The Continuation of Being Sick... Friday, May 5

Day two of being sick.

Some discoveries I've made about what it's like to be sick...

- Food doesn't taste the same.

- Even watching TV becomes difficult.

- The thought of food made me nauseous. 

- I started to overthink things because I really had nothing else to do and could do nothing else.

- I discovered it is possible to drink from a water bottle while laying on my back.

We're not too sure if I have food poisoning or the stomach flu but it's pretty coincidental that I got sick the day after eating the exact meal at the exact restaurant the sick person I was nursing back to health had eaten the day before he got sick.  Remember that poke bowl I posted a pic of?  Yup, that!  

I was told though that I have the stomach flu.  

My symptoms:

-- feel nauseous

-- had the chills

-- had a high fever

-- couldn't stomach any foods

-- dizzy

-- diarrhea

-- intestinal cramps

-- joint stiffness

-- weight loss

The main difference between several symptoms is that the incubation period of the stomach flu and food poisoning are different.  For the stomach flu, it's 24-48 hours after exposure to the virus verses only 2-6 hours after eating contaminated food with the case of food poisoning.  

I definitely have the stomach flu and I definitely can feel myself losing weight and getting weaker by the minute.