Food Poisoning

I went to Chilis restaurant for a salad. I had the Southwest Chicken Cobb salad. About a half hour after eating I was not feeling very good. I was thinking to myself that if I could just get sick, I would probably feel a lot better. Two hours later, I got my wish.

I was hunched over the bathroom toilet and eliminating the Cobb salad from my system. The problem was that I didn't feel any better. I drank a small amount of water and tried to go to sleep.

The water came back up, and then my CGM alarm went off telling me that my BG was low. This is a first for me. I can't eat or drink, so how am I suppose to get my BG up?

I had a little help from Nature on this one. I did try some cranberry juice. An hour after I drank it, I got to revisit it again. This time my blood glucose (BG) was starting to rise. It has been 5 hours an I still feel bad and I can't keep anything down.

Another hour goes by and I am dry heaving to the porcelain god. And this continued every hour until 3:30 AM. Nothing going down and my body is trying to eliminate as much as it can from my stomach. It all stopped at 3:30 and I noticed my BG had continued to rise, but I didn't really care. I just wanted to sleep.

The next morning my BG was very high. Around 250. Before I begin to contemplate why this is occurring I think I should have something to drink. I feel very dehydrated and I have a growing headache. Coffee, I can't stand the smell. Juice is just as bad. I settle on water and force myself to drink a full glass of water.

When I get a cold my BG tends to rise and I have to use more insulin to keep myself within my prescribe tolerances. I am guessing this is what is going on here. I have an infection, which entered my system through the bad food, and my body is dumping glucose into my system to give the white blood cells energy to fight it off.

This first day I eat one slice of toast and 4 whole wheat ritz crackers. I drank one Gatoraid Rain and one Vitamin Water "Revive". My BG has run around 180 most of the day. I slept most of the day.

The second day was not much better from the eating perspective. I did sleep quite a bit, but managed to get in a few calls for work. I could work about 2 hours and then I needed to sleep some more.

The third day was more of the same

The fourth day was the same, except I had a holiday dinner to attend. Actually I was hosting the dinner. I had one glass of wine and some soup and a little pasta. I felt like my intestines were tied into knots. I was going to pay for eating something other then toast.

Day 5 was more of the same. I did manage to eat some oatmeal with no milk or sweetener. I also slept more then on the third or fourth day.

Day 6, I am feeling better. Food is more appealing, but I am sticking to Oatmeal, Toast, water and crackers. My BG is still running high.

Day 7, I expanded my food choices. I had milk with my oatmeal and I had a bowl of cereal with milk and sweetener. I tried a diet coke, but I could only drink half of it. I slept a little less today.

Day 8, My BG is in the normal range. I am hungry, but I am going to stay away from the acidic foods and drinks. I still don't want any coffee. I didn't take one nap today.

Day 9. I think I am back to normal. I had a cup of coffee and a regular meal today.

I am very glad that is over with. Just in time to enjoy a Christmas meal and to watch my BG go sky high from eating all the Christmas goodies.