What do you do after the stomach flu?

Last night I woke up with the stomach flu (not influenza). I threw up for 5 hours but didn't really have diaharrea.  Just small stools. Mostly I was throwing up. Almost exactly a year ago I had the same thing but had alot of diaharrea and ended up bleeding. I was on Prednisone last year. This year no Prednisone - I've been off of it since Oct and have been feeling like I'm in remission for some time now.

After about 6am I was able to get some rest, I stayed hydrated by sucking on ice cubes all night (learned that from last year).  So I didn't feel as week. I've been drinking flat 7-up all day too and water. Had a few saltine crackers but nothing else to eat.

I took my enema around 2:30pm with no issue. Now all of a sudden at 7pm I have diaharrea and my gut is making tons of noises. I thought maybe I had escaped all that this time. Now I'm worried I will flare again and also worried I'll get dehydrated if I'm constantly running to the bathroom. I have cramps in my gut now too (other than just the sore abs area from throwing up all night).

Is it safe to take anything for the cramping? Or is it better to just let it go?  Just seems odd I was feeling better most of the day then all of a sudden I am running to the bathroom.  The fever I had seems to have gone away at least.

Thanks and hope everybody is having a happy New Year.

Listen to Old Hat. Old Hat is wise.

I really hope you get better, m'dear. :)

Thanks for the well wishes!

I am almost back to normal now, except that I haven't had a BM in about 2 days now.  Granted I haven't eaten much the past few days. Just some mashed potatoes and an english muffin yesterday and the same today so far. I've tripled up on my Metamucil today.  I feel like I have to go, no pain but a bit of pressure on my bottom and I sure am bloated. But can't go!  I'm sure I'll get a nice hemmie from this.  Just hoping when I do go it's 'normal'.

I don't know what else to do to make me go, the longer it takes the less I feel like eating!

I have been able to do the enemas, other than Tuesday night that is. But I did too two yesterday, one this afternoon and will take one tonight. I had actually been starting to taper down on the two enemas a day - every few days I was just doing the night one. I'd like to get back down to just one a day (and hopefully less at some point, but right now I'd be happy with just one a day).

The enema gave me plenty of gas tonight though. I almost feel like I can hardly take another one unless I have a BM!

I've been drinking tons of liquids, at first Gatorade (G2) as I really needed to get my energy back. That worked yesterday pretty well and now I'm going back to just water like usual.

Thanks Sheri. I just had a tiny BM, with really small stool. Mostly some of the enema from this afternoon but at least something!

I always feel its worse to be not able to go and that backed up bloated feeling.

Hope your going better today.

Just keep up with the enemas. I felt really yucky on New Years Day and only ate a few crackers late in the day. Didn't go to the bathroom New Years Day or yesterday. Even though the next day I ate but lightly and back to normal today. This morning I just had a few small stools but then tonight ugh crampy gassy and tons of mushy stool. Feels much better though as I was feeling very bloated. Hopefully now things will go back to kinda normal whatever the heck that is.

Well I'm trying to eat eggs tonight, which are pretty bland but what I normally eat. I went out to the store as I had no food in the house, and I feel like total crap now. I have pain in my stomach, not my gut, but actually in my upper abdomen. Plus my entire back is just killing me, both sides. I took a hycosamine pill and some TUMS but nothing helps the stomach. It almost feels sore even to the touch. Could it possibly actually still be sore from throwing up so much Monday night? I was hunched over the toilet for a long time and I fell asleep on the bathroom floor (sure that didn't help my back). I've been in bed most of the time the past few days.

I guess the BM's are the way to really know if I am still in remission after all this. So far only the BM this morning. I'll have to keep watching. I sure am not going back on prednisone - no way, no how! I have 2 cortenemas but I don't really want to use those either.

Lyndsey - sorry to hear you were sick Christmas Eve! Last year I had this a few days before Christmas and it sure sucks when you can't enjoy Christmas or eat anything when everybody else is.

- Had to edit the post quick - my stomach feels better after eating, how is that even possible! I will never understand my body :)