a night of hell and sitting here now tiny better

[opiobsessed]

Since I'm on methadone(just lowered to 180mgs today), I figured this would be the only place to post this.

I dont know what the hell happened to me yesterday but after telling the story, I'll let you all give input on what caused this. I was washing the cat litter box in the sink in the basement yesterday, it was not that dirty but did it anyway. I have a bucket of spic and span or some soap water, anyway after finishing that, I had dipped a sponge in the bucket just once, then poured some water into the litter pan and cleaned it all and rinsed real good.

Went upstairs and finished that job and was thirsty, so I took my empty water bottle and took it downstairs and washed it in the pail of soapy water, thinking nothing. Rinsed it with hot water again and again. Let it dry for a few hours and drank fresh water from it from our water filter. I didn't notice anything until after I ate supper last night. It was leftover chicken from my family picnic that had sat in the fridge just a day.

I got tired around 730 pm like usual and sucked on two lemon drop candy before I went to bed. All of a sudden within maybe a half hour, I started having the runs like crazy, it was hell. It went on all night, and every time I burped I could taste an awful lemon drop taste so I took a prevacid to not much avail.


Woke up this morning, couldn't wait to get to the clinic and dose, get home and take my valium, in hopes of feeling better. Well I feel a little better, but still kind of sickly and not feeling like eating anything except just two pieces of bread for something in my stomach after the done and valium. Is the flu going around anyone? Did I catch some horrible bug from what I ate or drinking from that bottle of water? My Mom had the same chicken as me last night and didn't get sick, so I hope I dont have some damn bug in my system or something. Or worse yet my intestinal problems cropping up something new(heck maybe I'll get lucky and get some opies or fentanyl if it gets worse lol)

[bronyraur]

My guess is that you got sick from the water in the bucket. Even though you only dipped that sponge in the water once, I bet that's where the problem was. The sponge probably touched something nasty from the cat and it ended up in the water.

Either that or your mom got a good piece of chicken, and you got the "funky chicken".

[OxyContinuously]

yup Im w/ Bron; it was probably the water especially since your Mom didnt get sick.

[Duckfeet]

Man, I'm on methadone...and I *wish* I'd get the runs...most of us got the *opposite* problem.
Can't win :-(
Anyway, hope yer feeling better. Only time to worry is if u get fever along w/runs. I've had food poisoning three times, once in this country, and it begins w/runs that get worse and worse, and then bad fever, even delirium, good to go doc, if that happens...

[opiobsessed]

That's what I had a feeling it was, shit I hope I dont have to go to the hospital, or will it just pass?

[Duckfeet]

Well, I'm no doc, don't want to pretend to be one: any doubts, head to ER. But I spent most of my youth in South and Central America, and periodically would get really sick, eating raw foods, usually, and the fertilization of fruit down in Central America is questionable. In Argentina, I just *loved* smoked foods, and the raw ham and shit...and in Peru, it was the Ceviche, raw fish, "cooked" in lime juice...well...

But anyway, diarreah was fairly common, and I was always just told that the *main* thing was not to get dehydrated: to drink *lots* of fluids, was always the main cure...and that might be counter-intuitive (fluids??!) yep, fluids...and keep an eye out for fever. You can always get a thermometer. It's always best, if you get a fever, to then trot down to ER or local doc, and get put on anti-biotics usually, and again, told to drink water water juice, but *lots* of fluids.

I've done it both ways: usually, I won't go to the doc unless I get really bad, fever over 101, but it's still best, as you could have dysentary, or even amoebic dysentary if u've been somewhere weird, usually....but I could give anecdotal shit all day long, as could others...but if it gets bad, go see doc, if u don't go see doc, just drink lots of water and juice and shit...after a day or two, it should get better, then I try to eat bland foods, rice, bananas, pudding...until I get to feeling better..fever, of course: real hot, real cold, I've even gotten delirious, didn't know where I was, sent my old lady to get doc in southern Mexico once....

But don't worry, like others said, probably just drank some crappy water, yer system is just flushing out the crap...drink lots of water, help it out ... and best wishes to you!


That's what I had a feeling it was, shit I hope I dont have to go to the hospital, or will it just pass?

[opiobsessed]

Whew, feeling alot better today, still a little diarhea and little loss of appetite, but have been drinking alot of water. I was able to eat supper last night so its going away. I just got back from the clinic and took my valium and I seem to feel a bit better on 180mgs. I hope I can get my dose just right so I feel maybe a little buzz and get more done during the day and not so bummed out like I've been.

Hope my story helped remind everyone to watch what they eat or drink, stuff like that.

[Zoops]

Yo what's up Opiobsessed. Glad you're feeling better today.

Prolly was that kitty litter box cleaning water, but it could have been the chicken, even though nobody else got sick from it. It could have "turned" while being stored in the fridge overnight.

I have gotton really sick every once in a while and it's real damn scary when you have no idea what brought it on.

Man, I'd like to be on 180mg of 'done every day. Actually, I could probably make 180mgs last for about six days! Last time I took methadone, which was several years ago, I remember 30mgs had me real fucking wasted. Tolerance goes up quickly though, doesn't it?

take it easy