this sickness bug!!

santashelper_2

for children i used to give mine ice pops or lollies to suck on

aspinallkate

noonesperfect wrote: »

Flat lemonade works well too.

Hope you all soon feel better. x

my other half thinks im nuts when i send him out for lemonade when ive been sick! I have to stir it to get all the fizz out before i drink it. Its what my mum always gave to me when I was sick when I was little.

LilMissEmmylou

i had this last week too and DD has it and now my mum. Small sips often stays down the best and the odd bit of ice lolly ( i couldnt keep it all down if i had more than a little). Feel better soon x

countrygal

Hi
I've been struggling with this for the last couple of days and am now at the stage of feeling hungry but still feeling sick.
Can anyone recommend what type of food I should begin eating with. I have some leek & potato soup in the fridge, or should it be just toast or something. I have been drinking plenty of water but feel a bit weak.
Thanks

xlt_hunter

If its the same bug that hit my side of Lincolnshire then this one knocked me out for 6 for a day and the following few days after I was off food for a while.

We had coke (drink) and they did the trick as it gives the fluids and sugar you need back.. but its frighteing how much fluid you lose over this bug.

All I honestly say - it was no fun throwing up in the cab of the lorry over the top of the peak district (the 1st wave when it happened) - employer wasn't pleased, but it happened so quick

JoeyG

I had it 2 weeks ago... probably the worst i've felt ever... I was unbelievably dehydrated but couldnt keep any water down.

Luckily it only lasted 3 days... couldnt really stomach proper food for a good week after though, only just getting my appetite back.

pattycake

I woke up at 6.30 am on Boxing Day feeling really sick. It was my birthday too!! We were at my son's house and I was nearly sick on the way home on the M62. I managed to keep it down somehow but was sick when I got home. I had a horrible day and did I say IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY.

My husband came down with in a couple of days later. His worst problem was diarrhea, he was only sick a couple of times. Now over a week later, I still feel sickly and off. I am eating more or less normally but getting indisgestion and heartburn which I never normally do.

What a miserable new year for us all. I have not had a drink (alcoholic) since Christmas day. In fact the only thing I am drinking is water, either warm or cold depending on the time of day.

We both kept well away from our families. My parents are in their 80's and I have a 4 month old granddaughther. I am touching wood and saying they have been OK up to now.

positivelymummy

i had the vomitting bug too (fri 14th dec) i remember cos i was in the middle of watching a panto with my kids! i left halfway thru and got home just as i starting spewing, in between vomiting i shivered like crazy, took me 3 full days to get over it. i knew straightaway it was the sick bug as at least 10 children from my little ones playgroup had spewed in december (including my child) i cant believe how its sweeping the country. i'd heard about the flat coke before but forgot, i'll def try it next time i'm sick.

mattogier

Hell of a way to kick start the new years resolution to loose weight though!:eek:

Plus - I'm a bit blocked up due to giving up smoking so could do with a way to flush out the toxins!:eek: (sorry is that too much information?)

Seriously - with 7 kids (we foster - only one is mine :j) in the house aged from 3 to 10 - we just pray that we keep it away from this house - the last time we had a "bug" was straight after a bout of chicken pox during the easter holidays - my OH and I were like tag wrestlers taking it in turns to mop up after the kids or "look after" our own "needs" - one of the kids we had then had severe Cerebal Palsey so was unable to aim anything anywhere useful :eek:.

I recently bought a load of Spirigel alcohol hand gel (as used in hospitals) on ebay and give everyone a squirt of that after hand washing but have, JIC, got plenty of dyrolyte and immodium (for us) stashed away!
- so far so good but we live in dread having just got the "little darlings" back to school after a two week "holiday"! So far all we have had to contend with is the usual infestation of nits - they've only been back 2 days!!!!

mr_rush

recently bought a load of Spirigel alcohol hand gel (as used in hospitals) on ebay and give everyone a squirt of that after hand washing
with D&V you need to use soap and water not alcohol gels