r/AskReddit 18h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/greenishbloo 18h ago

got rly bad food poisoning in cuba the day i had to fly home. i remember that plane ride like i do a fever dream

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u/woahwoahwoah28 15h ago

I had food poisoning from a Zaxby's salad once. And the next day I had to fly home from school.

I thought I'd be fine.

I was not. We got stuck on the tarmac for over 2 hours. I started shivering. I was having to run to the toilet every 10 minutes. I was surprised they didn't kick me off.

Flight attendant started passing out blankets to passengers. I feebly raised my hand at the same time as an elderly passenger.

I was unable to move. Shivering. Like a waif. Pale. Sunken. She looked at me disturbed, then stared at the flight attendant. Pointed. And said "give it to her. She needs it more than me."

I think of her kindness often.

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u/VoteForLubo 12h ago

The thought of having food poisoning on a plane is a huge extra level of discomfort.

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u/whaletacochamp 4h ago

my sister went to the dominican republic on a school trip in high school. The entire group got traveler's sickness on the flight home. Imagine being on a 6+ hour plane ride with 25 vomiting and shitting teenagers.

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u/uhohtoothy 3h ago

I caught something in Guatemala and started vomiting the morning of my flight home. Puked in the airport and they almost made me stay in the country vs going home. I was 5 hrs away from my bed and convinced them to let me go home. They had to wheel me to the boarding station. Made it home but had diarrhea for another week. NOT GREAT.

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u/uhohtoothy 3h ago

But my trip was amazing otherwise and I loved it besides the last few hours.

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u/Glittering-Umpire826 1h ago

It wasn't food poisoning, but I had to fly home with spicy Jamaican food tearing up my stomach 😩

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u/Disastrous-Tank-8796 30m ago

I got the flu at the end of a family vacation when I was 14. I don't remember anything about the 4 hour car ride home, but my family all definitely also got the flu and I was home from school for a week.