Ugh really struggling this week with a stomach bug, any advice welcome because I literally feel like I'd welcome death right now.
Started with tummy ache on Monday afternoon at work. Felt sick by the time I got home and basically vomited and had diarrhoea all night. The kind where you sit on the toilet with a bucket because both ends are simultaneously ejecting. The cramps were awful and I swear I literally felt probably the most unwell I've ever been.
Vomiting stopped by the morning and thought I'd just have a day or so sleeping it off/recovering but even though I've not been sick since the early hours of Tuesday morning I still feel horrific. Barely eaten anything and I've basically had constant tummy cramps since, accompanied with diarrhoea 4-5 times a day which is basically (TMI sorry) water. I also feel so bloated despite being empty. Feel like i need to do a thousand farts but it's not happening...
I can live with feeling lethargic/going to the toilet but the tummy ache is so bad. It's kept me awake at night, just constant churning and cramps. I've tried paracetamol and buscopan which does help a little bit but it just comes back a few hours later. Every time I try and eat something bland or even have a good drink of water/rehydration sachet it just ramps up the pain and I'm on the toilet again despite knowing I need some nutrients.
I'm really reluctant to take Immodium/Loperamide because I usually believe that whatever is making you ill needs to come out but not sure how long I can go on for. I feel like I sound SO dramatic, and I'm a nurse so I feel like I should naturally know how to fix myself but I've just never had anything like this last for this long 
And then I remember it's only been 4 days it's not that unusual..
I'm currently lying on the sofa, groaning with a hot water bottle on my tummy waiting for a GP call back because I feel so bad I think I should take in a stool sample just incase. Me and DH had eaten exactly the same in the two days before, even the same packed lunches on Monday so I'd be surprised if it was food poisoning. A few people have had bugs at work so I'm assuming it's something like that but no one else has had 4 days off.
Wise mumsnetters give me your best tummy bug hacks that I may not have thought of 