Stomach Bug in the House
W ell, the stomach virus that is one of the things running rampant through society over the past few weeks has finally found its way to our house. All day yesterday, I had twinges of odd intestinal problems... sudden pains... a short lived cramp... then I started feeling like someone had knocked the wind out of me. Within minutes, I was in the bathroom with diarrhea. I'd come out for a bit, then would need to get back to the bathroom. This continued through most of the night. Even when I was in bed, I couldn't lay down. Honestly though, what I experienced through the night was far less severe than one of my typical Systemic Mastocytosis episodes that involves my gastrointestinal tract. Although, when this first started, I couldn't tell if it was viral or my illness. While I was sitting at the piano last night before attempting to lay down in bed, I started to get lightheaded like I was going to pass out. I did some epinephrine and that problem was quickly res