Have you ever experienced the 24 hour zoobonic plague from food poisoning?

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The discussion revolves around personal experiences with food poisoning, often humorously referred to as the "24 hour zoobonic plague." Participants share various anecdotes about the foods that caused their illnesses, the severity of their symptoms, and the lasting effects on their food preferences. The scope includes personal stories, emotional reactions, and reflections on food safety.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes a severe reaction to food poisoning, linking it to raw oysters and suggesting a possible allergy to the bacteria they contain.
  • Another shares experiences of food poisoning from frozen shrimp, noting a peculiar coincidence with grape juice consumption during both incidents.
  • A participant recounts a particularly bad experience at a hotel, attributing their illness to improperly cooked meat and mentioning the personalized service they received afterward.
  • Several participants discuss the psychological impact of food poisoning, expressing fears of death during their illnesses and the lingering aversion to certain foods afterward.
  • One participant mentions a CDC scientist's claim that many flu-like illnesses may actually be food poisoning, suggesting a commonality in experiences.
  • Another shares a memory of food poisoning from undercooked bacon, highlighting the unexpected sources of foodborne illness.
  • A participant reflects on their experience with spoiled milk, indicating that even minor incidents can evoke strong reactions.
  • Multiple participants describe the physical sensations associated with vomiting and the struggle to cope with the aftermath of food poisoning.
  • One participant lists various foods that have caused them food poisoning over the years, emphasizing the unpredictability of food safety.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share similar experiences of food poisoning but do not reach a consensus on the causes or the severity of their individual cases. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the broader implications of food safety and personal health.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the specific causes of their food poisoning, and there are references to varying degrees of severity and emotional responses. The discussion highlights the subjective nature of food safety experiences.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in personal anecdotes about food safety, those seeking to understand the emotional and physical impacts of food poisoning, and readers curious about common sources of foodborne illness.

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I spent most of yesterday crawling on all fours due to a case of the 24 hour zoobonic plague. There was vomiting and other unpleasant things. Probably brought on by food poisoning.

This happens to me once in a while. Once a guy talked me into trying raw oysters. Apparently I am allergic to the bacteria they contain. Some people aren't, and can eat them with impunity.

Food poisoning feels like death is immanent. It has happened to me four times now, each time from something different.

Post your food poisoning stories here, or, post about any time you were sure death was not far away.
 
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Two different occasions, years apart, food poisoning after cooking frozen shrimp. By pure coincidence, I had grape juice both times too--which gave everything a nice purple tint, if I may be crass--though I only purchase grape juice a couple of times a year.
 
Janitor said:
By pure coincidence, I had grape juice both times too--which gave everything a nice purple tint, if I may be crass--though I only purchase grape juice a couple of times a year.
No one could really have asked for a report of a more splendid coincidence!
 
I thought you might enjoy that extra little detail.
 
zoobyshoe said:
I spent most of yesterday crawling on all fours

I thought that you spent everyday on all fours! :smile: :smile: :smile:

Okay, had to say it. :biggrin:

I got food poisoning at a hotel in Charlotte NC last year. They had used a jr chef who in turn used yesterdays meat or something. Boy did they kiss my butt! I had personalized service from the head chef and the hotel manager.

Anyway, I went from feeling fine, to high velocity projections to the north and south in less than an hour. Like you said, I thought I was going to die.

I once saw a scientist from CDC who said that about 80% of all bouts with the flu are really not the flu; rather they are minor episodes of food poisoning. It seems that many of us poison ourselves regularly.
 
I got food poisoning from swordfish in about 1986. Once a fish lover, I still can't stomach the smell of fish now.
 
Poor Zooby. Sorry you are sick.
I've had food poisoning before. One time I was sick for 10 days - felled by a tainted can of salmon.
At first I was afraid I would die. Then later... I was afraid I wouldn't! Really awful. You have all my empathy.
I hope you are feeling better.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
I thought that you spent everyday on all fours! :smile: :smile: :smile:
No, I stand up now and then. You have to to reach the top shelf in the fridge.
I once saw a scientist from CDC who said that about 80% of all bouts with the flu are really not the flu; rather they are minor episodes of food poisoning. It seems that many of us poison ourselves regularly.
I did not know that.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
I got food poisoning from swordfish in about 1986. Once a fish lover, I still can't stomach the smell of fish now.
Interesting. I went through a fish eating binge about 4 months ago. I tried three or four different kinds I'd never happened to have. Then I broke out in these red raised welts that itched like crazy for about three weeks. Apparently some of these fish start developing histamies as soon as they die. There supposed to freeze them immediately on the boat.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
Poor Zooby. Sorry you are sick.
I've had food poisoning before. One time I was sick for 10 days - felled by a tainted can of salmon.
At first I was afraid I would die. Then later... I was afraid I wouldn't! Really awful. You have all my empathy.
I hope you are feeling better.
Yes, that's exactly it. There are times you're afraid you're going to die, and then the moments it gets so bad you hope you do.

10 days, though! I've never had it that bad. That must have been excruciating.

I feel infinitly better today. Thanks.
 
