Or maybe it was the flu. April 13, 2007 ~ 12:23 pm
Posted by Julie in : Assorted Ailments, Da Cats , trackbackI ended up on the bus with someone from Publications last night and told her of my food poisoning woes. I told her I was still puzzled by what had caused the whole damn thing, since both bologna and spinach tasted fine when they went down (although after puking for 7+ hours, I do not think that either of them will ever taste fine to me again). She said “Do you think you had that flu that’s going around? It comes on fast.” Come again, what? There was a flu going around? Well, that would explain the bodyaches and continued stomach problems I had even after the puking stopped. I just can’t figure out how even though I get a damned flu shot every year, I still end up getting the flu at least once, possibly more. Why am I so prone to getting sick? I eat my fruits and veggies. I have dairy. I haven’t eliminated meat from my diet, although I am a lot less likely to eat red meat than I used to be. What the hell is going on?
Mom is on her way in with the Piss Crusader. This will require some refiguring of logistics. Freddie is mostly good, although he can get way too aggressive when playfighting with Joe. Freddie also humps blankets (seriously. I have no clue what that is about. From what I’ve read, it’s when he feels neglected or traumatized. Apparently he felt neglected while we were trying to sleep last night because Rick said the cat was messing with the blankets for half the night.). And he chews at things like a dog. Was he weaned to early? Has he just not had enough time being around other cats to even these issues out? Who the hell knows. We’ll see how adding a Piss Crusader to the mix changes the dynamic.
This weekend is going to be fuuuuuuun.
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Damn girl! I hope you’re feeling better! It sucks to be sick!
Dude, that sucks. Do you take vitamins? Maybe it’s stress. I don’t know. I’m rarely sick, so I’m not sure.
Yay! Fun with kitties all weekend long! Sounds like more fun than fun with my dog that eats toilet paper…
Your friendly nurse is here with some info! First of all, the flu vaccine is a vaccine for the three most common/expected forms of the flu. Second of all the flu is the sickness where you get feverish, lungish, achy, and coughy/snotty. NOT the vomiting diarrhea type. Vomiting/diarrhea type is NOT a flu, it’s gastroenteritis. COMPLETELY different, so even if you got the flu shot, it will never protect against gastroenteritis.
At least the GI sickness usually comes and goes a lot quicker than the flu, which can take people down for over a week.
Also, if it came and went pretty quickly, it was probably viral, and not food poisoning. Food poisoning is more like the one you had last year when you were sick for so long. It causes a lot of damage because it’s more likely bacterial.
Now, don’t you feel better already?
Hmmm, what kind of spinach was it? Was it bagged or loose? This sounds like what my friend had last week. He ate Mexican and bagged lettuce and then puked on the hour for 10 hours. So it was either some bad leafy greens or don’t eat at Fiesta in Anderson, SC.
Good luck with the cats this weekend! Does Freddie hump all the time or does he knead the blanket too?
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Last time I got the flu, I had a flu shot first as well, so now I don’t bother. And I haven’t gotten the flu since. I bet it’s the shot getting you sick.