Miscellaneous: Today, I came home from a four month stay in Africa, where I...

By unlucky - 20/04/2013 21:17 - United States - Wheeling

Today, I came home from a four month stay in Africa, where I managed to avoid suffering any serious illness. Some hours after my first meal back at home, I got food poisoning. FML

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By Sickofbeingsick - 01/10/2011 05:17 - United States

Today, after a week of staying in at night and fighting off a persistent cold, I was finally feeling well again, so I decided to go to my boyfriend's work BBQ. I got food poisoning. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/12/2010 05:16 - United States

Today, after struggling with anorexia for months, I got food poisoning. FML

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By sickday - 02/12/2018 17:30

Today, I took my first holiday from work in over 6 months as it was my birthday. Today was also the day I woke up and vomited violently for 10 straight hours as a result of food poisoning. FML

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The blame game

By Anonymous - 18/02/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, I got bad food poisoning. Again. The first time I thought it was the stomach bug that’s going around, so once I felt better, I proceeded to eat leftover food that actually got me sick the first time. FML

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By babybambi - 29/12/2018 02:00

Today, I got food poisoning for the first time after cooking. Yesterday, I met my boyfriend's family for the first time. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/05/2010 23:51 - United States

Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML

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Sightseeing

By Anonymous - 08/10/2024 16:00 - France - Paris

Today, it's been five days since I finally made it to my dream vacation destination, after months of planning, saving, and dreaming. I got food poisoning within hours of arriving and I've spent the last five days in my hotel room, staring at a toilet. FML

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Work sucks, I know

By Anonymous - 25/08/2020 04:02 - Australia - Lakes Entrance

Today, I returned to work after a week off due to severe food poisoning, after which I ended up in the ED. I was given a warning for causing an inconvenience to everyone, and next time I'm going to be sick, I should give 3 days notice. FML

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By Océane Léana K - 01/09/2017 01:29

Today, after coming back from a trip to Africa where I got malaria, I went to the hospital for some blood tests. The doctor said, "Good news! You never had malaria! But they put you through a lot of dangerous treatments and now your liver has an anomaly." FML

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Out of the frying pan…

By Anonymous - 03/03/2020 18:01 - United States - Springfield

Today, it's been 2 days since I got over having the flu for over a week, missing work the whole time. I just got food poisoning. FML

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Sunday 21 April 2013 10:11

When Africa's food is better prepared than ours.

LudicMonster 22

Sunday 21 April 2013 10:12

Bitch please, I've lived in Africa the majority of my whole life without catching major illnesses, contrary to popular belief, there are places on this continent that are clean and safe -.-

Comments

karlcolt45 19

Sunday 21 April 2013 10:39

hah I figured out the trick in there! there's no food in Africa! I get it

fishstick557 14

Sunday 21 April 2013 10:43

Oooohhhh the irony..

zahra_786 19

Sunday 21 April 2013 10:52

maybe you were just extra careful about what you ate there, and didn't think too much when back..and ended up eating something dodgy! poor you, get well soon!

SS99_fml 20

Sunday 21 April 2013 11:03

Well at least the bright side is that you could receive really nice medical attention here...man that's unfortunate though :/ when life gives you lemons...

jdizz16 16

Sunday 21 April 2013 11:11

Heh, they say there's no place like home.

upallnight11 19

Sunday 21 April 2013 11:35

How the hell did you manage to not get food poisoning during your four month stay?

Devko 5

Sunday 21 April 2013 12:39

Yeah out food is good haha

CrimsonAmaryllis 18

Sunday 21 April 2013 13:31

Sorry OP, this is normal. I went for a month with a large group, came back, and everyone had food poisoning or bad stomachs for at least a couple of days :(

HaveNoShame 3

Sunday 21 April 2013 13:33

Might not be poorly prepared food. People with very different diets have widely varying combinations of microbial species living in their digestive tracts, so when you switch diets radically, your body may not be able to handle the new food like it used to. Maybe your American microbes could digest African food, but your digestive ecosystem changed over your stay, and it wasn't so smooth transitioning back.