livejournal.com]

My family and I have been re-sharing a stomach bug for the last week. My kids are all in their second-go-round. So my job, as soon as they are napping is to scour our house to try and cleanse it of this germ infestation, and when they wake up their sheets are going into the washer with HOT water!

It's like trying to exorcise demons or something....

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup. :) I need to clean the apartment - everything I own is pretty much on the floor, and it's full of boxes from Christmas - and I'm thinking as soon as I'm feeling human again, a really good spring-cleaning type of thing would make me feel so much better and hopefully eradicate any remaining viral vestiges.

[rachel-renee.livejournal.com]

Bleach-water in a squirt bottle is your friend!

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

I remember reading a few years ago that people get summer and winter bugs because the germs go through the air ducts in the heating/air-conditioning, I don't know how true that is because logically the heat/cold should kill the germs. But if you have had little contact with anyone and still got sick, it's the only explanation I can think of.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's a possibility. I've had a fair amount of minor contact with people - Mom bought me a jacket and I drove by the place I go to get alterations done to get the sleeves taken up, so I spent five or so minutes with the woman there, and I've gone through drive-through windows and had the aforementioned delivery people give me things, and so on. So it's possible that I picked it up from any of them and just gave it to that nice lady who checked me out at the grocery store. WHo knows?

[nockergeek.livejournal.com]

Any sort of casual contact, especially involving money exchange, and you've got a chance at a nice viral infestation. When you consider that nearly every bill in circulation has trace amounts of cocaine on it, think about what kind of viral or bacterial loads they must have.

[riofriotex.livejournal.com]

The heat/cold in the air ducts is not extreme enough to kill any germs. Most people don't clean/replace the filters in their HVAC systems often enough, though, and that is especially bad for folks with allergies. My dad has a lot of allergies and is a fanatic about changing the filters monthly.