I had lunch in a local pub yesterday with a friend. Spaghetti carbonara, nothing really too devilish. Later on, in the evening, I was driving my friend home and I felt horribly sick. So I pulled over and threw up (sick) my lunch on the pavement next to the car. We weren't far from my house, so I drove slowly there and had a lie down and a drink of water. It didn't work much because I threw up again, and again, and again. Eventually I ran out of food to throw up, so the stomach acids started to come up. My friend phoned a help-line provided by our health service and went through the symptoms. Put it down to food poisoning and that if things keep as they are, we should call the emergency services.

Things didn't get better, so after throwing up for the ninth time and unable to move, my friend called 999 and an ambulance took me to my local hospital. They hooked me up to a drip and gave me various injections and pills. My parents arrived soon after, took my friend home, and stayed with me in the accident & emergency centre until about 1am, when I was discharged. On a course of anti-biotics for a week and feeling pretty weak now.

Food poisoning sucks. Once I've got the energy, I'm going to call my local council and have them do an inspection on the pub.