Gibs went flying out both ends, and from a few places in the middle. I splattered the bathtub, the floor, the walls. It is not pleasant when the flu comes to visit. I am now trying to reassemble my body from the various bits.
It’ll probably require my full attention until the morning.
Oh, dear! Get well!
Get well soon, flu is never pleasant. Lets hope that vaccination makes it less dangerous than it otherwise would be.
We got vaccined against the most likely flu, plus COVID. Of course, no vaccine is 100% effective.
If you were inoculated against this particular strain the vaccine probably saved you from something much worse. Not much of a comfort when the body is turning itself iside out, I know.
I hope you get well soon.
(BTW any chance you can go to DC and give Tr*mp a big hug?)
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Oh, and OT: Remember your post about the Zizians? They were in the TV news last night. Apparently they’re suspected of killing a lot of people all over the country.
Norovirus?
That sounds like it could also be norovirus, which has also been circulating at high levels this year.
Hope you feel better soon.
I don’t know if it was norovirus, I had a stomach bug that had me purging from both ends of my gastrointestinal system Thursday and Friday last week. Not fun.
Get well soon.
I was not familiar with the term “gib”, so I googled it, and AI tells it has 3 different meanings:
1. In video games, it refers to the result of an overkill or critical hit, causing a foe’s body parts to explode in different directions.
2. In a mechanical context, a “gib” is a plain or notched piece of wood or metal used to hold parts of a machine or structure in place.
3. In slang, “gib” is an initialism for “good in bed,” meaning sexually proficient.
I’m not a gamer (hence my ignorance of the term), but I’m guessing you are referring to number 1 above. The flu virus or one its compatriots has dealt you a critical hit. Get well soon!
My wife and I are two weeks into the flu. This is as bad we’ve felt in many years, including covid. The worst is behind us, but still no energy. No diarrhea or vomiting, so I think Raven may be right about norovirus.
I would assume PZ wouldn’t confuse noro and flu. I’ve had either a bad allergy or cold for the last week. Thought it was my early spring allergy since pollen is up. But last Thursday night I ran a 100.7 °F fever. No fever Friday night but lost my sense of smell. Couldn’t smell fresh coffee grounds or vinegar. And began coughing stuff up. Got tested Saturday and it’s not COVID or flu. They gave me antibiotics because the funky sputum. The antibiotics helped produce stuff that isn’t coming out of either my nose or mouth. That’s quite unpleasant.
Was a bit disappointed it wasn’t COVID. Seems everyone else has had that already, but not me.
This is either a bad cold or an allergy that led to some secondary bacterial thing. I’m not fond of antibiotics, but I’m doing the Jamie Lee Curtis Activia thing coupled with Kefir. Both taste amazing! Gotta keep loaded up with bacteria.
Wait maybe it’s not the antibiotics?
https://www.today.com/food/jamie-lee-curtis-reveals-why-she-did-activia-ads-years-t233485
Could the yogurt and kefir be the culprit instead? I figured I’d be proactive and keep my bacteria levels up, but I don’t want to shit for seven years. WTF?
Huh. I thought that bang I heard to the north was just another out-of-season duck
hunterpoacher.EvoMonkey @8: Just learned that GIB can also stand for Gastrointestinal bleeding. Hope that’s not what PZ has.
@12 Rob Grigjanis
I would assume PZ would dial the appropriate three digit number if he were bleeding out both ends. He wouldn’t be wasting valuable time posting about it here.
Best wishes for as smooth and speedy a recovery as possible PZ.
You may want to get a covid test or at least use a home test, if you still have any. I’ve been using them every time I got badly sick since they came out, and it seems I finally came down with covid this weekend. Five years I made it before it got me. Sucks. But I’m told the paxlovid will help with the severity of the symptoms, so it’s worth knowing if it’s an option.
@12: Have had, do not want, do not want PZ to have, do not want my worst enemy to have (because it would take that enemy’s attention away from the other parts of my rightful vengeance bwahahaha).
The irony of this post by PZ appearing right after the headline of the preceding post is a bit much, too.
Get well. And for Zeus’ sake, stay out of that Arctic cold. (I don’t believe in Zeus, although I’ve dreamed of visiting Mt. Olympus when the gods are partying, so I have to keep the possibility they exist in mind. It’s safer to believe in the Olympians than not to believe. :) )
Hope you feel better soon PZ!
OT: Is Respectful Insolence gone? All I got from that link today was this line:
string(14) “Unknown target” string(12) “matched_vars” array(0) { }
No. https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/
John Morales @ 20
Re. hyperbaric treatment. I am told it may be useful for people with diabetes that have so severe problems with blood circulation that they are in risk of needing amputations (I have not personally tested it).
Random thought: I am willing to be infected with the zombie virus if you can provide access to the Oval Office. Or the Kremlin.
If PZ is literally undergoing lysis, it may be time to call doctor. Is this a “Black Goo” thing?
@22 birger (first-name basis among friends!)
Same thing.
Dear PZ, I do hope you recover quickly and completely. Could this illness have been contracted in the theater? All the silly ideas in the above comments remind me to a commercial where one kid is sick and the other recommends ‘vaporize him’ (referring to vick’s vapo rub vapors)
“Gibs went flying out both ends …” Pics or it didn’t happen.
Kidding. Hope you recover soon.
Hemidactylus @ 13, I know you’re saying that tongue-in-cheek, but I haven’t had COVID, either. I’ve been masking whenever I am in big box stores. Heck, I mask at the animal shelter when there’s often no one within my vicinity. I sincerely hope I never get it. My sister is immunocompromised and I live with her and my parents, who are both in their 70s. If my sister gets it, we don’t know how it would affect her, but we’d rather not find out.
Dammit. That was Hemidactylus @ 10.
You can add me to the “hasn’t had covid” club. Knock on wood.