Kirsten
02-26-2010, 01:09 PM
I was very ill this week with a strange stomach bug, at least I think it must have been a stomach bug.
I began on Monday, with head- and earaches, aching limbs, and a runny nose. Thought I may get a cold. But in the night, I woke up feeling terribly nauseous, very nauseous, and this nausea lasted for more than 24 hours, it was sooo bad! You know, I'm emetophobic, so throwing up would have been a personal disaster, but this time, it was very close. I fought the gagging reflex all the time, I couldn't get up (when I did, my stomach started immediately turning around), I couldn't even care for my girls. I have to confess it wasn't before noon that they got their breakfast, and that I cleaned their litter boxes. I couldn't stay up long enough to make myself some tea, and I didn't eat all day (couldn't have kept it down anyway). It was sooo bad, really. And Luna and Lily were so sweet, but they were also confused and worried. They stayed with me in bed all day, but I felt so bad that I couldn't even talk to them, or pet them. It's been such an awful day.
On Wednesday morning, the nausea started fading. Instead, I felt really weak now and dehydrated, but I was finally able to get up to make some tea and toast. Felt better after I ate something, and later that day, I was even able to get up for a while. Still dealt with flu-like symptoms, though. It's been the same yesterday. Also, I got bellyaches, something I didn't have in the beginning.
Today, I'm still not doing very well. I went out for a short walk, and when I came back, I felt worn out and tired. I'm still not through with this bug, I fear, but I hope the nausea won't come back.
I really wonder what this was. Sort of a stomach virus, I think, but still weird. No diarrhea (yet), no fever (but I barely get fever anyway), just this flu-like feeling and this horrible nausea! Really, Tuesday was so bad, I never felt that ill and helpless before in my entire life, and it's been a scary experience not to be able to care for my girls, or myself!
Kirsten
I began on Monday, with head- and earaches, aching limbs, and a runny nose. Thought I may get a cold. But in the night, I woke up feeling terribly nauseous, very nauseous, and this nausea lasted for more than 24 hours, it was sooo bad! You know, I'm emetophobic, so throwing up would have been a personal disaster, but this time, it was very close. I fought the gagging reflex all the time, I couldn't get up (when I did, my stomach started immediately turning around), I couldn't even care for my girls. I have to confess it wasn't before noon that they got their breakfast, and that I cleaned their litter boxes. I couldn't stay up long enough to make myself some tea, and I didn't eat all day (couldn't have kept it down anyway). It was sooo bad, really. And Luna and Lily were so sweet, but they were also confused and worried. They stayed with me in bed all day, but I felt so bad that I couldn't even talk to them, or pet them. It's been such an awful day.
On Wednesday morning, the nausea started fading. Instead, I felt really weak now and dehydrated, but I was finally able to get up to make some tea and toast. Felt better after I ate something, and later that day, I was even able to get up for a while. Still dealt with flu-like symptoms, though. It's been the same yesterday. Also, I got bellyaches, something I didn't have in the beginning.
Today, I'm still not doing very well. I went out for a short walk, and when I came back, I felt worn out and tired. I'm still not through with this bug, I fear, but I hope the nausea won't come back.
I really wonder what this was. Sort of a stomach virus, I think, but still weird. No diarrhea (yet), no fever (but I barely get fever anyway), just this flu-like feeling and this horrible nausea! Really, Tuesday was so bad, I never felt that ill and helpless before in my entire life, and it's been a scary experience not to be able to care for my girls, or myself!
Kirsten