Dearheart, I missed you on LJ/Typepad so came a looking. SO sorry you've been feeling like your insides have turned outside. Tom has the same thing and frankly? it sucks giant monkeyballs. Hope you start feeling better soon. xoxo

Ugh, this is awful! If you are not 100% tomorrow, I hope you will just say no to dinner and stay home. You were probably weak from the strep and bronchitis and that allowed this virus in! The last thing you need to do is go out and get more germs. :(

oh no... kristin too!  are we stricken by some sort of plague?  i think out here, it's a combination of a cold/flu + allergies (cedar hits its high along with the new year)

i really hope you feel better soon.

I most definitely get that terrible antsy feeling that I must accomplish something when I am sick in bed!!! That is the worst most anxiety-provoking feeling!

Hopefully, sticking to bland foods for a few days will help stabilize things.

On the plus side... you'll probably lose a few pounds, right? Heeee! (I know... I always think of that when I shouldn't... I just figure it ought to be worth SOMETHING for all that pain and suffering!)

Feel better soon!

xoxo

I think it's better to get everything out...

No Immodium here.

Your body is telling you it is trying to get rid of something - so it is best to let the body do what it needs to do. If you aren't at work, there is no sense in holding in poop. Who would constant bathroom runs disrupt if you are at home? The cats?

GO POOP!

And throw up if you need to.

Immodium gave me AWFUL stomach cramps and I was in pain so bad I thought I was going to have to go to the emergency room.

I have found something (something they are JUST NOW getting around to making commercials for) called Nauzene. I found it right after Lisa had her gallbladder out. I was feeling nauseous because she was home and could possibly throw up (because she did in recovery - eew scary!) so even though I bought them for her, I used them. And I have kept using them, and I have turned everyone on to Nauzene. It's amazing.

You chew them - they are a strange cherry flavor - and they take away the sickness.

But if you really must poop and puke, just do it!

"not being sick" is one of the best things in the world, but we never appreciate it.

i hope you get well soon, with a minimum of throwup (pink or otherwise)

Poor Jane! Is it Norwalk or something? I had a friend who had the Norwalk virus while stuck on a delayed plane... with PLUMBING issues. He said he had to vomit over the back of a working technician. (Small airline, small town. It waren't no big city air-o-port.) Funny story later but, I'm sure, not so hilarious at the time.
I am indeed grateful to have my health. Soon you'll have yours too.
And just so  you know, I read your comment this morning and I'm pretty sure (although it's still early) it made my day. Tell Thomas thank-you, too.
x.g.

Just to clarify:
He did not vomit ONTO the tech but, in fact, into the sink while leaning OVER him as he working on the plumbing.
It's gross enough as it is.
Yikes.