Too sick to operate the internet like a grown-up

[megamuphen]

Dear vegan internets

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[megamuphen]

Miso soup is a good idea! I never think to make it myself. Thanks!

[kaoriz]

Rice. Lots of plain, bland white rice and some plain bread (granted you don't have a gluten/wheat problem). Brown rice, while healthier, might be hard on your stomach =\

Feel better!

[megamuphen]

Oh yeah, I didn't think of that, with the brown rice being maybe being harder. Tonight I'm going to eat some plain white rice in some veggie broth, because broth sounded really good. I never want to eat bread when I'm sick, but I'm always happy when I do, it almost always makes me feel better.

Thanks!

[bridgegirl]

Rice in broth is always what I eat when I'm sick. Also ginger ale and ginger tea. Hope you feel better soon!

[neko_loliighoul]

try congee, ( rice porridge) I love that when I'm feeling ill ( which is frequent) yumm

[dulce_deluge]

I got like this for about a week, eliminated soy, and felt 100% better within 24 hours. Have you been checked for food allergies?

[megamuphen]

I have been allergy tested. A few things turned up in a blood test (wheat, egg, apples) but nothing on a skin prick test. I tried going wheat-free just in case for like... a month back when I was allergy tested (gosh, it was almost 2 years ago I think!) and it didn't make me feel any better. Of course, I didn't feel like crap back then.

I think I might have H. pylori, I was treated for it while travelling in South Africa, but the dr. only prescribed 5 days of antibiotics. I felt better after 2 days (and of course took the drugs until the end of the course) but the internet tells me that normal treatment is 10-14 days, so maybe it wasn't 100% eliminated. The current antibiotic I'm taking I think is just making things worse (and isn't for H. pylori, my at-home doctor was expecting something else, I guess)

[neko_loliighoul]

have you had a blood test to check for nutritional deficiencies? iron for example as well as a fw others can cause one to become nauseous ( and awesomely, so does taking iron pills! yay!)

[megamuphen]

My doctor is running a bunch of tests, the only ones that are back so far are that I'm not anemic, not pregnant, and my thyroid is fine.

[n_yuvn]

Do you have access to a juicer or blender? Whenever I'm ill and don't feel like eating, I try to pack as many calories and nutrients as I can in either a juice or smoothie. Or gazpacho!

[megamuphen]

True Confession: I feel like a bad vegan for saying this, but I've actually never made a smoothie myself. I do have a blender though, and it sounds pretty good!

I'm not a huge gazpacho fan, but I do have some in my freezer (I make a bunch every summer and freeze it for my gazpacho-loving husband). Might be worth a shot.

[n_yuvn]

I typically don't make smoothies either, but I do make juice a lot. (Jack Lelane juicer: best birthday present ever.)

[megamuphen]

I think that once my husband and I buy a house (and therefore have a bigger kitchen) I'm going to look into the whole juicer business.

[owlsie]

how about congee? it's rice cooked to the consistancy of oatmeal. an asian dish given to sick people for comfort.

hope you get better soon!

[megamuphen]

Huh. That sounds interesting, I might have to try it. What sounds MORE interesting is oatmeal! I don't know why that didn't occur to me. Probably because food is pretty far from my mind.

Thanks!