Yup, still allergic to seafood

[hsapiens]

This week hasn't gone as intended. I have learned one thing, though: pad thai is traditionally made with fish sauce. Even if you're ordering a vegetarian version. Have been barfing up my stomach, liver, and a kidney or two since Thursday. Hopefully my stomach will settle down enough that I can take some pain killer soon for unrelenting headache, face ache, ear ache, toothache, and muscle aches. I'm finally able to keep down water (yay!) and able to get out of bed for a few minutes at a time, so I've turned the corner.

I'll try to ctach up with the flist when I"m feeling better but that's why I've been so quiet. Sorry for typos - not going to check this before posting.

Comments

[msjudi.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh!! *hug* feel better soon, sweetie!

I has SUCH a great time meeting you and your family. I have a feeling, though, that Megan and I were probably over the top LOL. We must habve come off as foul-mouthed lunatics.

Ummmm... yeah, we are. ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm feeling almost normal again.

I had a fabulous time meeting you and Megan. If you were foul-mouthed lunatics, you were my kind of foul-mouthed lunatics. ;-) I had a great time and I'd happily do it again, though next time I think I'll opt for a different dish.

[msjudi.livejournal.com]

It wasn't the Mo Mong dish that made you ill, was it? :(

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes it was. At dinner, I ate mostly my spring roll and only had a couple bites of the pad thai. With 20/20 hindsight, I realize the headache that night and the bloodshot eyes the next morning was more than just usual Houston allergies and the fact that I'm soooo not a morning person.

If it had to happen, I'm glad I primed my immune system for the onslaught of cold leftovers laced with fishy extracts because my reaction was fairly swift (a half hour?) and kept me from eating even more of it. I have a hard time imagining it but I know it could have been worse.