Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread March 1st - March 31st 2026

[tricia]

Once, on Friday 13th in December
I was literally crawling to the doctor as I had a terrible case of "stomach flu".

I had attacks of stomach seizures every 30 minutes
and was afraid of falling onto the pavement rolling with pain,
I was scared people might think I was an alcoholic lying on the street hahahaha

Well, the doctor after examining me was scrubbing her hands up to elbows with a big brush hehe

Needles to say I lost a few kilos after just 5 days.
My pupils and colleagues commented on this when I returned to work.

It was a long time ago,
but really I remember it as if it was yesterday.
I thought I was going to die.

Friday, 13th!!!

Dotta, did the doctor ever figure out what it was you had?

 

[GatorsNorth]

Dotta, did the doctor ever figure out what it was you had?

Not @Dotta, but it sounds like gastroenteritis. It’s landed me in the hospital at least half a dozen times.

 

[Dotta]

Dotta, did the doctor ever figure out what it was you had?

Stomach flu
(enteritis, viral gastroenteritis)
which is an acute, highly contagious infection of the gastrointestinal tract,
most often caused by viruses
(rotaviruses, noroviruses).

I "brought" it from school.
It appears in large crowds of people
(schools, care homes, etc.)

Hazard of the teacher's job!!!!

It started suddenly (at dawn)
and finished suddenly as well.

The last day In the morning I felt terrible,
but after a nap
I woke up in the afternoon completely healthy.

It lasted 5 days.

 

[Megnut]

Nothing to do with this day but it's such a great story this seems like the perfect time and place to retell it for those that maybe don't know this amazing piece of Websleuths history!

It's why we're all here, I think. We want to help.

How amateur web sleuths helped solve the case of missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare - Mid-Utah Radio

(NEW YORK) -- Florida resident Abraham Shakespeare went from rags to riches after winning $30 million in the lottery in 2006. The newfound fortune brought the 40-year-old from Lakeland out of poverty and allowed him to give back to his community, but he started to feel burdened by the number of...

midutahradio.com

 

[GatorsNorth]

Nothing to do with this day but it's such a great story this seems like the perfect time and place to retell it for those that maybe don't know this amazing piece of Websleuths history!

It's why we're all here, I think. We want to help.

How amateur web sleuths helped solve the case of missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare - Mid-Utah Radio

(NEW YORK) -- Florida resident Abraham Shakespeare went from rags to riches after winning $30 million in the lottery in 2006. The newfound fortune brought the 40-year-old from Lakeland out of poverty and allowed him to give back to his community, but he started to feel burdened by the number of...

midutahradio.com

I heard about this, but never read the full story before.

Congratulations to @tricia and @Sleuthster!