FriscoKid

You intentionally got food poisoning? Also, food poisoning can happen not just from bacteria, but from toxins or chemicals getting into the food during prep. That's part of why I rarely eat out anymore. The issue with Cipro is that, while it’s worked for you so far, it doesn’t always do the trick. Sometimes, it doesn't clear up the infection because its nor specifically for stomach bacteria and then the bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics. Next time you’re in Thailand, I’d suggest picking up some Norfloxacin and keeping it on hand, just in case. I always carry some with me. It’s about 50 Baht for a strip of 8-10 tablets (depending on the brand), and the dosage is twice a day for 3-4 days. If you have a choice, go for the Siam brand.

Sounds interesting, thanks. Do you know where I can get a copy from?

Next time go for Norfloxacin, similar to Cipro, but more specific on intestinal bacteria from bad food. It normally stops the worst of the symptoms within 18 hours. But for seafood it can be trickier because you can end up with parasites too. Those two forms of penicillin won't do it for parasites. You would need something stronger like Flagyl.

I got it once from a similar type place in BuaKhao. I suspect it was from the sauce in the wrap. Probably not well enough refrigerated or they kept the sauce for too many days and it went off. I say this because it probably wasn't from the meat or the bread. I always avoid those places now.

My intestines don't seem to agree. But it's true, most of the other times I've gotten it, it's taken about 6-8 after eating the bad food for the symptoms to start. But I've also had a few other times where it did start within an hour too.

Possibly. That's what I suspect. Surprised though that you would find that in a restaurant right in the center of Shanghai next-door to one of the biggest tourist attractions.

Of course. AI photo.

Both photos were AI generated by ChatGPT and aren't real. I thought that was already very obvious.

They moved me to the last row of seats in the plane in the middle section because I couldn't remain where I was seated. It was four seats in a row. None of them were occupied. I ended up lying down on the floor underneath the row of four seat seats.

I can post this photo because it's not too graphic. This was before I was forced to change my clothes.

You want video as well? When does it end with the special requests?

Here is one of the photos from the scene that I posted on the link below. Needless to say, I wasn't looking my best. I didn't want to post it here. Possible compliance issues. https://i.postimg.cc/cHpF1yh3/08-BD472-D-8833-4295-809-C-5970-FE4-D0721.jpg

I can offer even more vivid details, if necessary. I can also provide photos of the scene, for a small fee, of course.

Mine was in Shanghai. Had just visited that big temple in the city center. Can't quite remember the name (might have been the City God Temple Complex). Anyway, right after finishing the visit, we ate at some stir fry noodle joint. It looked fine, kind of like a local fast food place. There were these little strips of pink mystery meat in the noodles and I couldn’t get a straight answer about what the meat was. It didn’t look like chicken or pork. About an hour later I headed to the airport for my flight back to Bangkok. We weren’t in the air for even half an hour before it started coming out both ends at the same time. I completely destroyed one airplane bathroom and then they had to lock it off so nobody else could use it. Then I started demolition work on a second bathroom about thirty minutes later. Between bathroom runs I was lying on the floor under my seat moaning. By the time we landed in Bangkok everything had stopped though and by the next morning I was miraculously fine. I don’t think I’ve ever had it that bad before. Normally when I get it even half as bad I end up needing antibiotics or I wind up in the hospital dehydrated on a drip. But this time it just cleared up literally the next day. All pretty insane.