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Recovering from a stomach bug
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I've had a stomach bug since Monday evening. I spent most of Monday night in the bathroom, was okay til mid-afternoon yesterday then ill again and then spent fourteen hours asleep. Since Monday teatime, I've eaten half a piece of toast and three ginger nut biscuits (and been ill afterwards each time).
I was going to go into work this afternoon. I got up at 9am and have had a bath and sat on the sofa since, but now my stomach is killing (probably from hunger!) and I can barely stand upright.
I've lost 8 pounds in 36 hours! Was only 8 stone in the first place :crying:
Any tips on what to eat to help me recover? I haven't had a stomach bug for about seven years - forgot how crap it feels!
I was going to go into work this afternoon. I got up at 9am and have had a bath and sat on the sofa since, but now my stomach is killing (probably from hunger!) and I can barely stand upright.
I've lost 8 pounds in 36 hours! Was only 8 stone in the first place :crying:
Any tips on what to eat to help me recover? I haven't had a stomach bug for about seven years - forgot how crap it feels!
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Yesterday, I ate three slices of dry toast, then more toast with a small tin of beans and sausage (suddenly fancied it!) and stuck to fruity drinks all day - Orange Lucozade and Ribena, as milk and even tea had made me ill earlier.
Today I woke up feeling fine and have had tea (never been so dying for a cuppa before!), Ribena and a plate of plain oven chips. I feel rather full after the chips, but I guess that's cos my stomach has shrunk so much. Just got to sit still for longer after I eat now to make sure I feel okay and not ill again.
Just got to work out a way to put that 8lb back on now! Roll on a few days once I can eat cream cakes again!