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    I have the stomach flu. I have been vomiting since 10 a.m. today. I thought fluids would help, but I just threw them all up. Now I feel dehydrated, anxious, weak, feverish and nauseous. Apparently it's just supposed to last 1-2 days. I called a health advice hot line and the nurse told me to give the fluids a rest for a while, but I'm finding it hard to do that because I feel so dehydrated. I was considering going to the emergency room, but I have no health insurance so I'm just going to let it take care of itself. Since it's a virus, all I can really do is sleep/rest it off.

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    Can you get a Phenergan prescription? Suppositories so you don't vomit anything else up. That, to combat nausea and sleep are all that helps me. I'm so sorry, this sucks, I got it twice in two months right after I moved to Portland. Feel better soon.

    Oh, can you suck on ice? That might help you feel less parched and not make you yak. And also, the minor emergency clinic in Beaverton is not very expensive. I got sick on a Saturday and dragged my miserable self there for drugs.

    Again, yuk, hope you recover quickly.

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    Try ice chips. It's the only thing that didn't make me puke up more, or at leats more frequently. I got sick sunday night, and now it's thursday and I still can keep anything down besides bananas and bread or broth, but now it comes out the other end. Take it easy all week just in case.
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    Ugh. I went into the ER once. They gave me a sodium chloride drip, did x-rays, gave me a shot of Ativan (I was also having a panic attack) and then rushed me out the door. So I go back later that night, which turned into a two-night hospital stay.

    When they showed me the "approximate" bill I started sobbing.

    I'm back in my room now, drinking Pedialyte. I'm going to take it easy for a while. I'm supposed to be working, too -- damn it.

    At least I'm not in some third world country fighting for my life.

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