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Deb Kelner, she/her's avatar

What is it about a parent’s brain (usually a mother’s from my experience) that tells them to reach out their hands to catch the vomit? Why do we do that? Yes, I think there must be badges or stars or some sort of ‘leveling up’ associated with this particular behavior.

Such enormous fun, being sick while away from home. You know me to be one such friend.

I read recently a recommendation to have activated charcoal for food poisoning while traveling. Is this something you’ve ever heard about?

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stephanie's avatar

We & our besties passed around some violent mercifully brief illness while vacationing together in Phuket a few years ago. My husband was first and worst, then me, then our college friend, and on our last day there his husband felt queasy but nothing too distressing, thankfully. An unexpectedly hard part was finding bland saltine crackers in Thailand but at least we had plenty of free bottled water & a gorgeous resort during recovery.

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