The day before yesterday, my daughter and I went to a neighboring town for a trip to the zoo, the community pool and lunch at Arby's. Our lunch was the only thing we'd eaten in common in nearly a week. Within hours, I had awful abdominal gas. 12 hours later (in different households, mind you) we both had awful watery diarrhea and vomiting. Early yesterday morning we went to see our doctors and got gas medicine, antiemetics and diarrhea controlling meds. We slept the entire day yesterday and are exhausted with muscle pain and NO appetite today.

My husband and I shared a sub purchased from a local chain restaurant. I only ate a small piece while he ate the rest. Shortly after, we both began having severe stomach cramping and pain, bloating and gas. I crushed up several cloves of garlic, simmered them in a little fresh olive oil and ate it along with cinnamon which helped. My husband would not eat them. He was up all night throwing up, cramping and diarrhea. His stomach seemed to get a little better until now, a week later. He came down with a migraine, diarrhea, fever, chills, shaking and cramping. It is his third day today and he is going to the local med center.

I got food poisoning a couple of weeks ago, GEE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE that's how sick I was. Not real sure where I picked up the virus, ate out on a Thursday and Friday (Chinese and seafood). It started on Sunday night. I was vomiting and had diarrhea really bad. After 4 days I did go see a doctor because I was feeling very week, dizzy, diarrhea and vomiting. I was asked to give a stool sample and blood work. Results came back with campylobacter. It did clear up on its own. All I know is that I never felt sick like that in my life!

I eat a sandwich of turkey from the deli at 5pm (it smelled funny but the expiration date was still good). At 1:30am I woke up with severe cramping followed with diarrhea and wanting to vomit. The cramping was so severe that at 8:30am I called the clinic for help. My appointment was not till 1:45pm. I went to sleep and woke up at noon feeling better so I cancelled the appointment. It came back with severe cramps. I ate jello and had another bout of diarrhea. At 5pm I had chicken broth. I still feel very weak.

I had a cold, and ate a mild evening meal of "quick prepare" rice that is pre-cooked, sold in a liquid, and offered in a microwaveable bag. It was a reliable brand. Then I had a drink I made myself from boiled water, honey, lemon and powdered ginger. The onset of headache and vomiting was sudden, within 10 hours of consumption, and violent. Each episode of throwing-up (about 10 in total), which also resulted in my passing out on the floor, or "disappearing" for a length of time I will never know, likely not more than a minute each time. This was a frightening aspect of the illness. I am recovering within 36 hours, but do not know if it was the honey or the rice that caused my issue. I know I will never buy this "express" rice package again.

I made the mistake of ordering the Chinese buffet a few minutes before they were to close it, which meant the food had been out for over 3 hours. The hot food wasn't hot, and the cold food wasn't cold. Five hours later, I started to feel sick. It was at 6 hours when I began vomiting. About 20 minutes later, I had to again, and I also had to go to the bathroom several times. If I moved my head, I became very dizzy. I went to bed about 2 hours earlier than normal. When I awoke this morning, I still felt awful. After being awake for an hour, I vomited twice more. By this time, it was pretty clear. My urine was dark. I went back to bed for a couple of hours. This morning, I had a couple of bites of a banana, and at 2:00 managed to eat a sandwich of toast and a thin piece of turkey. I hope that will stay down. My head hurts, I'm cold, and I am weak and dizzy.

I had a sub sandwich made with sliced rotisserie chicken from a grocery store and cheddar cheese. Within an hour I started vomiting every 20 min. for the next nine hours. It was coming out both ends, but not watery. I also felt feverish at times my muscles were aching. I tried to sleep 15 minutes in between throwing up. The next day I had the worst headache of my life. The pain across my eyes was unbearable. Every time I drank water I got nauseated. I made my sub a few hours before my husband's. He did not get sick. I went to the doctor but by the time I got my meds for nausea and pain, I didn't really need them anymore. Thank goodness for cola!

My partner and I had Chinese last night. After an hour I started feeling unwell with stomachache. I could not sleep all night feeling sick and having nightmares. Now I am nauseated and I have muscle weakness and achiness.