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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  Didn't really want to mention this in TB - might put people off their pints of Shires!
  
  I was struck down by this horrible bug at the weekend and can't remember ever feeling so ill - awful d&v, hot and cold sweats, aches and pains.
  
  I'm over the worst now, I hope. I'm certainly no longer - ahem! - chained to the bathroom facilities, as it were, but I'm aching all over, especially back and tum, and have absolutely zero energy.
  
  I know other MBers have mentioned this from time to time - can I ask any fellow sufferers how long I should expect this aftermath to go on? Of course I'm very relieved not to be throwing up etc but I feel carp and I don't really want to eat or drink at all (though I'm dutifully sipping water).
  
  Did any particular medicine or home remedy help you? Any advice gratefully received.

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  Posted by peter-francis (U14241999) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  Linda
  
  My sympathy. Mercifully I have not had it, but a poor old aunt aged 92 has and it is appalling. She was moved from the hospital she had picked it up in once she was cleared. Lo and behold, a few days later someone in her new ward got it. The whole hospital is in lock down, but I gather she has not got it. The nurse I spoke to said she had had it and the only thing, literally the only thing, she could do for at least a day was to remain enthroned on the loo with a stack of bottles of water beside her.
  
  A doctor in the first hospital told me (if it is any comfort) that having had it should have given you an immunity for at least a year or so.
  
  Get well soon.
  
  P

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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  Thank you, Peter, that's very kind. I'm especially cheered by the mention of 'immunity'!!

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  Posted by The Vintneres Driver (U5034590) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  Any advice gratefully received.  Wash your hand frequently. Cruise ships are almost paranoid about the spread of norovirus and the common cold. To that end they make you disinfect your hands before boarding and whenever you enter a food service area. Additionally there is constant "nagging" to wash hands after visiting the toilets (old men are principle offenders at soap dodging, IME. I presume the old biddies are the same but have no direct evidence) and crew are constantly disinfecting handrails, door-handles etc.

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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  Yes, am washing hands very often. Have quarantined myself - not too hard as I live alone!
  
  < I presume the old biddies are the same but have no direct evidence > - not the ones I know - all very conscientious about hand washing after loo visits!

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  Posted by Dunlurkin NL (U2675855) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  I'm very sorry to hear you've had such an awful time, Linda.
  
  I have no experience of this type of virus, but in the past recovery from feeling really grim has been aided by drinking either clear lemonade or cola (full-fat versions). The sugar helps restore energy levels and the fizz is somehow gently soothing to an upset stomach.
  
  I hope you feel better soon.
  
  
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  Posted by ThisLizzie (U5294918) on Wednesday, 25th January 2012

  My GP recommends the drinking of lemonade to aid recovery.
  
  Get well soon.

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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Thursday, 26th January 2012

  Thank you all for the advice and good wishes!
  
  Feeling slightly more human this morning and son is calling in later with a care parcel (!) which should include lemonade! Can't usually stand it - too sweet - but actually it sounds quite appealling today...

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  Posted by BlueLagoon (U14269215) on Friday, 27th January 2012

  Linda you have my absolute sympathy. I had Noro virus back in 2010 and I will NEVER forget it. To start with I thought it was a roast chicken dinner I'd cooked had caused me food poisoning (even when I knew it wasn't this, it took me a very long time to face roast chicken again).
  
  The D&V was like nothing else I'd ever experienced and too graphic to go into here. I thought that was bad enough but when that finally passed I was left completely washed out, desperately achy, low low energy, dreadful band of pain in my head and just a complete feeling of not feeling well. I'm rarely ill but I actually thought this time I should be in hospital, I can't really describe the level of unwellness I felt. I couldn't get out of bed.
  
  OH went to the pharmacist who said it was a 48 hour Noro bug, and OH was literally looking at his watch saying after day two surely it's passed now and time to get up. Let me tell you it took a good week to feel strong enough to eat properly and regain strength. I couldn't bear the children near me for cuddles or anything, nothing seemed to relieve it.
  
  I hope never to get it again and I hope you are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. You will get better but it takes a while. Plenty of healing sleep, hot sweet tea and pain killers should help. Come back here for a moan and groan as you are not alone in the hell that is noro virus. Take care for now.

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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Friday, 27th January 2012

  BL, thank you, that's such a kind message. You described almost exactly the symptoms I've had! I'm feeling a lot better now but sleep? I could sleep for England and I still wake up feeling tired and washed out.
  
  For you it was roast chicken, for me beef casserole ...< shudders >
  
  

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  Posted by BlueLagoon (U14269215) on Friday, 27th January 2012

  Ha ha beef casserole! You will not be able to think of it without a retch forming believe me for a long time. What was once my most favourite meal (which the whole family regularly ate) became monstrous in my head. The stuffing, the roasties, the meat - uukkkk!!- My mother-in-law kindly offered to cook us all a meal once I'd recovered and it was to be ... roast chicken. OH had to ask her to change the choice!
  
  Yes, tired and washed out, remember it well. You probably feel like you'll never get better, that you'll always feel like this. I got quite depressed imaging the life, if I were to always feel that bad. I so appreciated my good health once it returned. A £1000,000 couldn't take the place of good health. Thank goodness you are feeling better. Fingers crossed for more improvement Saturday.
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  Posted by BlueLagoon (U14269215) on Monday, 30th January 2012

  How are you feeling Linda? Are you up and running or still laid low. Hopefully it won't drag on too long. Just avoid beef casserole!

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  Posted by LindaLee (U2777941) on Monday, 30th January 2012

  Thanks for asking, BL - I feel very much better. Can't actually face a whole meal yet (and please DON'T mention beef casserole) but I think I may live!

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  Posted by peter-francis (U14241999) on Tuesday, 31st January 2012

  Great news, Linda.
  
  If it is any comfort, auntie's hospital had their last new case (so far) at the end of last week. She has not had it again though most of the other patients and a large proportion of the staff have, so I think that does suggest that there is an immunity of sorts at least.
  
  So glad you're feeling better.
  
  P

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  Posted by Ginslinger Redux (U14830013) on Tuesday, 31st January 2012

  Odd isn't it.. I had a comparatively mild tummy bug the other week and full fat coke was the only thing I fancied in the recovery phase and I normally find it far too sweet. I had a colleague who was an extreme long distance runner (a marathon distance was a training run for him) and he said it was the best thing for replenishing energy quickly (I had imagined he would be all high tech fluids) . My couisins swear by it to head off migraine if taken the moment first symptoms are noticed...

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  Posted by peter-francis (U14241999) on Tuesday, 31st January 2012

  It works for me, but only if flat (Nowhere near as bad as it sounds......promise!)
  
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