Food poisoning

Yep, I have it. I woke up out of a dead sleep at 3am feeling strong abdominal pains, went to the toilet and I started having diarrhea and vomiting in the trash can. It only happened once so I tried to go back to sleep. The pains became worse as well as the nausea. I almost NEVER vomit.

So then I get up, this time my hubby gets up too and he starts vomiting as well.

His goes away, but mine doesn't. So my hubby drove me to the ER...the whole time my gut was a 9 on the pain scale, nausea was horrible and I'm bawling my eyes out.

They hooked me up to an IV, gave me saline,drew some blood, gave me Zofran, some sort of antibiotic, and Fentanyl. Turns out my wbc was elevated, my heart racing at 120, and I was slightly dehydrated.

They almost admitted me but because the meds were making me feel better., they didn't But now I'm questioning that decision. They sent me home with Zofran, Cipro and Norco. But my abdominal pain is still coming in waves. Not as bad so perhaps I just need to give it time.

The last time I had food poisoning was when that was the trigger for my UC 22 years ago. I sincerely hope this doesn't take me out of remission

oh no! crap that doesn't sound fun at all. I too, RARELY vomit. I get nauseaus sometimes, but literally never throw up. the only times I can think I've thrown up are in my teenage years, from drinking too much =X so to hear you say you hardly vomit yet have been nonstop, I can only imagine what you're going through is terrible :(

hopefully it begins to let up soon.

Hope you get better soon. Do you have any idea of what was responsible?

There was some sort of really bad stomach bug going around here over the winter. I managed to avoid it (knock wood), but those who had it were really hit hard with violent vomiting and diarrhea that completely wiped them out for a few days. People who never take a sick day were out a couple days! Hopefully that's all(!) that you have and it will pass quickly.

Did they do a stool test before they gave you all those meds? I would be especially wary of the antibiotics.

I had some kind of food poisoning the other evening. Not severe like yours but I had the trash can in front of me and I was on the bowl with awful pain and D. Luckily it was mild compared to the time before that left me laying on the bathroom floor vomiting. This was mostly just pain and D for about 30 minutes and then I was normal again. What you have sounds terrible. I doubt it will cause UC to act up, it seems like remicade has things well managed.

After sleeping most day on the couch I am starting to do better. Still running to the bathroom every time I take a sip of water but the Zofran is controlling the nausea.

I don't think they know 100% if it was food poisoning but my hubby had it at the exact same time and we ate the same thing - Mexacali dip from the deli at Krogers.

I believe they thought toxic mega colon at first because they did X-rays and all the blood panels. Then they were thinking diverticulitis but didn't really want to do a CT scan and expose me to the radiation considering that my hubby had the same symptoms.

But did strongly advise me that if I don't do better to come back.

I bet it was the kroger dip. I find that their stuff sucks. :(

I think there are some bugs going around right now. I woke up at 3am Saturday night, had urgent poop, vicious pain, as I was sitting on the toilet crapping myself to near death and I had to empty the waste bucket beside me so I could use it as a vomiting receptacle! The pain was horrendous, fever, shiver, chills, laying on the bathroom floor whimpering. Then Sunday I still felt crappy, but by Monday I was pretty much back to normal. I'm hoping yours is a similar thing, just a little more severe. Sending Healing thoughts your way!

Very sorry to hear it Red and happy to hear you're recovering

Thanks guys. And nah, I won't be eating that Mexicali dip EVER again! I was going to call Krogers tomorrow. Even if it's to see if anyone had issues with that dip. I was supposed to see my GI today but had to reschedule.

I don't think I'm going to take that Cipro. I took one dose and I must've went to the toilet with pure water at least 50 times today. I would much prefer a colonoscopy prep over this!

Thanks OH. This wasn't Sabra. It was Kroger brand.

I'm doing better today. I feel like I got hit by a bus tho. My back ribs are sooooo sore! I think an ice pack is going to be my best friend today. Like I said I almost never throw up because usually only bile comes out and it burns my throat like crazy. Not this time tho. I purge everything in my gut and it was primarily the Mexicali dip yuck!

Yeah, I've had stomach bugs but this was 10x's worse! I have been looking it up online and both me and the hubby had the classic symptoms of E. Coli. Of course I got hit worse since I'm on Remicade.

If one was to get the flu I suppose 23 hours is better than 24