I don't know if it's just me that has this problem with McDonald's but...

HappySaver1968

Hi,

I got to spend some much-needed time with my kids today, mum managed to persuade my wife to let me have them for a little while before Christmas and the half an hour or so we had was very precious to me. I asked my kids what they wanted to do and, like millions of other little boys and girls out there, they said they wanted to go for a McDonald's with their daddy.

I have to say, the place looked clean enough, staff were very pleasant too and my kids seemed to have a good time but almost from the first bite of my Big Mac, I began to feel ill and as I ate the fries and milkshake, my head started to spin and I felt nauseous. I eventually had no choice but to run to the bathroom and as disgusting as this is, I literally couldn't move from there for over ten minutes as I was bent double with stomach pains/cramps and continual diarrhoea.

It seems that every time I eat in McDonald's, I have this problem and I just don't know why exactly for the reasons mentioned above. Do you ever have this problem? other than disappoint my children, the only thing I can think of is just buying them their meals in future and have nothing myself but then again, if it does that to me then I dread to think what it would do to their little bodies...

Thanks for listening, hope you can advise me. John.

scheming_gypsy

depends how far you're willing to go to find out.

You could buy a big Mac and try bits separately to see which makes you ill. Rather than the actual food itself it could be something in the big mac sauce you're allergic to.

Oliver14

Food poisoning doesn't act that quick so your diarhea would have had nothing to do with macdonalds. As it would take 24 hours to go through your system. Vommitting though could be due to an intolerance or an illness you already have.

Sorry if medical and biological facts destroy the point you were trying to make.

TadleyBaggie

Must have been something else, diarrhoea doesn't come on that quickly.

jimimi

If I have McDonalds it makes me really tired, I think it is the fries with me because if I don't have them I'm fine! Do you normally eat fatty foods OP, maybe if you don't your body isn't used to them?

vicmorrow

HappySaver1968 wrote: »

...hope you can advise me. John.

Try BK or KFC?

burnleymik

This sounds more like that Noro Virus thing going around, very similar symptoms.

ariba10

It is one of my Claims to Fame- Have never eaten in a McDonald's.

HappySaver1968

Hi, it doesn't matter when/where I eat McDonald's, I always have diarrhoea even just a few hours later or horrible stomach pains/cramps that won't go away. I know that my problems couldn't have been from anything else I've ate because I eat very healthily and that's the only take-out food I've had in a very long time, only had it to please my kids. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who has this problems as others I've spoken to say they have problems with McDonald's too. I was interested to hear about the intolerance. The funny thing is, I felt like death at the time but after "dealing with my toiletry needs", I felt absolutely fine and the sore stomach/pains etc disappeared just like that.

John.

Gothicfairy

I don't have this problem but a friend of mine was always sick when eating anything with fries and it was the high amount of salt so maybe there is something in the burger that does not agree with you.. I am guessing that maybe it is the relish as the burger is "meant" to be 100 % beef and as such shouldn't cause any problems if well cooked ( and McD's might be shocking but I do think everything is cooked through as the computer deals with cooking times and thus it is not left up to people)

Maybe try something like chicken nuggets and the ketchup and see if that stays down.

HappySaver1968

ariba10 wrote: »

It is one of my Claims to Fame- Have never eaten in a McDonald's.

I'd keep to that, wouldn't say you're missing much. John.