11.13.2011

gastroenteritis

The pain is intolerable.

I can't believe I allowed myself to eat a medium rare burger, under the caution on the menu that eating undercooked meat can lead to food-borne illness.

The only way to stop the pain is by laying down or sitting in a crouch position. It comes and goes in waves. Yesterday when I was cryosectioning brain tissue, I had to lurch over onto the machine at times just to relieve the pain.

The hamburgers were digested Friday at lunchtime. It has been 2 days thus far. Hopefully it gets better by tomorrow. Janey told me to start worrying when it reaches a week or longer.

I'm going to lay in bed for a while before resuming writing. That, or fall asleep...