Be Wairy Of Taco Bell

[TreeDoc]

Originally posted by Rocky Raab
Did you report it to County Health? Emergency room? You should have.

Very important! Call the County Health Dept if you suspect sickness caused by Food Service.

Back in January I had a late dinner from Carl's Jr. One of their $6 Portabella Mushroom Burgers....(just typing that literally makes me heave!). I bought it over the counter but took it home, 5 minutes away. Within 45 minutes of eating this thing, my stomach started getting real "busy". Within an hour I was on the crapper. In an hour and half it was coming out BOTH ends! This went on every hour from that point all the way till about 8:30 the next morning.

Without a doubt, it was the sickest I have ever been in my life. I was at the point where I was going to have the wife take me to the ER but I hung on and the double-ended expulsions finally subsided. It took 2 days AFTER that to get up and going with life.

I had my wife call the County and report the incident. They said it was most likely Norovirus and that it could actually have an effect within 30 minutes of infection in some cases. It's pretty common in fast-food joints and tough to kill even on stainless surfaces with disinfectants. They all but gauranteed that I got it from Carl's Jr but no one else called in and they said that situation was common, too. Most people get sick and don't bother with the forensics and just blow it off.

One good thing came out of this. I was an ocassional fast-food user. Maybe once a week then not for a few weeks but sometimes hit it a couple times in an odd week. I have not eaten from a fast food joint since January '08. I'm done with it. I feel a hell of a lot better for it, too.