Well, THAT was no fun.
I seemed to have eaten something yesterday — breakfast and lunch from the same deli — that caused quite a bit of intestinal distress. I thought I might actually go to the hospital last night to check for Appendicitis.
Flushed out my system with lots of liquids instead.
Will return shortly . . .
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May 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Best wishes!
May 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Get Well soon!
May 27th, 2010 at 9:04 am
My sister came down with some stomach flu like symptoms last night and was really sick as well. She’s in the NYC area, so unless you two ate at the same restaurant it might not be food poisoning, maybe somethings going around.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Thanks for sharing your intimate intestinal issues. Best wishes.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Been there, hate it.
I wish you well!
May 27th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Holy moly! I know that is NOT fun. Shitcan that deli for sure.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:15 am
That would be labeled TMI — too much information — in my household. Consider me on a “need to know” basis, and I didn’t need to know.
:-)
Regardless, certainly hope you’re better.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:18 am
I had that about a year or two ago. First it felt like my stomach had a brick in it. After I stopped puking then came the shits. Then the farts. I didn’t know it was possible to fart that much. I could have filled a dirigible. I wondered if the smell would permeate the walls and be a permanent feature of the room I as curled up in. Hell of a cleanout. You’ll feel OK in a couple of days.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Restoring electolyte balance is the most important thing, so something like Pocari will help. An OTC rehydration saltssachet even better.
WRT pharmaceuticals, if you want to stop it dead, Lomotil is the way to go. Imodium (Loperamide) is also good but not so powerful and may take a little longer.
When you think about it, however, you have to get rid of the bacterial/viral/protozoal problem, whereas the pharmaceuticals tend to stop the peristaltic movements and, therefore, hold within for longer.
It’s always an inconvenience for a while and frankly, unless there is a serious infection with fever, the electrolytes work just as well.
Arise again Sir Barry!!
May 27th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Try a couple yogurts to get some healthy bacteria into the plumbing, ginger is as good as OTC stuff for nausea. A daily helping of yogurt is better than national health care LOL! If you don’t like yogurt try Yoplait thicky & creamy Vanilla, it’s almost like ice cream!
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BR: I have yogurt — along with a healthy heap of Blackberries and Blueberries (and when available, Raspberries) every day
May 27th, 2010 at 9:22 am
photos?
May 27th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I had this happen to me on the Gulf Coast a couple years ago. Up all night, but could not, I mean COULD NOT, puke. I wanted to be relieved so badly. Bad shrimp or potato salad was the culprit.
In any event, I hurled enough to make the oil spill look like nothing when it finally happened. Worst nausea I’ve had. Gawd I felt better. The holiday inn on Government Street in Mobile will never be the same.
Feel better. If you want to puke some more…here’s a nice article to read:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7769126/US-money-supply-plunges-at-1930s-pace-as-Obama-eyes-fresh-stimulus.html
May 27th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Rice and Gatorade should make your stomach feel better.
You posted a link about Airplane yesterday, I guess you had the fish.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Singer, how about some “steaming video”
May 27th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Get well soon, BR.
(Singer! rktbrkr! Eeewww!)
May 27th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Barry. These things happen all the time. The guy who made your sandwich probably just got a
little shit on his hand when he was wiping his ass and didn’t wash his hands. He than wiped the shit
by accident on your sandwich. What you have to be careful about are tapeworms because many illegals
have worms and pass it to coworkers. Now if it was a lady who made your sandwich she may have
been bloody and wiped herself and you picked a bacteria. Either way I would make sure to get my hands
on the tapeworm pill. No charge for the free advice. You are on my team and I am looking out for you.
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BR: In polite company we call that e coli !
(All I had was a salad!)
May 27th, 2010 at 9:53 am
BR…put on your favourite fluffy robe, start a nice roaring fire and curl up with a good ipad. You’ll feel better in no time.
May 27th, 2010 at 9:56 am
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past that, BR, GWS !
May 27th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Doc, is he going to make it?
I told him to stay away from that Deli.
He’ll make it, he’s long aapl.
May 27th, 2010 at 10:20 am
get well soon!
May 27th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Nolansdad: lol. Man, that was the most overkill medical evaluation I’ve ever read. It was both scientific and hilarious. I bet you’d be the kind of doctor that would ask a patient to remove all of her clothes when she complained of blurry vision. I can appreciate that.
Thanks anyway!
May 27th, 2010 at 10:28 am
In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Are Largely Ignored
For nearly two decades, Public Enemy No. 1 for the food industry and its government regulators has been a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed hundreds of people, sickened thousands and prompted the recall of millions of pounds of hamburger, spinach and other foods.
But as everyone focused on controlling that particular bacterium, known as E. coli O157:H7, the six rarer strains of toxic E. coli were largely ignored.
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May 27th, 2010 at 10:55 am
too much information … is this the twitter feed or what?
May 27th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Lettuce is what you have to watch out for. Earthbound foods tests for all the E. coli strains. Again get some containers even and grow your own. At least the odds are in your favor for a healthier summer if you grow your own and don’t let cows walk through and shit, and don’t use water that has fertilizer run off in it. Can say that for the big AG farms.
May 27th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Correct that : CAN’T say that for the big AG farms…
May 27th, 2010 at 11:44 am
BR, did you go with organic compounds in which a hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom to do the trick?
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BR: heh heh not this time . . .
May 27th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Hey BR,
Are you sure you were not poisoned for you disparaging remarks about Sir Robert Rubin. ;)
May 27th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
The consensus seems to be the 24 hour stomach virus going around NYC
I feel better, but i still have a metallic taste in my mouth, slight fever, and slight sensitivity in the belly
May 27th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
TMI !!
May 27th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
On the plus side….’Look Honey! I lost 5 pounds!’
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BR: I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.
May 27th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Being long Overstock was bound to come back and bite you.
May 27th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Barry,
It’s a shame you blamed this on a salad. This market makes me sick sometimes too!
May 27th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Can you be more specific BR? Some charts maybe?
May 27th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Output over time? Frequency, volume the like?
Tell me where to get that data, as I failed to keep careful records
May 27th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Dr. North thinks this sounds suspiciously like the Brown Bottle Flu. Only remedy is a Bloody (spicy of course) and a Budweiser. Hope you get feeling better, BR!
May 27th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
For You…Soothing for the Tummy….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYOJQ79DOw&feature=related
May 27th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Fortunately, we have some video footage of Barry’s struggle, recorded for posterity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7l6jg4Hlog
Seriously, dude. Get a haircut.
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BR: That wasn’t my issue . . .
May 27th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Barry I suggest that you eat 3-squares a day at this deli until you feel better; if tomorrow you feel worse you just need to eat more. Continue on this path until you feel better. This is known as keynesian Kaopectate. This very same methodology has worked wonders for resolving the our previous economic crisis as we ar now in a robust economic recovery by continuing to issue debt until our credit problems disappear. Kinda gives new meaning to the timmy two-step!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
late to the porcelain fiesta party, but here goes:
there is no such thing as ‘stomach flu.’ influenza is a respiratory virus.
you might have had gastroenteritis, or just good ol’ food poisoning.
as for the ‘consensus is 24 hr stomach flu’ line… aren’t you the one who keeps warning us correlation is NOT causation?
:)
hm… how do you make the emoticon for ‘hurling?’