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Will norovirus ruin Xmas?

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Bdayupset · 23/12/2017 18:19

I think I've got norovirus, if I do, it started last night. I don't want to go into the gory details but I've got nearly all the symptoms.

We're supposed to be going to sil for Xmas lunch, big family get together. We're also supposed to be taking the homemade dessert. Should I go? I don't want to spread my germs, but I don't want to be a party pooper (which I've been in the past). If I don't go would it unreasonable to send the dessert along with my husband and kids, considering it's come from a diseased house?

I can't believe this

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seriouslynonames · 23/12/2017 18:23

Do not go and do not send your family with or without a homemade dessert, either. Stay home - your husband or kids could come down with it anytime in the next day or two, not worth the risk for others. I would put guests off if I knew one had had Noro, it is evil... Hope you feel better soon

juneau · 23/12/2017 18:24

DO NOT GO!

Noro is HIGHLY contagious and can make anyone who is old, young or immune compromised dangerously ill. You're contagious for up to 48 hours after your last bout of sickness too, so you need to self quarantine until this period of time is over.

I'm sorry you're so ill. It's utterly shit at any time of year, but particularly now. But please, please don't risk giving it to anyone else. The only way to stop the spread of this horrible illness is for sufferers to stay at home and not meet others. Also - DO NOT send any food for other people from your house (see incident involving norovirus at Nobu a few years ago - one cook was ill with it and infected a whole restaurant). Get your DH to buy something and take that instead.

juneau · 23/12/2017 18:26

Or - even better - your family don't go either.

cocoboots · 23/12/2017 18:27

Definitely don't go anywhere if you have Noro. Quarantine everyone in your house too, it spreads faster than a cold., seriously. Best thing to do is scrap the plan to see your SIL on Xmas day and try and stop other family members getting it - bleach bleach bleach ! Dispose of toothbrushes if they're near the loo! Lots of fluid and rest if you can.

MistyMeena · 23/12/2017 18:28

If you came anywhere near me with or without that dessert I'd be fuming! You should all stay away.

Ihavepatrick · 23/12/2017 18:33

Bin the dessert and stay at home!

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Bdayupset · 23/12/2017 18:41

OK, so now I have to convince my husband. I'm seriously worried that they will think I'm doing it on purpose I haven't really celebrated Xmas the last 3 years because of various reasons and I was really looking forward to it this year 😥

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ClaryFray · 23/12/2017 18:42

If someone brought That to my house they wouldn't be invited back. Sorry, but it's only fair.

PinkyBlunder · 23/12/2017 18:43

Absolutely do not go!!!!

I don’t think I could forgive someone that came to me for Christmas with Norovirus. It’s pure hell on Earth!

Stay at home, open presents, watch TV and have your dinner when you’re feeling better.

elliejjtiny · 23/12/2017 18:47

Don't do it. My in-laws had the flu at Christmas 9 years ago. They didn't tell me they had it and we came to theirs on Christmas day. They gave it to me and my 8 month old baby and my baby ended up very poorly in hospital.

gamerchick · 23/12/2017 18:48

I'm sorry OP this must really suck. I probably would quarentene all of you tbh unless you've locked yourself away from the family and they haven't used the bathroom you're using. You can't take it somewhere or send food, it's just not worth it.

juneau · 23/12/2017 18:48

If you stay at home OP you should also not cook for your family, if they've been lucky enough to avoid symptoms up until then. You should stay out of the kitchen altogether until you're 48 hours clear of symptoms. Get some Dettol wipes and wipe any door handles you touch. Ideally, no one else should use the same bathroom as you until you're clear either, but if that's not possible then use bleach to clean the loo, taps, door handles, etc.

ZoopDragon · 23/12/2017 19:09

Don't go unless you've been clear of symptoms 48 hours. I wouldn't send your DH/kids either as it's likely they've caught it too.

On a positive note, it might be over within 24 hours. I had it recently. It started in the evening with headache, fever, nausea and vomiting, was having cramps and vomiting on and off all night. Diarrohea and nausea the next day but I was symptom-free by that evening. I stayed in a couple more days and was meticulous disinfecting everything.

Hope you feel better soon

Motoko · 23/12/2017 19:50

Don't go. Don't send a homemade dessert. Keep your family at home.

And read this thread.

CaptainChristmas · 23/12/2017 20:00

Agree with everyone else. Don’t go and don’t send your family either.

PerveSwerve · 23/12/2017 20:05

don't go. we all had noro two years ago, in a domino fashion, despite my best efforts at hospital-grade hygiene. It was awful - two days each of being "actively symptomatic" followed by another two days of being bed ridden with no appetite. DH (the last one of us to get it) missed a really big family do, but there was no way he would risk it, especially as there were a good few older people there for whom an infection like that could mean hospitalisation.

willothewisp17 · 23/12/2017 20:13

don't go OP! it's rubbish that your christmas will be ruined, but you can't risk infecting others, that would be selfish! and definitely do not send anything you have cooked!

chocolateorangeowls · 23/12/2017 22:06

I wouldn't go, and I wouldn't send your family either. In a family get together of 14, 12 of us got it over three days. It was horrendous. It's so infectious.

Oywotchadoin · 23/12/2017 22:09

Don’t go. But do phone and be graphic so they know you’re serious. “Shitting blue lights” etc

Sparklesocks · 23/12/2017 22:23

Remembering when I was a teen I caught noro from a young cousin at Xmas, as did my DM, and we spent the days between Boxing Day and new year taking turns going to the loo and lying on the landing holding hands as we didn’t have the strength to crawl back to bed. My aunt told us she’d made the cousin go, knowing full well he was still getting over his illness, so he wouldn’t ‘miss out’.

It was years ago but I remember it very clearly. Don’t go OP! Hope you feel better soon, but you can’t be with loads of other people right now.

nancy75 · 23/12/2017 22:27

We had this a few weeks ago, Dd sick on the Monday, Dp sick on the Wednesday & I spent the Friday night with my head down the toilet it would be really unfair for any of you to go. I know it’s horrible to be ill at this time of year but I’m sure the other guests will thank you for staying away

Ellendegeneres · 23/12/2017 22:30

Don't go! You can't help it you're sick!
Hope you're better soon

busyboysmum · 23/12/2017 22:35

Don't go.

Our Christmas was cancelled last year as we all came down with it and didn't want to pass it on to the Grandparents uncle's aunts cousins etc.

We holed up in the house for a week while we were all rather poorly but had a really peaceful week actually and I think we all still had a lovely Christmas together.

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