Re: Re: Peggy, PureDakota & Lung function after myotomy

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I just wanted to sleep forever. The thing is, I had a flu shot, so didn't think it was fair to get the flu! I was on the phone with the surgeon's office because I thought something was wrong from the surgery. It could have been worse than a case of the flu. JoPeggy Cordero <pegster@...> wrote: Poor Jo:Here I am worrying about tearing something 5 months out and you were puking 2 days later!Peg> It has been very interesting to catch up on posts from the past few days -- lots of good > information shared and communicated -- about achalasia AND golden retrievers, of which > I only have the former!> > It has been five months since I had my VATS myotomy, no wrap, with great success in > return of swallowing. I recall our discussion about the ability to vomit after myotomy. I > have late breaking news on my own capacity to do so.> > I was in Redding CA at an unnamed hotel establishment with 35 trainees this week. After > two days together at the hotel for a class, the morning of day 3 found that 11 of us had > severe gastrointestinal problems in the night with nausea and vomiting. Was it food > poisoning or the stomach flu?> > I was fully capable of projectile vomiting (sorry,

folks) -- which was the only glimmer of > good news I had the whole week. I guess the lack of wrap makes this possible.> > My whole digestive system has suffered, and is still making efforts to come back to > normal, as you can imagine, from this experience. While I figure that most of what I am > experiencing can be written off to the effects of irritation and upset from this bug, I had > two scarey symptoms over the past couple of nights since falling ill: I had an aspiration > when sleeping on the first night (it was acidy, bilely stuff -- sorry again) and coughed and > coughed like the old days. Last night, after a bowl of cream of wheat and a few hours > sleep, I had funny spasms in my esophagus that felt like my esophagus was closed off. > After my system settled down some in the night, things were better.> > Just adding my experience to the tome being

collected on this site.> > Peggy, who hopes 2006 goes better after this week.> > > > > > > >

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Jo wrote:I just wanted to sleep forever. The thing is, I had a flu shot, so didn't think it was fair to get the flu!

Just for clarification, the flu shot is for preventing INFLUENZA -- an upper respiratory illness involving fever, aches, and cough. What is generally called "stomach flu" (nausea, vomitting, diarrhea) is either food poisoning (bacterial or viral contamination) or a gastrointestinal virus of some sort that was not acquired via food.

For anyone interested, what Jo experienced in December was a very contagious form of Norovirus that has been traveling our county for the past couple of months. Fortunately it's only about a 24-hour version of gastroenteritis (whereas rotavirus can last a WEEK with the same symptoms!). , if you remember hearing about Lake Center Elementary being shut down for a complete decontamination in mid-November because 60% of students and staff called in sick one day, that's the same virus you had... it just took a few weeks to make it south to you, or else you picked it up at the hospital.

Norovirus is also known as Norwalk-like virus -- it's what shut down some cruise ships last year. It spreads like WILDFIRE, which is really disgusting when you think about it, because it spreads by the feces-to-mouth modality. As in, someone gets their poop on their hands and doesn't wash it off and they touch something and leave some of their poop on it. Then you come along and unknowingly touch their leftover poop and end up touching your mouth. Next thing you know, you're praising the porcelain god (or better yet --joy of joys-- you're praising a bucket while sitting on your throne, always a fun adventure!).

I was so proud of hubby and me for not getting the virus when our kindergartener had it in November. I was very strict about handwashing for all three of us, as well as disinfecting doorknobs, toilet flush handles, faucet handles, handtowels, etc -- anything that could have been touched by a hand that hadn't yet been washed. A week later, hubby and I came down with it a day apart -- we both picked it up from somewhere else in town (probably the hockey rink, since we practically live there!). This strain has a 24-48 hour incubation period, so we know our case wasn't from our son, and hubby didn't get his from me b/c we were only about 16 hours apart in symptom onset (we probably got exposed to it at the same time, but his immune system is a little hardier than mine and he didn't succumb as quickly -- either way, he developed it too quickly for him to have caught it from me). Like I said, it's so disgusting to know that we both ended up putting someone else's fecal matter in our mouths!!!

And now that everyone's completely grossed out, I'm going to go WASH MY HANDS and prepare dinner for my family! LOL

Debbi in Michigan

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Thanks for the clarification Debbi. I do remember the school closing and being decontaminated.Debbi Heiser <imahockeymom@...> wrote: Jo wrote:I just wanted to sleep forever. The thing is, I had a flu shot, so didn't think it was fair to get the flu! Just for clarification, the flu shot is for preventing INFLUENZA -- an upper respiratory illness involving fever, aches, and cough. What is generally called "stomach flu" (nausea,

vomitting, diarrhea) is either food poisoning (bacterial or viral contamination) or a gastrointestinal virus of some sort that was not acquired via food. For anyone interested, what Jo experienced in December was a very contagious form of Norovirus that has been traveling our county for the past couple of months. Fortunately it's only about a 24-hour version of gastroenteritis (whereas rotavirus can last a WEEK with the same symptoms!). , if you remember hearing about Lake Center Elementary being shut down for a complete decontamination in mid-November because 60% of students and staff called in sick one day, that's the same virus you had... it just took a few weeks to make it south to you, or else you picked it up at the hospital. Norovirus is also known as Norwalk-like virus -- it's what shut down some cruise ships last year. It spreads like WILDFIRE, which is really disgusting when you think about it, because it spreads by the feces-to-mouth modality. As in, someone gets their poop on their hands and doesn't wash it off and they touch something and leave some of their poop on it. Then you come along and unknowingly touch their leftover poop and end up touching your mouth. Next thing you know, you're praising the porcelain god (or better yet --joy of joys-- you're praising a bucket while sitting on your throne, always a fun adventure!). I was so proud of hubby and me for not getting the virus when our kindergartener had it in

November. I was very strict about handwashing for all three of us, as well as disinfecting doorknobs, toilet flush handles, faucet handles, handtowels, etc -- anything that could have been touched by a hand that hadn't yet been washed. A week later, hubby and I came down with it a day apart -- we both picked it up from somewhere else in town (probably the hockey rink, since we practically live there!). This strain has a 24-48 hour incubation period, so we know our case wasn't from our son, and hubby didn't get his from me b/c we were only about 16 hours apart in symptom onset (we probably got exposed to it at the same time, but his immune system is a little hardier than mine and he didn't succumb as quickly -- either way, he developed it too quickly for him to have caught it from me). Like I said, it's so disgusting to know that we both ended up putting someone else's fecal matter in our mouths!!! And now that everyone's completely grossed out, I'm going to go WASH MY HANDS and prepare dinner for my family! LOL Debbi in Michigan

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