gastro doing the rounds in australia

the doctor told me it would take a good week to recover because she said that the cells get infected.

the time it takes to recover really depends on a few factors whether you get a severe case or mild case

eg my son was mild mine was severe

also it depends on whether you rest up body has more chance of recovery and also the food (diet) you eat (intake ) for that first week

for example it can flare up again so dairy products are to be avoided. in fact boiled rice with lemon black tea and toast was recommended by my doctor(she is australian/ enlish ) my friends and relatives had already bombarded me wth this advice

doctor also said introduce foods slowly and light foods like soup. she said dont eat a steak suddenly even if you are feeling better.

i was very bad for the whole night on saturday night it subsided sunday but flared again sunday night and monday by tuesday afternnon i was feeling better but still didnt go to work on doctors advice

i went back wednesday afternnon (even though doc had wanted me resting then as well) when i got home wednesday night i was feeling very weak and veins were popping on hands and were a dark blue colour "i over did it" ) so i rested thursday but worked thursday night started eating normal on friday.

sometimes its better to be cautious because my neighbour has had it for a few weeks. but she wasnt as cautious with her diet

hope this helps

annie

so sad when children have to be hospitalised its not pleasant at its best let alone to be hospitalised .

i wasnt expecting it either but my neighbour had it the funny thing was i didnt get it when she was at her peak.

i dont blame her because if it wasnt her it could have been anywhere!!

public places can be worse only because you dont know who has what. as a doctor onc told me you only have to touch the door handle that smenones touched to get a virus.

cheers annie

fair enough its just the doctor just told me and that was yesterday to stay off all dairy products i know that no dairy products has been the golden rule.

i dont dispute what you are saying research  is always coming up with new things, was this reported in the medical journal? without being too sceptical everything lately is  "the latest research" you and i could be the latest research. the latest research was on the today show just this morning saying apostive attitude doesnt make a difference for cancer patients they had dawn fraser on the show who claims otherwise and as she pointed out this will hold until other research says otherwise i have a friend who has overcome breast cancer its been ten years and hers was very severe a nurse who had been through it told her how important postive thinking was and my friend says that with other therapies saved her life

i combine what my mother has taught me over the years with what my own treating doctors have told me and i find it works

cheers annie

oh i so feel for her many years ago when my neice was a baby she also was hospitalised. i was about 19 at the time , she was on a drip and it was heartbreaking watching my sister in tears as she had to go home and her little girl crying after her for her mummy.

yeah fluids are so important the syringe is an excellent idea for babies

Hey Annie,

Thanks for the advice.  You can also edit your own article to add this information below if you want to, some people don't read the comments below....

Julie

thanks julie

i thought of that but what happens to existing comments votes ? are they split into advices ? sorry it might sound stupid but i was wondering......

annie

Editing your advice to include more information does not remove comments and votes that are already on your article.  Editing is actually a great thing to do because sometimes you may catch typos that you didn't see before. Or you may have a picture or other info that would be great for your article.

No, i'm pretty sure they just stay as they are.  If you want to be sure just ask Izzy or post it in tech Help group.