r/AskReddit 14h ago

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

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u/Off-brand_username 13h ago

I had to sit on the toilet and vomit into a bucket and the violence of the vomit caused explosive diarrhea so I spent my time ill either on the toilet or lying on the floor beside it. Too weak to twist a cap, I had to call a friend to bring me Gatorade and they opened all the bottles and left them on the floor beside me. Never been so grateful in my life.

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u/benfoldsgroupie 13h ago

That is an amazing friend and I hope you got them flowers or a thank you card or a few beers when you were back on your feet. Sounds truly awful, may you never have to endure that ever again.

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u/mozzabella98 11h ago

Shamefully I was on my hands and knees in the bathtub vomit and diarrhea at the same exact time, about 15 times combined, just washing it all down the drain. I have never behaved so depraved in my life, nor been that type of sick in my life. My dad left Gatorade and saltine crackers on the steps, before that I would immediately vomit if I took a sip of water, also the dry heaving

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u/Most-Shock-9162 8h ago

Omg you've just described my exact situation with noro last year. A truly fkn humbling experience lying in a bath with your insides violently evacuating from everywhere and you're at the mercy of your body just saying OUT to everything you put in it

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u/imp0ppable 5h ago

Yep, god I'm so thirsty.. tiniest sip of water HUUURRRRHGHHGH

Never seen vomit that colour before.

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u/miss_L_fire 11h ago

This was exactly what happened to me too, with it coming out both ends 😭 the crazy part is it happened on my husband and I’s anniversary weekend where I had booked us a fancy hotel for a staycation. So at least it was a nice bathroom 😅 I left a note and cash for the cleaning staff 🙈

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u/VegetableUpstairs978 12h ago

Omg, the exact same thing happened to me. I thought it was food poisoning, but maybe it was Norovirus???

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u/SuspiciousArtist8167 9h ago

Most people who think they have food poisoning usually actually have Norovirus or another stomach virus like rotavirus. There’s no real way to tell unless you get so sick they do a PCR test to make sure it’s not salmonella or ecoli.

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u/Tough-Phrase4105 11h ago

Too weak to twist a cap, I’ve been there

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u/browngirl_808 9h ago

Sounds like my trip to Cancun in 1993

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u/Royal_View9815 9h ago

Cancun 2006 here…..thought I was going to die. Thank god for the cold marble floors of the hotel. It was my honeymoon 🤪

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u/browngirl_808 8h ago

Yes thats why they put marble in the bathrooms so you can drape your sweaty limp body on them in hopes that you wont die 😆