bloating, cramps, pissing out of my butt, violent puking, pulled muscle in my abdomen from heaving.

then there is the laundry and cleaning I have to do to clean up all this mess.

never been this sick.

It's pretty awful.

just cleaned the toilet and bathroom floor.

Yes, I had this once, 15 years ago. I was down for a couple of days. Really a bad deal. You don't want it.

Norovirus. An unadvertised perk of your Caribbean cruise!

Oh man, I came down with Norovirus the February before last.

It absolutely sucked. My wife and I were at the doctor for our young daughter because she had been throwing up and, mid-appointment, I had to book it outside and started puking all over the parking lot.

I continued puking all night. The ‘rhea was awful too. I was super sick.

My wife caught it the next day and she was 8 months pregnant. It was awful.

It’s super contagious so beware.

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Originally posted by Echtermetzger:
bloating, cramps, pissing out of my butt, violent puking, pulled muscle in my abdomen from heaving.

then there is the laundry and cleaning I have to do to clean up all this mess.

never been this sick.

My advice? Assuming you've run outta adult diapers, stuff a couple of those pillow cases down to the nethers and head back out for the Carnival 'all you can eat' pizza bar. What, you gonna catch somethin'? If you hurry, you might be able to at least snag a couple pieces to take back and nibble on before your volcanic butthole erupts again.

Isn't this norovirus also served at Chipotle?

I had something like it years ago - bonus plan included it hitting me just prior to takeoff on a commercial flight. I sequestered a bathroom from wheels up to 10 minutes prior to landing... and I vomited a minute before landing, all over the seat next to me - thankfully the flight was about 1/3 full, so no one was hit by the projectile vomit.

I was out of it for about 36 hours straight, which was great for a Thanksgiving weekend trip.

That's just it, I didn't go anywhere. I went to my parents for Easter dinner and my dad had 'food poisoning' for the days prior. My parents had been traveling and must have gotten it on the flight back home.

And then yesterday, myself, my brother-in-law and my nephew all came down with it, too. Still have mud butt, damn it.

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Originally posted by Echtermetzger:
That's just it, I didn't go anywhere. I went to my parents for Easter dinner and my dad had 'food poisoning' for the days prior. My parents had been traveling and must have gotten it on the flight back home.

And then yesterday, myself, my brother-in-law and my nephew all came down with it, too. Still have mud butt, damn it.

"Food poisoning" my aching ass. Great Easter surprise!

Yes, I've had it. It was horrible. We went to great lengths in my household to NOT spread it to new victims.

When you're exploding out both ends simultaneously, your aim often is less than perfect. Cleaning sludgy poo off the SIDE of the toilet, at 2am, while deathly ill, is one of my fonder memories. That was a great night.

Had it yesterday. Must have puked at least 30X.

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Originally posted by GregY:

"Food poisoning" my aching ass. Great Easter surprise!

Exactly right. Although it can be spread through contaminated food, norovirus is a different deal than Salmonella, eColi, Botulism, etc.

It is far more likely that the chain was a progression of people not washing their hands, licking their fingers, touching the same serving utensils, etc. Spreads like wildfire.

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Originally posted by GregY:

"Food poisoning" my aching ass. Great Easter surprise!

Exactly right. Although it can be spread through contaminated food, norovirus is a different deal than Salmonella, eColi, Botulism, etc.

It is far more likely that the chain was a progression of people not washing their hands, licking their fingers, touching the same serving utensils, etc. Spreads like wildfire.

Yes, I love it when people try to get me to visit their place, where someone has just had a nasty and extremely contagious illness and germs are going to be *everywhere*.

They're like 'it's fine come on over I just had food poisoning', or some other obviously not the case, safely non-contagious malady.

And you trust them, and surprise! get sick as hell. What did they think was going to happen?