Can you help me figure out what this illness was? Food poisoning, the flu, or something else?

It sounds a little bit like when I had a stomach ulcer. Gas station hot dog probably didn’t help- never eat from a gas station dear ones.

The only thing that ever worked for me was to drink Sprite or 7 up and no real food for a day or two, then go back to bland foods only.

@KNOWITALL As I observed the hot dogs I literally had this thought “This has the potential to make me feel like a real pile of shit.” Then I got one anyhow. It was my first and last. However the only reason I don’t think it was entirely due to the dog was because I did have some heartburn before I ate it too, and that in itself let me know something was wrong because of how infrequently I do get any heartburn whatsoever.

I got a lot of my symptoms when I was emotional, like excited, sad, mad, etc…so perhaps you made yourself sick with excitement, then followed that up with a nasty hot dog, then you followed it up with acidic oranges. Sounds like a death wish to me…lol Good luck.

Flu would have made you “want to die”, fever with lung and breathing problems.
Bad food poisoning would had you attached to the “John”.

The above not an answer but ulcer maybe. Sounds like a trip to Dr if it happens again.

Do you feel bad enough that you want to see a doctor? Is it over? If it’s over and you don’t want to see a doctor than all the Monday morning quarterbacking in the world isn’t going to help you avoid this in the future.

If it happens the next time you a piece of greasy fried chicken or a hot dog. Go see a Dr, it could be grease induced like Gall Stones.

@burntbonez No, I never thought I’d go see a doctor. I assumed there was just something I’d eaten that didn’t agree with me. Like I said I felt well enough to one day do a 10 mile hike, but I did complain a lot and had a lot of moderate heartburn the whole time. That was the day I said it hurt whenever I stood up, which I thought was bizarre. I just figured these symptoms would be enough to possibly tell what had happened so I could avoid it again or whatever. It’s simply curiosity at this point though, I think it was just a freak thing.

I understand that you are curious, but any responses you get from amateurs really won’t mean a thing. You’ve got to see a professional if you want to have any chance of a decent diagnosis, but even then, you’ll not be sure. Doctors don’t always know, and sometimes they get it wrong, and sometimes they make mistakes. But it’s better than what you’ll get from amateurs.

Food poisoning can happen as quickly as 15 minutes after you eat.
Since you had some heartburn before the hotdog, I would guess you had a mild case of the flu. Yeah, I said mild. I had it bad, and messed myself while I was bent over vomiting.

@filmfann Holy shit. My goodness. Well, I feel lucky now ha!

@burntbonez Yes but that is the whole point of this website. I don’t really go to the doctor ever so I’m not going to make an appointment for something that is already passed especially. I just thought maybe someone else had experienced this.

From growing up around doctors, nurses and pharmacists and some from personal experience, I would say it is safe to say you are very likely to either have or develope acid reflux, so lay off the spicy food – period and talk to your doctor about prescribing something for this. Just because a few things haven’t worked for your mom, doesn’t mean they won’t work for you. Also, your mom should talk to her doctor about trying something else. There are quite a few things out that may help and if insurance doesn’t cover it, find out about prior authorizations or appealing it. That’s what I do now for a living and if you keep appealing and supplying detailed info and your doc’s recommendation, you might get an approval. Never hurts to ask. Finally, I recommend having your gall bladder checked. It could be filled with sludge or stones. A nuclear HIDA scan :) also another field I’ve worked in :) will tell them if it’s plugged up.