not-so-nice weekend

I've been told many times that eating shellfish ("hoi" in Thai) could be dangerous... not really fatal but could cause food poisoning... And I've read -or, heard- once that it is because it have a special characteristic, i.e. it can "store" poisonous material it absorbs under the surface of it's skin... so it won't get poisoned, but the one who eat it will be poisoned....

Allright, but I like it anyway and eat it whenever I feel like eating it....

But this weekend has been ruined because of those tiny little things.... I ate it during lunch time last Friday... and the rest of that day I felt my stomach is so full, and didnt feel like eating anything else... I thought it was because I ate too much during lunch time *oops*... but still I could go to the gym, did some shopping and went back home -thank God-

Then, arriving home at around 22.00, my stomach started to ache, with strange noises came from within and waves of nausea attacked me -allright, the description stops here-... and things went worse -and just too bad, I ran out of my stock of imodium, which I normally keep for emergency- I called the clinic inside but they dont have it either.... so I tried to survive on active carbon tablets and electrolyte alone...

until around 2.00 I could not stand it anymore and asked my kangmas to go to the clinic and just asked whatever medicine they have... the nurse gave him anti-vomitting, anti-bacteria and more carbon tablets, she prepared just enough for me.... for some time it stopped and I could go to sleep....

around 4.00 I was half awake and realised that my kangmas was in the bathroom for a long time too... he had food poisoning too... so I asked him to take the medicine I got from the clinic....

so on Saturday morning, both of us were so weak and had to use the bathroom in turns hehehe... as I was feeling a bit better, I went to the clinic to fetch more medicine for both of us, and bought gatorade -as the nurse said it's ok-... fortunately kangmas' case is milder than mine... so on Saturday afternoon he's already better....

but for me, it went on till this Sunday morning..... by afternoon I was already OK, I drank strong tea twice... ate porridge all this weekend... I could already go to the mall this afternoon hehehe... there I bought my stock of imodium and coconut water -as people say this could help in any case of poisoning- .... and I think I'm OK now, though still feeling a bit weak

OK... now.... what I learn from here

Lesson 1: eat shellfish sparingly -me, I think I wont eat it anymore-
Lesson 2: always keep anti-diarrhea, carbon tablet is a must
Lesson 3: strong tea and coconut water help