Even though the most interesting trip I’ve taken this week was to Costco, I woke up this morning with the unmistakeable eggy burp, roiling digestive system and transition-worthy labor pain that is giardia.
Couldn’t the little parasite have at least hitched a ride from contaminated mountainside spring and not the shopping cart handle that likely infected me? I suffered a severe bout in 2001, so it is possible that I’ve been carrying dormant cysts around with me since, but I find that unlikely.
If you have thus far been spared from intestinal parasites, pass on this one. It is beyond nasty.
7 responses so far ↓
flutter // March 11, 2008 at 6:00 pm
oof, that’s nasty…feel better
allyo // March 11, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Painful and gross. Lovely combination. Feel better soon.
mamatried // March 11, 2008 at 9:53 pm
My dogs get giardia but thankfully not me!
Gwen // March 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm
No fun at all. Hope you’re better soon.
Unfit Mother // March 12, 2008 at 3:21 pm
OMG! I had giardia when I was pregnant with Ivy. And I picked up some Mexican hitchikers on my vacation and my doc is making me test for which species.
Get Well Soon!
thordora // March 13, 2008 at 12:46 am
blech…..life is shitty enough (pun intended) with the lithium shits…..
vicki // March 13, 2008 at 9:55 am
Oh man! That bites! which is worse, the giardia or getting the flu from Matt Damon? You poor thing…get well soon!
Vicki
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