# Sick
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064 "2019-06-05T11:33:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/1 "2019-06-05T11:33:40Z")
Been out sick since last Friday.
Runs, sinus, violent coughing, stomach acid flooding mouth/noses, lungs. Weak & confused.
Lab test says it is a bacterial infection of stomach.
Had to blow into stupid balloons for test.
Gonna try to go back to work Thursday, if I can get sleep.
Doc says, spreads through food, esp restaurants.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/2 "2019-06-05T12:54:19Z")
Sounds miserable, but I’m glad to hear it’s not more serious. I hope you feel better soon.
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/3 "2019-06-05T13:03:27Z")
Stay hydrated. Hope you get better soon.
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### Author:  [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/4 "2019-06-05T13:50:53Z")
I (also in Tennessee) am starting to feel the same symptoms this morning. Do you suspect any particular restaurant? How long do you think it took the symptoms to hit after you ate the bad food? Are you getting treated with antibiotics?
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/5 "2019-06-05T14:19:53Z")
I just had my own experience with this last week. It was just awful and it may have put me off salmon forever.
I’m sorry Bosda. I hope you feel better very quickly. Drink lots of water and get lots of rest.
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/6 "2019-06-05T21:56:42Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> Doc says, spreads through food, esp restaurants.
Did not.
I do, however, hope you fell better soon!
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/7 "2019-06-06T12:10:31Z")
I was thinking about this thread last night when the news was talking about all those vacationers dying from mysterious ailments with fluid in their lungs. **Bosda** , how ya hangin’ in there?
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/8 "2019-06-07T02:46:15Z")
It may or may not have worsened into pneumonia.
The doc was supposed to send me the lab reports by 5 today, but didn’t.
Not goin in to morrow.
This will be a week out from work.
I’m Civil Service, & I think I have the leave days, but not being certain about the pneumonia…darn.\
In the back of my mind, I hear my Dad, yelling at me to “power through” it.
I’m on 2 antibiotics, have had an antibiotic shot, plus a steroid shot, & x-rays.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/9 "2019-06-07T02:50:14Z")
Good grief. Will you have the weekend off? That should give you some more time to recover.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/10 "2019-06-07T03:02:33Z")
Yeah, but I gotta go to the doc Monday morning.
So, no work again.
☹
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### Author:  [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/11 "2019-06-07T21:09:37Z")
Ugh!! Hang in there. If it’s pneumonia, it’s probably related to the acid regurgitation going back down the wrong way.
If you’re not already doing so, sleep as propped up as possible. It’ll be easier to breathe, and less risk of aspiration.
And if you get worse, get to the ER!!! Pneumonia is no joke.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/12 "2019-06-07T22:52:47Z")
Still on the meds.
My doc didn’t call back.
I seem to have irritated the folks at the office, as usual.
So I’m assuming pneumonia.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/13 "2019-06-10T16:23:55Z")
Sick-sick.
Going on Nebulizer tomorrow.New antibiotics, more injections, steroids.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/14 "2019-06-15T22:58:25Z")
Finally starting to feel better.
Very tired, though.
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/15 "2019-06-15T23:16:13Z")
A song for you:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6yvfbPnDk)
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick/835064/16 "2019-06-15T23:25:25Z")
I just got over a week out sick - sorry Bosda - it sucks!