Stomach Bug

United States
January 29, 2007 1:06pm CST
Holy crap, nothing can cripple ya quicker than the stomach bug. Hubby came down with it last night and crashed on the couch before dinner. The bug hit me sometime after I went to bed. Gut wrenching pain kept me awake for most of the night. Hubby is a bit better today. But, I was down for the count this morning. I woke at 7 to get our grandson ready for school. Hubby finished the task. I woke at 10:30, drank a half cup of tea and went back to bed at 11:00. I just woke at 1:45, and my head isn't spinning, but the pain in my abdomen comes and goes. A little reminder that I am not out of the woods yet. Hopefully by tomorrow I will be better.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I am sorry that you are sick. I hate it when I feel yucky. Hope you and your husband both feel up to par again really soon. :)
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 Jan 07
Goodness Elusive I hope you get better soon to I know that is the most awful thing when it just hits you I hope you have gone back to Bed to try and get rid of this Get better soon and get back on here soon
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• United States
29 Jan 07
I am having a cup of warm green tea with ginseng, honey and lemon. It makes me feel a bit better.
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• United States
29 Jan 07
Oh dear...get better and soon *hugs* Yea, after me saying that I hadn't gotten sick this winter yet and what do you know I come down with? lol Thankfully I haven't gotten the "stomach" bug part of it, hopefully I don't...
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• United States
29 Jan 07
I hope you don't either....it is horrible. I am off to bed again! My eyes are burning and my tummy is growling, but I refuse to eat until tomorrow. : )
@suscan (1955)
• United States
30 Jan 07
The flu bug can lay you low,it is going around here,too. My doctor was out of work for two days because of it.Hope you are feeling beter.
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• United States
30 Jan 07
I am feeling much better. I am sure that as the day goes on I will be back to myself.
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• United States
30 Jan 07
We've all been battling it here too. And with me, it's taken nearly a week to completely kick out. All 3 kids took anywhere from 24 hours to 3 days. I'm just more stubborn! lol Take care and get your rest. I had horrible headaches with mine too.. and so did my kids.
• United States
30 Jan 07
Today I woke with a pounding headache. I stammered out of bed and downed a couple of ibuprofen. Two hours later I woke feeling somewhat better. The headache is gone, although I still feel a little fuzzy. It could have been from lack of fluids. Today I will be drinking more fluids.
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• United States
30 Jan 07
Hope everyone in your home is up and running again.
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@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I am sorry that you are sick, I hope you get better soon.I had this a month ago but I had the chills, fever and coughing. And I'm still coughing. So I no how you feel.Take care get plenty of rest and drink a lot of water. Eat some chicken noddles soup.
• United States
29 Jan 07
I will get some chicken noodle soup tomorrow. In the meantime, maybe some toast will be okay.
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
30 Jan 07
Hope you would recover soon yea ... i notice such virus won't heal immediately so do endure , meantime you might spend more time in mylot and response to more discussion yea
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@rubypatson (1841)
• India
30 Jan 07
Did you take any medications, it is caused by what?, anyway hope you will feel better by now, wishing you a speedy recovery
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• United States
29 Jan 07
Poor Butterfly and Husband (hopefully not grandson), Here's some love to hope you are all feeling better quickly ~Donna
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• United States
29 Jan 07
Grandson seems okay, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. He is back with Momma tonight so she will have the joy of cleaning up if it should happen.
• United States
29 Jan 07
Oh goodness, stomach bugs are yucky. I hope you are feeling better very soon. And I'm glad your hubby is feeling better.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
Well all the best of luck and getting better and if i could i would help you dear! I hope that you and hubby both get better by tomorrow! The flu bug always suck and can really keep you in bed and that is the best solution. Lots of sleep and remember feed a cold and starve a fever!! God bless you and yoru family!!!
• Canada
30 Jan 07
Ugh I hate when I get the flu . It seems because there are so many of us that generally when the flu goes around here it is a never ending story . We have been lucky this year though as it hasn't hit us that often or that bad . Hope it stays that way for awhile . Hope you feel better soon :)
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@IMHO_Dan (174)
• India
30 Jan 07
Hi Elusive i hope that u are feeling much better now.Stomach bug ok i need to think on ways to prevent it n do some research on it.
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@krazzyk (78)
• United States
30 Jan 07
awwn i hope u fell better. i remember when i had 1, nd went to audition for something at my school and had to leave.
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• Kuwait
29 Jan 07
what do you mean by stomach bug?is it an insect or a name of sickness that you got but you said your hubby just crashd one at the couch before dinner so it means its insect, maybe you need a thorough cleaning from the insect fighter. you need to make sure that it will go or die for once because maybe it has virus that can hurt you and your family so bad.
@MakDomMom (1474)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Stomach bug is a slang term for the Flu
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• United States
30 Jan 07
Mak, thanks for letting Annette know what I meant. I never thought to explain that "bug" was a slang term.
@clownfish (3272)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Hi! I hope you feel better soon, sweetie! I had the flu last week - for about 4 days. It took me forever to feel better, and I'm still trying to get back into my routine without wanting to sleep through half of it! LOL Just sleep it off and you'll be better soon! :-)
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I feel so bad for you I know the stomach bug can be awful. Try not to eat and if you do eat only soup or something very light. Im sure by tommorrow you will feel alot better. I hope. Get lots of rest. And feel better.
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Theres absolutely nothing worse...it just completely floors you. Get lots of rest and hopefully you feel better soon.
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• United States
29 Jan 07
I hope it passes soon and you feel better fast! I can feel for you on the pain and such. Not from a stomach bug though. I had a gaulbladder infection back in October of 2005. I had no insurance so I tried to see if my pain would go away before I went in. Obviously it didn't. It was so painful that I could only sleep 15 minutes at a time, and I kept puking up water that I drank. Luckily my daughter was still in a crib, so she played in there while I tried to nap, and I would feed her and change her in between to keep her happy. I had no one to help me out. When mom got home, I got a babysitter and she took me to the hospital. Then I got kept there for 2 nights. I guess the moral is, be thankful it's not a gaulbladder infection? I don't know. I just hope that you feel better soon, because I know how badly sick pain can suck and keep people from sleeping.
@lifeiseasy (2292)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Well do be careful..we all came down with a stomach flu but then it all turned into a cold and sore throat then strepp throat...that was 2 weeks ago ...feeling better but slow to get well...hope you feel better very soon...it seems this year has been extremely bad for all kinds of viruses...