hi everyone. just saw this thread and just had to add to it.
the week before ds1 finished school for xmas he was off with d&v.nothing unusual there, a few kids in the class had been off with it.exactly one week later he got it again, after seemingly making a recovery inbetween.
a couple of days after xmas, i suddenly felt ill, with a rumbling, painful stomach and a general feeling of nausea. by tea time, i took myself to bed and was struck down with d&v myself. stayed in bed feeling awful, and drifted in and out of sleep inbetween rushes to the toilet with sick bowl. the evening passed, dh got kids to bed and he decided to sleep downstairs-perhaps thinking he did'nt want to catch it.
in the early hours of the morning, i awoke,thinking i might be sick again. i realised my heart was beating REALLY fast,like i had just run around the block.i could hear my heart beating loudly in my head/ears iyswim. i sat up in bed and realised i was about to faint.my ears were buzzing and my vision was fuzzy.then i could'nt see anything..my vision went completely. i called dh..he came upstairs and took one look at me,he said "oh my god, you are grey,whats happening"
i told him i could'nt see anything, and that my ears were buzzing,my hands and arms were tingling. he called the out of hours doctor for advice. luckily for me, dh is a first aider and he got me into the recovery V postion.my colour started to return. the doctor wanted us to go to the out of hours surgery for them to check me,but i was so weak i knew i would'nt be able to make it from the car to the clinic. so dh watched me all night to make sure i did'nt have another episode, he was ready to take me to A&E if anything else happened. later dh told me he was really scared, and that i looked just like a corpse. he is a very strong man, unflappable and quite collected at stressful times, he's not the dramatic type.
i think the point im trying to make here is that this bug is quite severe.ive had plenty of sick bugs in my time,but never one that affected me this bad.