Food Poisoning - vent!

dancingdoll

It's very important that you report this to the local health inspectors. Even if it's just for their records. They'd unlikely follow up on anything unless there have been a few similar reports. I'd put my bet on it being the curry house.

asea

You base that assumption on what exactly, dancingdoll? It may very well not have been!

spugzbunny

Thank you for everyone's messages!

I know there's nothing I can do! I just want someone else to feel as bad as I do! If you've ever had food poisoning you'll know that feeling where you just feel like your body is going to collapse and give up! Anyway... I've managed to force some porridge down me and my stomach is growling away at me but at least it's still in there!

Sorry, I should have made my original post clearer. Those 2 things were all I could think of that I had eaten in the last 48 hours that nobody else had. Friday, I had a jacket potato (which I'm sure can't have been a problem!) then Sat bf and I had a sausage sandwich, a macdonalds, and then a curry. Then Sunday morning we had bacon sandwiches, muffins, and he had a wrap and I had the Asda Sausage roll. :eek: Maybe it was just the God's of Weight Watchers smiting me for my terrible weekend of eating rubbish!

I actually bought 2 sausage rolls and I still have one (obviously not going to eat it!!) and the receipt. I guess it's not worth sending it off on the off chance they can analyse it? I don't want to sue anyone!! I just want to know what it was so I can never eat it again! Although to be fair giving up Sausage rolls would not be a bad thing!!!

Thanks again for all your kind words!

dancingdoll

asea wrote: »

You base that assumption on what exactly, dancingdoll? It may very well not have been!

My opinion. And you're right, it may very well not have been the curry. Nonetheless it's still important to let health inspectors know possible causes.

spugzbunny

Oh and BTW... my bf who is a biochemical Doctor (Phd) has decided it is Listeria Virus during extensive research when he should have been working! I think we are both just looking for someone to blame! He was pretty worried about me at my worst.

And for anyone who does get food poisoning or gastroenteritus or norovirus. I found the things that made me feel best were Andrews Salts (once I could keep it down for long enough) and a hot water bottle on my belly!

bestpud

Nothing scientific here but I find I know what food has caused me to feel ill because I can't face the thought of it while I am on the big white telephone!

If I go through all I have eaten (mentally, not literally, you understand! :rotfl: ), there will always be one thing I can't think about, and can never eat again (or at least for a very long while!)

It isn't always the last thing I had either, or it may be one thing I had with others as part of a meal.

Maybe it's just me... :think:

The one thing that makes me wonder if it's correct is I have never gone off chocolate...! :rolleyes:

Ishtar

bestpud wrote: »

Nothing scientific here but I find I know what food has caused me to feel ill because I can't face the thought of it while I am on the big white telephone!

I'm the opposite - if I feel ill after eating something, the thing that's caused it is the only thing I can think of....

As mentioned above, food poisoning can come on very quickly - I once ate some dodgy sausages....long story, but they'd not been stored properly (our fault) and then hadn't been cooked through (again, our fault), I was ill within 3 hours....and I usually have a cast iron constitution.

I hope you're feeling a bit better now OP. Definitely report it - wherever it came from it needs to be flagged up.

And yes, I'll second the hot water bottle and Andrews Salts - worked a treat when I had the winter vomiting bug a couple of years ago.

D

bestpud

Ishtar wrote: »

I'm the opposite - if I feel ill after eating something, the thing that's caused it is the only thing I can think of....

As mentioned above, food poisoning can come on very quickly - I once ate some dodgy sausages....long story, but they'd not been stored properly (our fault) and then hadn't been cooked through (again, our fault), I was ill within 3 hours....and I usually have a cast iron constitution.

I hope you're feeling a bit better now OP. Definitely report it - wherever it came from it needs to be flagged up.

And yes, I'll second the hot water bottle and Andrews Salts - worked a treat when I had the winter vomiting bug a couple of years ago.

D

That's what I meant. I can't get it from my mind and yet it makes me feel even worse. Then for months (or years in fact) I can't think of the food without feeling ill, and I certainly wouldn't be able to eat it.

pookienoodle

spugzbunny wrote: »

Oh and BTW... my bf who is a biochemical Doctor (Phd) has decided it is Listeria Virus during extensive research when he should have been working!

Listeria is a bacterium not a virus.
If you really do feel that you have food poisoning you should report it to your local E.H.O.
They will investigate if appropriate.
You cannot discount any food(or drink for that matter) as not being the cause, did you eat the jacket spud dry? or did you have butter on it?
Did you have a hot drink with milk? a cold drink with ice?
Any of these could have been "the one ", if in fact it is food poisoning and not just a seasonal vomiting bug.
hope you feel better soon,remember to keep hydrated and avoid diocalm and the like.

bestpud

spugzbunny wrote: »

Oh and BTW... my bf who is a biochemical Doctor (Phd) has decided it is Listeria Virus during extensive research when he should have been working!

Oh boy, he's the last person I'd want around if I were ill! :rotfl: