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Well it is day three of my week's holiday in Meribel, which I've been looking forward to for months. After a very cloudy day yesterday with the odd near white out conditions today look spectacular and the valley is drenched in sunshine.
Not that I'm in the sunshine, I'm typing this on my own in the chalet as my other half and the five friends we are with have headed out to explore Courcheval today. I on the other hand have been struck down with the worst bug I've had for years. Just before dinner last night everything in my body turned to liquid and made a dash for the nearest emergency exit. After a very feverish night I'm feeling completely wiped out, waiting for my stomach to decide whether it is going to rebel against the small yoghurt I just ate.
It just doesn't seem fair! Fingers crossed I'll be able to get out there tomorrow, but today I'm just a spectator.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mattgcp, Ah the dreaded Meribelly. Quite common in ski resorts. Hope you make it out tommorrow.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds like norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug:
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Winter vomiting disease is caused by infection with the small round structured virus (SRSV), also known as the Norwalk-like virus or norovirus.
SRSV lives in the gut and is passed from person to person by poor hygiene after using the bathroom - not washing hands properly after using the toilet and then touching toilet handles, seats, door handles and so on.
It can also be spread when someone vomits and small aerosols containing the virus enter the air.
What are the symptoms?
Only very small amounts of the virus are needed to cause illness and it's easily spread in closed communities, such as hospitals, schools and cruise ships.
The incubation period is usually between 24 and 48 hours. This is followed by severe and sudden projectile vomiting, diarrhoea and fever symptoms, which last about 48 hours.
How's it treated?
Although the infection's unpleasant, it's rarely dangerous. There's no specific treatment, but rest and drinking plenty of water are recommended.
Practising good hygiene by washing hands regularly reduces the chance of passing on the infection. People with the winter vomiting bug should stay off work while the symptoms persist and for about two days afterwards, when they're still infectious.
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We had this in a chalet in Andorra in 2001, when every member of the party eventually got it. Look on the bright side - you got it first, so you'll be first to recover.
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@Bode Swiller - lol!
Thanks Frosty. Not sure I can blame Meribel, my girlfriend was sick just before we came out here, so I may have picked it up from her. Just got off the phone to family and heard that my neice was struck down by something similar at the weekend as well, so there just seems to be a lot of sickness around at the moment.
Am very glad I picked Monday to propose to my girlfriend (at the top of the Loze lift) - romance is the last thing on my mind today!
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Am very glad I picked Monday to propose to my girlfriend (at the top of the Loze lift)
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Well.................?
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She said "yes, of course I will" 
It does sound like norovirus, which makes me rather worried for my friends
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| Mattgcp wrote: |
| She said "yes, of course I will" |
Jolly good. Did her ring sparkle in the sunshine?
From a position of no medical knowledge, I'd keep anything except water out of your belly for 24 hrs (maybe a bit of oral rehydration if you're losing fluid).
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It was a bit cloudy up there to be honest but she seems very pleased with it - just wish I had got the size right!!
May try some soup for lunch, am quite hungry. Have been reading about norovirus and am now really worried about my friends - will be a miracle if they don't get it!
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You know it makes sense.
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Mattgcp,
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Not sure I can blame Meribel, my girlfriend was sick just before we came out here, so I may have picked it up from her
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That's the spirt not yet married and already its her fault...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Mattgcp, toast, rice and tea worked for me and lots of water. I lost 2 days one year with a similar bug so I know how you feel. I have never felt so ill and for the first time ever came back from a ski holiday a lot lighter than I went! Congratulations also!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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thanks for the words of support, making me feel better already! Might head back to bed for a bit, my bedroom looks over one of the pistes so I can at least watch some skiing!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mattgcp, don't be tempted to try to get back on skis until you are absolutely sure you have control over your bowels - otherwise you'll be amazed at how you can suddenly straightline any slope just to get to the loo at the bottom of it... 
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Mattgcp,
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Am very glad I picked Monday to propose to my girlfriend (at the top of the Loze lift)
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That's the same place as my husband proposed to me in 1993 (Christ, have I been married that long  )
Congratulations
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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if youve had an upset stomach id say avoid dairy products
water, then bread or crackers, then maybe soup....
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problem with skiing is that you do it in the winter when most of the bugs are around !!!
my wife is starting with something and we are off to ADH on saturday. hope she will be over the worst of it - she is dosing herself up ! (she is a GP so gets all the bugs that are going round !)
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@Skimummy - what a coincidence! wonder how many people have popped the question there.
@backhojo - hope you wife is ok for the trip.
All things considered it could be worse. Feeling a bit light headed every now and then but had some tomato soup and that seemed ok. Am now sitting in a big white fluffy bathrobe watching Diagnosis Murder on BBC2. Its the chalet staff's night off so a bit of a shame that I'll miss out on our one evening of eating out in Meribel, but on the plus side at least I'll be saving money. Having said that, we stopped off at the Rond Point yesterday for a quick beer, and a litre jug was 10 euros, which wasn't as cripplingly expensive as I was expecting (you just have to learn to drink slower than in the UK, which is probably no bad thing!).
Anyway, the sun is shining and I'd be feeling worse if I was sitting out with a proper injury, so can't complain too much!
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| Mattgcp wrote: |
| Its the chalet staff's night off so a bit of a shame that I'll miss out on our one evening of eating out in Meribel, but on the plus side at least I'll be saving money. |
So she accepted your proposal, but it appears that you are staying in tonight while she goes off with your friends????
Was the ring on sale or return? 
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Its not often it happens but ive just had one of those LOL moments!!  Excellent video... get well soon
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Just seen the bit about the proposal.. congrats. Did the same myself in Meribel on the 6th Jan and she said yes!!! Dont know which lift it was on mind.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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We had something like this in cour chalet in La Ros early Jan. Have to say some had it worse than others, I kind of took a flyer and went skiing after "loose bowels" in the morning and with tight sphincter managed to make it through the day, who says being a "tight ar**d yorkshireman" doesn't have it's advantages
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Well, I made it out today and felt much better. Had a wonderful days skiing under blue skies, mainly messing about in Courcheval. What a difference a day makes, am even managing a post ski beer!
Val Thorens tomorrow I think. Many thanks for the congrats and the get wells, happy skiing...
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Norovirus will certainly be a nice engagement gift for her 
Good luck anyways and i hope you feel better