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[esmeraldagooch]

Most types of bacteria's onset time is 30 minutes to 36 hours  Some can take a day to three weeks to show up.

[songbird]

When I was 18, I went to a restaurant for dinner.  I was with a date. I ate a chicken salad.  My date didn't.  I thought the chicken tasted a little too sweet.  But I ate it.  After dinner we were talking....and oh yeah.  My stomach was hurting.  My date sensed I was getting sick....so embarrassing It was my first date with him.  He drove me back.  I could barely make it the bathroom in time.  Then I threw up everything.  I felt a little better, but then my stomach started to hurt again. I kept tossing my cookies.  I felt like a prune. I would up in the hospital.  They told me it was food poisoning.  I called the restaurant. They must have known this before.  They told me to contact my insurance company, etc.  I was out of work for a work and sore.  They gave me some money...not very much.  My health insurance had to paid back, etc.  Now that's food poisoning.

[Scooby Doo]

Do you still have your gall bladder?  That kind of a meal would set mine off quickly.  An ulcer will do the same thing.  Tomatoes, acid, spices, grease.  I'm getting queasy just thinking about it.

[Nightowlz]

DH said it's probably from eating the chocolate with spaghetti. He said the 2 don't mix. You should be able to find out if anyone else that ate there got sick or not. Hope you feel better soon.

When I had food poisoning I was vomiting, diarrhea, 103° or so temp. I passed out a couple of times. I was only 16 or 17 yrs old. I woke up in the middle of the night sick. Woke my parents up as I felt like I was dying. I was sick in bed for several days. Not vomiting or diarrhea anymore just felt horrible after so much vomiting & diarrhea. Mayo on my sandwich spoiled. I was working for a bricklayer at the time during summer break.

[ladyroxanne]

i've had stomach virus, food poisoning and food allegies.  with both the food poisoning and and allergies once you have digested and gotten rid of the food you are better.  a stomach virus can linger for weeks.

[Lipstickdiva]

As someone else said, there is a stomach bug that is going around.  My DH got it and it started about 30 minutes after he had dinner.  He thought the food didn't agree with him.  Then everything started to hurt on him, including his stomach.  He was sick for 24 hours and then he was fine.  About a week later, I got it.

Perhaps you were already getting sick and eating is what pushed you over the edge?

I had food poisoning once.  I mean, had to go to the hospital and get my stomach pumped, food poisoning! 

[RedTop]

Since your reaction started so soon after eating, I think you already had an internal issue forming, and the heavy food was just not tolerated.   If you still have your gall bladder, I would start watching your reaction to certain foods known to cause problems.  

Every time I've had gastro, I was sick nonstop for 24 hours, with vomiting and diarrhea. 

My last bout of food poisoning sent me to the ER severely dehydrated.  I ran a high/low fever for 5 days, along with the nonstop vomiting and diarrhea, saw my doctor twice, went to the ER, and later had a colonoscopy, all at a cost of $6500.   Haven't eaten at that Mexican restaurant since!   

[RazorSharp]

I've had stomach bugs, food poisoning, and a listeria infection.  Food poisoning generally takes at least 6 hours before you have symptoms.  In my two instances, I woke up in the middle of the night with the room spinning and feeling nauseous, or woke up to go to work, and after getting out of the shower, felt like I was hit by a truck.  Not only does it make you have diarrhea and vomit, it takes away all your strength and energy.  Standing up is a chore.  In both those cases, I just stayed in bed and felt better after 24 hours.  When I had a listeria infection, those symptoms were like the food poisoning ones, except multiplied, and it lasted for days.  It was brutal.  Aside from running to the bathroom and feeling nauseous, a stomach bug has never felt as violent and draining as food or listeria poisoning.

[Dorothy11]

Most food borne illness takes several hours to 48 hours to develop.  It is possible you got sick from something eaten before the spaghetti. The last time I had a food borne illness, I had brunch at a restaurant and symptoms developed about 7 hours later. It was most likely from the salad greens. You should let the producers of the dinner know you got sick in case there was some contamination.

[LTT1]

@Nataliesgramma@MaggieMack

Twice I have had food poisoning.

The first time (after eating Mexican food) my intestines were cramping so painfully that I laid on the floor in a cold sweat. That incident occurred about 2 hrs after eating and it was over after two hours.

The next time my symptoms were milder, but unpleasant, so I stayed home from work. Our teaching department had a pot-luck the day before. When I returned to work, others had been ill, too! Same symptoms.

My new rule became "don't eat at a potluck" it was thought that a fruit-tray was the culprit.  I just won't eat melon that has been cut up by someone else.

Hope you are well now!❤️