Sounds like mild food poisoning to me. I have had a couple varieties, so I
know. I am also diabetic and on metformin. Metformin can cause your
symptoms, especially if you eat a lot of carbs.

There is no such thing as stomach flu or a stomach virus. You can get
severe diarrhea from a simple cold, so you are confusing a symptom for a
disease.

Many things could cause this, even stress. Almost all are benign and the
treatment usually is to just let it run its course. If you had a pathogen
such as salmonella, you'd be wishing you were dead. I've had it and I can
tell you there is nothing so violent and painful as severe food poisoning.
If you are not passing blood in your stools, you do not have salmonella or
anything so severe. A mild case of e coli in an adult can cause your
symptoms. E.coli in an adult can be mild or extremely severe. If it were
severe you'd have a high fever and bloody stools. Or you could be having a
case of the metformin trots. I get them often.

Real food poisoning is so painful you'd not be able to compose a message to
this group. When I had salmonella I literally lived in my bathroom for 3
days and nights, praying for death. Then 3 more days in bed sipping broth
and Gatorade still worried death would not come and relieve me from my
suffering. My anus never really healed, 'roids and fissures have plagued me
since. OK, TMI but it is important in your case. So if you had a really
bad form of poisoning, you'd know it.

So see your doc and be assured you will live through it until then.

Paul

"Nexis" > wrote in message
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> Ok, a little background. As many here may know, I am diabetic. Last week
> as I sat down to breakfast Thursday morning, I was stricken quite out of
> the blue with some pretty bad stomach cramps. Not the usual, abdominally
> located stuff, but up high, between the ribs. They continued
> intermittently all day and the next day. Friday we went to an early dinner
> with friends. I hadn't had any pain in several hours, and thought it had
> passed. Then during dinner they hit again with a new ferocity. By that
> night I was quite sick and unable to keep down anything at all. All the
> next day the same thing. By Sunday morning, I was able to keep down small
> sips of Sprite and water. Decided to try breakfast. Had a waffle, which I
> hate less than half of, and some tea. Felt a bit better so decided last
> evening to try dinner. Around the third bite, I had the distinct feeling I
> had been too ambitious. This morning, I lost last nights dinner. All day,
> stomach cramps and so much noise! Gurgling and such.
>
> I've never experienced anything quite like this. Nausea and throwing up,
> I'm quite familiar with. Spent 18 months (pregnancies) doing that all day,
> every day. This is somewhat different, with the high cramps and all the
> noise. Does this sound like food poisoning? Or a stomach virus? I'm trying
> to stay hydrated, and am keeping down liquids. Ate a small amount of
> macaroni noodles this afternoon, and so far they've stayed down too.
>
> Has anyone experienced anything like this? I am afraid to check my blood
> sugars...between sipping sprite and being unable to keep down the meds,
> I'm sure they're out of whack. I have an appointment Wednesday (the
> soonest they could get me in...apparently they've been bombarded with sick
> people the last couple weeks), but was hoping to find some form of relief
> before then....
>
>
> kimberly