[Closed] Norovirus

Stay near a bucket

[quote=FuzzyWuzzy said]Stay near [s]a[/s] two buckets

FTFY 😉

doctors? thats my usual "im sick" goto...

just saying..

I resorted to sitting on the toilet with a pedal bin on my knee 🙂

It's not very nice at all, but the upside is that it is pretty shortlived.

We were all back on the mend within 24 hours though and feeling decent after 72.

doctors? thats my usual "im sick" goto...

Then you haven't been here long enough. You gotta have faith! 😀

I had two bouts of sickness in December one last 4 days the other I was wrecked for 9 days! It's bloody horrid, you have my sympathies 🙁

Don't the doctors say not to go in if you think that you have norovirus?

Yeah don't go near the doctors, not that you'll feel confident being away from a toilet for more than five minutes anyway.

T'missus had a phone appointment with the doc. They said to stay hydrated and wait for it to pass.

Just did the cat litter, even she's got the shits!

Sad face 🙁

Spent all boxing day catherine wheeling thanks to the norovirus

Just did the cat litter, even she's got the shits!

Yeah yeah blame the cat.

Had it the other year. There's nothing to be done except let it take its course. Try and get some rehydration salts doen if you can manage it.

One tip for others: if you get some immodium down at the first sign of stomach cramps, your toilet trips are at least limited to one end.

Suggestions for what to do with myself today?

Stay away from people for 48hrs, to reduce transmitting your misery to other people.

I pretty much stayed in the bathroom for two days. Horrible experience. Wife and 3 yr old son got it as well, and we all overlapped by a day.

Stay hydrated, avoid people, be religious about washing your hands, and wait. That's about all you can do.

Takes about a week to get your eating back to normal as well.

Suggestions for what to do with myself today?

out of date chilli and lime marinated mackerel fillets

put them under the grill for 8 minutes, whilst drunkenly forgetting to turn the grill on, realise your mistake but eat them anyway cos you're drunk and haven't had a good feed since yesterday lunchtime..

it will make norovirus feel like a favourite childhood memory in comparison

I heard a lovely little article about a Norovirus vaccine on R4 t'other day. Seems it's at the testing on people stage, in order to test they've go to infect - the only way to infect is to "feed" the volunteers a diluted sample of infected poo. Yum 😯

Do not go to the docs, it's unbelievably infectious - stay at home, keep hydrated and sit it out.

Had it a couple of weeks ago. The only upside I can think of is that I had the sh!ts first, so the lid was still up on the loo when I projectile vommed from the bathroom doorway. Only a few tiny splashes missed, quite impressed with the aim, thankfully! 😳

so far today i have managed to eat 4 dry jacob's crackers and half a mug of parsnip soup.

the only question now is... am i looking at vesuvius or mount st helens this afternoon?

note to architects:

All baths should be in vomming range when seated on the bog.

I got it, cleared up pretty quick but had butterflies in my stomach everytime I ate, came back with a vengence 9 days later!

[i]note to architects:

All baths should be in vomming range when seated on the bog. [/i]

So [i]that's[/i] what a bidet's for!

came back with a vengence 9 days later!

not the sort of thing i want to hear!

in other news, sherlock holmes: game of shadows is shite.

what shall i watch next?

charlie and the chocolate factory?

The bit with Augustus Gloop in particular.

Contracting the norovirus was the worst I have ever felt.

It the vomming only lasted 24hours but felt awful for another 72

All baths should be in vomming range when seated on the bog.

Pros just lay in the bath, with shower running/no plug in, and let nature take it's course.