Food Poisoning

YEAH! I am proud to declare that I have fully recovered from the horrid episode of food poisoning! No more rushing to toilets, no more bloated stomachs, no more nauseousness! Finally! I have been awaiting for this day for so long, after being tortured by this strain of virus for 4 full days. My appetite shrunk by a lot during this whole period. Couldn even finish a small bowl of porridge. HAHA. Totally rare, perhaps I should take that as a blessing as it can partially reduce my weight. BOO. Not exactly healthy this way as I lost plenty of water during diarrhoea and had to keep on drinking water to replenish the water loss. Drinking lots of water made me feel bloated and horrible. The most amazing thing was, I didn even want to eat any nice food even though they were just right in front of me. Usually I would be tempted by chicken wings, but during this period, the sight of any fried food makes me want to puke and I also cant seem to understand why others seem to enjoy eating them that much. Haha. For a moment, I thought i was anorexic. haha. Just for a teeny weeny little moment. It's funny how a food-lover like me can actually detest chicken wings during this period. It's almost unbelievable. The most irksome and scary part about suffering from food poisoning would be having fevers.

I was real paranoid when I had fever during the first 2 days. During the first day, my fever was 38.3 degrees. And I swear that I could feel a little dizzy. At one hand I was feeling dizzy, on the other, I was really anxious and agitated because I dun want my body temperature to continue rising. Read that one can actually become retarded after prolonged fevers. That explains my fear of having fevers. I would rather have anything except a fever. Went to the 24 hr clinic at chong pang area, thanks to my aunt for driving us all there. The receptionist took my temperature and it registered 38 degrees. Phew! At least not as high as before, I was thinking to myself. HA, but since it exceeded 37.5, i need to wear a mask. So there I was, sitting down on a comfy cushioned bench, donning a mask while other patients steered clear from me. Ha. Admit it, I did feel a little sad at that moment. Yep initially dad sat next to me for like 10 mins? Then he went over to join my cousin and aunt. haha. Although it was only a mere 10 mins, I was kind of touched. cuz i asked him why arent he afraid that i would spread the virus to him, and his reply was that there was nothing to be afraid of. I guess that's what family means to him :)
Thanks so much dad. I really appreciated it. Among all family members, he was the one who offered to go down to the clinic with me, even without my request. I really want to say a big thank you to him. Thanks a million! One thing about dad is although he's a man with few words, his actions say it all :D and that's already sufficient.

Thanks to jessilyn and aunt for accompanying me down to the clinic even though it was really late. Thanks to jessilyn and aitee for buying the cooling pads for me to cool down my temperature. Thanks to kian keong for the nice but bland home-cooked fish porridge. Thanks to yingjia, yiqi, sheryl, jocelyn, neetha and darren for their concern. Thanks to my colleagues-- kelvin, jason and gina for helping me out during work while I was feeling unwell. Thanks to all my sweet family members who tolerated with my bad temper while i was having fever. Thanks to anyone whom I missed out :)

Happy national day everyone! I love singapore!