  • #11
when I was little I remember this time where my mom made pankaces and bacon for breakfast the day before easter. Well apparently the bacon wasn't cooked well enough because on easter i was puking my guts out. Even when I tried to eat a single jelly bean (and how i tried) I would just end up puking it up. Not the best easter I've ever had.
 
  • #12
I got called in on a surgery case many years ago and while I was waiting for the rest of the crew to arrive, I purchased a turkey sandwich from the ER vending machine. I was EXTREMELY sorry I had done that a few hours later. I think I had to get better in order to die. I don't think they let you into heaven in that condition!
 
  • #13
DarkAnt said:
Well apparently the bacon wasn't cooked well enough because on easter i was puking my guts out.
I've never heard of bacon being the culprit before. I did get sick once from over easy eggs. I guess I got that one carton that escaped rotation for six months or something. The thing I don't like is what Ivan mentioned; that it can kill your tast for the food that made you sick. It was a while before I ate eggs again.
Tsunami said:
I think I had to get better in order to die.
Yep, well put.
 
  • #14
I had food poisoning... well milk poisoning. I had my cereal in the morning and then as I went to pour the milk in my tea once I had eaten my cereal I noticed it was 3 days out of date. Yuck.
 
  • #15
i once had a mcchicken sandwich at lunch from mcdonalds then went to class...(the sandwhich wasent fully cooked or something was wrong with it)...and i puked all over the class floor and even managed to get some on the guy that sits next to me...

it wasent cool...i hate puking, it makes me feel like I am being electricuated lol...like u feel like ur eyes are going to pop out ur head, and ur jaw kills after its over
 
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jimmy p said:
Yuck.
You are comparing accidently eating some inadvertant yogurt to the 24 hour zoobonic plague?
 
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im comparing the mess I made to the zoobonic plague.. Partially digested cheerios everywhere...
 
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decibel said:
it wasent cool...i hate puking, it makes me feel like I am being electricuated lol...like u feel like ur eyes are going to pop out ur head, and ur jaw kills after its over
I always try to put off the upchucking as long as I can, hoping the feeling will go away by itself, because I hate throwing up. With food poisoning, this never works and you always end up throwing up eventually, until you're empty. And it isn't until you're empty that you start to feel any better. Once you're empty, then you can wait out the fever and chills, hopfully falling asleep during most of them.
 
  • #19
jimmy p said:
im comparing the mess I made to the zoobonic plague.. Partially digested cheerios everywhere...
Oh. As long as you hurled, everything is alright then. I thought you meant you tasted some curdled milk and said "yuck" and that was the extent of it.
 
  • #20
decibel said:
i once had a mcchicken sandwich at lunch from mcdonalds then went to class...(the sandwhich wasent fully cooked or something was wrong with it)...and i puked all over the class floor and even managed to get some on the guy that sits next to me...
Actually this reminds me that one of my bouts with the zoobonic plague was occasioned by a visit to the local Golden Arches drive through late at night. Apparently the guy on the grill must have been jumping the gun on the automatic timers that night, because when it hit me a few hours later, I knew that was the only wild card in my recent diet.

Meat, mayonaise and fish, are the usual suspects, but I also got it from eggs once, as I mentioned, and the very first time I ever got it was from a jar of peanut butter of all things. This thing a couple days ago came from fried chicken that you can buy hot at the supermarket. I went there late at night, and there is no telling how long it may have been sitting under that heat lamp.

I'm just realizing that it comes to a total of SIX times I've had it: Peanut butter, smoked oysters, raw oysters, eggs, McDonalds, and fried chicken.
 
  • #21
Somebody called?

The only time i had food poisoning was when i ate almost 3 plates full of cabbage in some rural village in China. I'm not a vegetarian, but that cook was really working magic with those cabbage. But in the end, i vomitted countless times and also had diorrhea.
 
  • #22
Ahh Rons Cafe, I have a story about Maccy D's too.. Apparently there was some girl in Portsmouth who had a McChicken sandwich and shortly after eating it, her mouth started swelling, so they went to the doctors, and found she had contracted an STI and when the burger was tested there was 3 different semen samples present.
 
  • #23
Bubonic Plague said:
Somebody called?
Yeah, but you missed the 24 hour deadline. Sorry, no prize.

The only time i had food poisoning was when i ate almost 3 plates full of cabbage in some rural village in China. I'm not a vegetarian, but that cook was really working magic with those cabbage. But in the end, i vomitted countless times and also had diorrhea.
Magic cabbage. I'll make a note: "Do not eat magic chinese cabbage."
 
  • #24
jimmy p said:
Ahh Rons Cafe, I have a story about Maccy D's too.. Apparently there was some girl in Portsmouth...
Urban legend.
 
  • #25
zoobyshoe said:
Urban legend.


Well I heard it from a guy who knows someone who knows this person that has a friend who eavesdrops on conversations...
 
  • #26
jimmy p said:
Well I heard it from a guy who knows someone who knows this person that has a friend who eavesdrops on conversations...
Oh. Didn't realize the chain of info was that short. It's authentic then. Sorry for the aspersions.
 
  • #27
It pays to have contacts in the right places :biggrin:
 

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