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[emetogirl]

ugggghhhh my belly feels so horrible😩

it started a few days ago with just some general bloating and discomfort, feeling really full without eating much, and my tummy just felt gurly and rumbly and upset. But after eating dinner a few nights ago I knew it wasn’t gonna stay down. God, I felt so fucking sick😣 after dinner my boyfriend was like “time to watch a movie then go to bed?” And I just went “think it’s time to puke and then go to bed” and walked to the bathroom, already tying my hair back cuz I knew it was no use fighting it. I got that sick feeling in my belly you get just a few minutes before you puke when everything feels so tight, like your stomach is squeezing in preparation to send everything rushing up. As soon as I got to the bathroom I was gagging immediately. The first few gags just brought up some sick burps, but pretty soon dinner was joining the mix. I could feel it coming all the way up me throat; all the food I had just eaten was barely digested and scraped my throat as I heaved it up. It was so thick and heavy that it came up in tiny mouthfuls at a time, my belly clenching so hard trying to get it all up. My stomach was really struggling to purge itself, but that didn’t stop it from trying, heaving over and over again and sending little waves I had to cough up and spit out. It was awful. I was flushed and sweaty and white as a sheet, and tears from the force of vomiting were gathering at the corners of my eyes. Even when I puked for the last time I didn’t feel like it was over. I went, “I’m not done” to my boyfriend who had been sitting with me the whole time rubbing my back and holding my stomach. I certainly didn’t feel done. I felt like this could just keep going on forever. My tummy stayed clenched up for a few minutes after, and I barely let myself breathe for fear that the slightest increase of pressure in my belly would trigger a gag and send another wave up. It was miserable. The rest of the night I spent either curled up on the couch or on the floor of my bathroom, but I didn’t throw up again. Even as I’m writing this I can remember vividly the sensation of all the food I ate, completely undigested, scraping my throat as I burped it up. Ugh.

[emetogirl]

This whole being sick thing blows.

Some things about me: I am rarely ever “normal people sick.” Like yeah, I often feel like puking my guts out because I have gastrointestinal problems and a heart condition that causes all sorts of things in my body to be funky, but I hardly ever get sick with regular run of the mill bugs.

UNTIL NOW AND IMMA BE HONEST? FUCK THIS SHIT. WORST THING EVER.

my normal shit I can deal with. I can power through just fine. But not with this lol. I have a tiny low grade fever and feel like puking my guts up and I am WRECKED. And like... throwing up when you have a genuine tummy bug is so much worse for some reason. Like the entire experience is so much more vile and disgusting. A symptom of my chronic health problems is gastroparesis, meaning that my stomach is partially paralyzed and I have very delayed gastric emptying. So when I puke because of this, I’m puking because there’s food sitting in my belly that isn’t digesting one bit, and I end up barfing it back up and feel immensely better afterwards. Puking from stomach viruses is a whole different kind of hell. I don’t feel better after. I just feel sick and sticky and sweaty and wretched and disgusting. The taste is my mouth stays even longer, no matter how many times I try to rinse my mouth out. My belly keeps trying to empty itself even when I know it’s done, even when there’s nothing to throw up, even when it’s just a sip of water I’m trying to keep down. My whole body is on fire and I feel so so sick.

[emetogirl]

anymore bf questions ???

Hey! He hasn’t been sick again since the food poisoning incident, which I’m glad about because that was really rough on him, the poor thing. Unfortunately since then I’ve been the sick one😂 but the other night we were talking about New Years ever when we both got super drunk (me more so because I’m more of a lightweight than him), and he confessed that once he got me settled into bed because I was REAL gone, how much he had drank that night finally caught up to him and he had to run to the bathroom to gag over the toilet. He said he didn’t end up throwing up, and instead just curled up on the tile bathroom floor and held as still as possible, because he knew if he even moved an inch he’d have to puke. I feel so terrible that I wasn’t there to comfort him and hold his tummy and rub his back. He always says that makes him feel better. Sometimes if his belly is feeling queasy, I’ll ask him if he wants me to rub his tummy, and he usually nods. I’ll start with light, slow strokes under his shirt to make sure I’m not adding to any discomfort, and then slowly increase pressure a little bit to see if I can’t ease any of the tension in his stomach. In between strokes I’ll just cup my hand right beneath his belly button where a lot of the nausea seems to sit for him, and just get him to try and breathe and relax into it. I’ll gently brush the hair out of his eyes and tell him that it’s okay, he’s gonna feel better soon, it’s alright if he needs to throw up and that I’ll be right there with him. Sometimes he realizes that puking is gonna have to happen and he’ll let me know, so I gently guide him up and lead him to the bathroom where I comfort him as he throws up. I’ve gotta say that I have a pretty high success rate with making him feel better when he’s nauseous though so I’m glad I’m able to help him more often than not. Anyone else have a special way of comforting their S/O when they’re sick to their stomach?

[emetogirl]

The beauty of having short hair is that when you’re puking you don’t have to try very hard to hold it back. but also then you don’t get the comfort of having someone hold your hair back for you while they rub your back with the other hand. It’s a privilege and a curse.

xoxo love your resident Nauseous Babe

[emetogirl]

Hi all! Just Rowan popping by to give a tummy update.

I feel like absolutely ASS!

that’s all ✨💕🌟🧚‍♀️💫💖