Yesterday morning I think I had a case of food poisoning. It started off with a very crampy stomach ache whilst I was writing the blog post, I initially didn't think much of it as that's a regular occurrence for me, a result of the Metformin I take for diabetes, it's known for causing stomach upsets. However, it very rapidly developed into diarrhoea and projectile vomiting (sorry, TMI I know). All I can say is I'm glad our toilet and wash basin are right next to each other, as I needed both at the same time 😳. For the next couple of hours I more or less lived in the bathroom, then once the D&V stopped I was overcome with tiredness and slept in my recliner armchair for 2 hours, highly unusual for me during the day. When I woke up I felt so much better, the whole episode had lasted around 5 or 6 hours. But it meant our picnic in the park had gone out the window, on the nicest weather day this year, what a waste of a beautiful day.
I can't remember the last time I was sick.... husband was fine so I can only assume it was something I ate, we had different meals for dinner Tuesday evening. Husband had gammon, egg and chips for his dinner, I had fishcakes and salad, perhaps it was the fishcakes? Although I was feeling better by late afternoon, I thought it was prudent not to eat much for dinner yesterday (obviously I'd had no lunch), so I just had a little scrambled egg and a few beans. Husband had sausages with his bigger portion of eggs and beans. I feel ok this morning.
It's not picnic weather today, the temperature has dropped and it's cloudy with the possibility of some showers. Never mind, there'll be another nice sunny day soon. I've got the rest of the cheap Easter veg to deal with today, think I'll make a pot of spicy carrot and parsnip soup and another tray of roasted roots. I'll save a couple of carrots for a cake to make tomorrow - carrot, date and walnut.... except it'll be pecans not walnuts, as that's what I have in. The cake will be frozen for our visitors.
Oh, no. Poor you. I'm glad it was relatively short lived, but even so...
ReplyDeleteTake it easy for a couple of days to let your body recover. Hugs. xx
Yes definitely a wasted sunny day, hope you're heaps better today, fish can often be the cause of tum upsets.
ReplyDeleteIf it was a bagged or boxed salad, rather than one you made up yourself, that's likely to have been the culprit. I can't eat them because of the chlorine wash bagged salads go through, I'm allergic to that. But the doctor also told me that the salads are washed in huge drums, and occasionally leaves stick together sometimes and don't always get a full wash. This means those bagged salads can have traces of e-colii from the soil in them.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds pretty grim! Glad it's cleared up now, and no lasting ill effects. It can leave you a bit wrung out, though (partly because of the dehydration).
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry that you were so ill. I understand perfectly about needing the sink and toilet at the same time. In my case it was the bathtub and the toilet.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.