OSCON Day 3
Monday, Jul 28. 2008 – Category: OpenSolaris, OpenSource, Songbird
Day 3 (Friday) for me was … well… rough. I woke up feeling completely nauseous. Given that I had done a wee bit of drinking the night before, I was inclined to think it was alcohol-related. (Good thing I had that handy dandy hangover kit from Beerforge!)
After spending until the full 12:00 checkout time puking in the toilet, I was ready to write-off alcohol for the rest of my life. Many many many apologies to Eric Jung of Mozdev for ducking out in the middle of our lobby conversation to go throw up in the hotel lobby bathroom. Many apologies to the folks who also witnessed me puking off the side of a MAX platform (fortunately it was one near the airport which was all rock and weeds off the platform)… and apologies to the folks at the security line at the airport when I went rushing past to the bathroom to go puke… and to the folks on the plane who had to watch me rush to the bathroom three times en route (you might (or might not) be happy to know only two of those times resulted in puking, the third was mostly dry heaves).
At this point, I realised it might not be the alcohol. By the time I landed in SF and puked once more (sorry SFO deplaning passengers!), I was pretty sure it was food poisoning. Talking to my wife (who, unlike me, actually HAS medical training), my er… other symptons, definitely seemed to point to food poisoning.
Food poisoning is a really really really unbelievably shitty thing to have when you’re flying/traveling. And that’s all I have to say about that.
So in the end, after a couple days of being sick to my stomach - I’m pretty much all better.
And I take back my thoughts at writing off alcohol. Sweet sweet tasty beer.
(and one final apology to anyone reading this who gets offended by posts about puking)
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July 28th, 2008 at 23:03
There seems to be a lot of it going around. It hit me on Friday evening, and although I didn’t throw up, my gut was running full tilt and I had a fever of 101F. And then I thought to myself, “I’m going to India next week, and I’ve always prepared for something like this happening to me while travelling. OK, what would I do if I was in India?” And the answer was clear: Cipro for the bug, Solpadeine for the fever and to help me sleep, and plenty of liquids. Touch wood, it’s cleared up, and I’m ready to fly tomorrow.
August 4th, 2008 at 15:27
ew.
August 13th, 2008 at 08:01
Never blame on alcohol what you can blame on bad food. However, your story reminds me of my last flight back from Mexico. My wife and I had avoided the water all week and had completely escaped all ill effects (or so I thought).
Last day there with two hours before we had to board the plane. We decided to get breakfast. I should not have eaten the runny eggs. Bad, bad, bad mistake. I spent the entire time on the first four hour flight (with the exception of 10 minutes) holed up in the airplane bathroom. I both landed and took off on the toilet. No joking matter at all.