Worried about inability to be sick - tmi alert

[sphil]

Apologies in advance for gruesome post...
Since 9pm last night I've had some sort of stomach bug - felt very very sick but despite episodes of violent retching have been unable to bring anything up. I can feel the food coming up but then it just goes down again - seems unable to get past my lower throat. No diarrohea, but one episode of loose bowels. Am feeling a lot better now - still feel slightly sick (but can't be too bad as I'm able to type this!). Feel completely weak and wiped out.

I'm a bit worried about the fact I was unable to be sick - and I'm sure i would have recovered more quickly if I could have got rid of whatever it was. I'm very rarely sick - tend to feel it but not be it, iyswim - but this is the first time I've had this retching thing.

Anybody had similar experience?

I am normally similar with stomach bugs.

Your body wil eliminate the offending bugs whether you puke or not, so don't worry about it. There has been a fair bit of research into use of anti-emetics and anti-dioreal (SP!) drugs and they have been found to make no odds to recovery time. ie, you can get better just as quickly without the misery!

Hope you feel good again soon.

I think some people are just more easily sick
you said yourself that you are rarely sick so I would be inclined to think that this was a really horrid bug hence the retching but you are not someone who is sick much and so you weren't actulally sick but the bug you had was one that would make you feel very sick hence the retching

I dont think I'm making any sense

Thanks both - I think in the wee small hours when I was feeling dreadful I worried that I had a blockage or something!