What to eat after food poisoning?

[buffyspikefaith]

I'm not hungry but I've lost 16lbs and haven't really eaten in a week

Managed half a pack of plain hula hoops, a rusk and I can suck on chewy sweets. Been drinking full sugar coke and rehydration drinks
Not sure what to go for next. Avoiding dairy and anything acidic maybe?
The antibiotics have left an awful mouth taste hence the sweets!

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Makes sense!

My food shop arrived so I have
TUC biscuits
Jelly
Itsu broth
Sourdough for toast
Jelly sweets
Plain mash
Carrot and swede mash
Ham for a plain sandwich
Plain rice
Some tarka dal pouches which I've had before and were really nice

That should do me until I feel more like eating my normal food minus any chicken whatsoever

The carrot and swede mash will be lovely. I remember getting a bowl of that one Christmas Day when I'd had a stomach bug. Curled on the couch, that with a dollop of butter on top. Ambrosia.

The rest of the hula hoops. Salt is a good idea.
second dry toast too and cream crackers are my post sickness go to,

In my experience it can take decades before the body stops saying a loud 'NO' to the brain when presented with a food that caused (or is just suspected of having caused) serious illness. Presumably a survival mechanism hard-wired into us when our remote ancestors were learning which foods were safe to eat and which were not.

I couldn't eat egg salad sandwiches or cheesecake for at least 20 years after I got 'flu shortly after meeting two friends for lunch back in the mid 80s. I knew perfectly well the 'flu was a virus unrelated to the food, that didn't matter.

BRAT - bananas, rice, apples, toast.

Plain pasta, maybe a bit of olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper to taste.

I'm in the throes of gastric flu..bananas were a definite no no! rice ok

What's that itsu broth like pls?

sounds like you're improving but aren't those tarla dal pouches full of spices?!

They're quite mild and I've eaten them before so more for next week onwards (they're long life so handy to have in)

I've not tried the broth yet, still on plain rice

👍 be warned those ready mash sides can contain dairy even cream used as cheap filler. tried idaho mash from sachet yest and it must've had dried milk powder in it..awful reaction !🛀

If anyone is still out there..I'm still suffering 😔 this really is a long haul thing. Phoned GP yesterday and she said it can last 2 weeks! still can't eat properly although this morning had my first hot cup of tea☕️ which tasted great!
need a butler, cook and bottle-washer at times like these😄

If anyone interested GP said half apple juice & half water is ideal drink👍

Ahhh i sympathise so much @wavingfuriously Like i said upthread it took me 3 or 4 weeks for my stomach to feel kind of normal after Champylobacter. My poo was runny or weeks. You'll get there. Lots of toast and bananas!!

@JellyComb thanku. still going on and even saw doc today..🙄
@buffyspikefaith now I fully understand your op, been 12 days for me now and doc talking about antibiotics...what a life!

Have they done a poo swab? I felt much better very quickly after the antibiotics

I've been given the bottle, got to take it to doctors b4 midday tomo. think they hesitate to prescribe antibiotics now. so will have to wait till Monday 🙄

Your illness can't have been food poisoning rather a bacterial infection ?🤔

@wavingfuriously no it was swabbed and confirmed campylobacter food poisoning
It can be treated with clarithromycin which they did as I'm immunocompromised

They were defo on the case with you , that's good👍 I thought I could tough it out and ate a big plate fish n chips yesterday.. what a mistake 💣🛀💩

Yeah they did it in a&e and it was an immediate test so didn't have to wait for results
Salted hula hoops and full sugar coke were my saviour!

Brat diet so bananas, rice ideally whole grain, applesauce and toast. Avoid dairy or citrus

here I am with a bulletin about my 💩 if anyone's interested...lost half stone so determined to eat, scrambled eggs stayed in system for quite a while before 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🛀 and I ate some bland stewed apple this evening so here's hoping😬🤞

Campylobacter. Just beginning to feel better - after 16 days!

Writing this in case post is viewed in the future.

How weird that we both had it! It doesn't half drag on