On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:29:43 GMT, "Johnoo" > wrote:

>Hello,

Hello! <waving>

>I'm a newbie of sorts to this group, but, from the description you gave of
>the symptoms I think it may have been a virus. I had exactly the same
>symptoms almost two weeks ago. It lasted for about a week or so and was not
>pleasant. Several people in the office I work in had the same exact thing. I
>also had this problem about the same time last year, if it helps. By the
>way, the cramps were the worst I've felt since I had actual food poisoning
>a few years back. Symptoms were similar in some ways, but not the same and
>did not last as long. I have to admit though, I did not have the first
>symptom. Hope this helps.
>Have a great day!

Sounds like we were sick at basically the same time. The virus thing would
explain while our dogs got sick, too. I've been wondering about that part
of the puzzle. They got better a lot more quickly than we did, thank
goodness.

I hadn't cooked for about a week before we got sick, so I know that I
didn't poison us. The only thing that both Crash and I had eaten was room
temperature KFC chicken fingers. We assumed that that was the culprit.

And as horrible as this was, it was a walk in the park compared to the food
poisoning I once had from crab legs. I've never been so violently ill in
my life. Took a week before I was well enough to leave the house and see a
doctor.

Nice to meet you, John,
Carol
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"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

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