Well speak of the devil!
We had plenty of opportunity to test that pain management thing this weekend, more than necessary. Short story – our streak of health luck ran out and we got semi-seriously sick for the first time since 2016.

Long story – wanted to go hiking this weekend but had dinner with family on Friday. I knew it was a bad idea, got stuffed with unhealthy food including those god-dam sausages. Body’s not used to that. Additionally had a slight cold from sleeping with open windows in increasingly cool nights, no idea of any of that played a role. Things were initially fine when we (host) departed on Saturday morning to drive to our hiking spot but things got awkward half-way with increasing nausea. Now the body’s always been extremely sensitive to motion sickness but getting carsick while driving is not normal.

Had to pull over, luckily on a country road to throw up into the bushes but nothing came out. Additionally the nausea disappeared into a sort of high. Been there, it’s the vegetative nervous system acting up. Host considered continuing for a minute but I ordered him to turn 360 immediately and carefully drive home. We made it half way until having to pull over again and this time throw up full time. Not just breakfast bit the entire dinner from yesterday. Apparently nothing had been processed. Felt really awful. I briefly tried to fight the nausea but decided not to hog resources. Again the high set in and we managed to get home like some druggie that had just received his heroin. Barely home the cycle started again. Deterioration until awful nausea. I made host drink a lot of water and he threw up again, there was still a lot of that dinner left. Used the following high to prepare bed and go to sleep. Ipt was noon. Two more cycles followed with throwing up until the stomach was empty.

I monitored this from an outside perspective, it didn’t affect me directly, just with the lack of processing power. Felt awful not being able to help host other than making him do stuff that accelerated throwing up. Well nothing novel, I know I can’t fight motion sickness, it’s very primordial stuff not under my control. Short sharp pain is way easier but nausea is just horrible like you lose all will to live. The only good thing is I can rationalize how to break it by throwing up in this case.

So after 5 cycles of nausea, throwing up and the following high I made host eat some yogurt with blueberries, table salt and some calcium/magnesium powder to get back the lost electrolytes and we went to sleep. Slept over 14h and are still tired and wonky in body and mind but at least no more nausea. No fever either.

No idea what this is, probably some stomach virus infection. It’s the 3rd time this happened, in 2010 while abroad, in spring 2016 and now. Was gone after 1-2 days. Yes the Bear may laugh at us but I think getting sick once every 6 years is not so bad. Hope we’re fully back to normal tomorrow.