YES! If anyone was wondering where I was - I *was* sick - but managed to stop from getting sick - and have been at the coast for a few days.
I came down with the stomach flu due to eating some bad Alfredo sauce. I guess that's food poisoning.
Anyways - I could tell I was getting sick - everything was in my stomach - feeling lightheaded.....all the usual before I go into shock as I do the technicolor-yawn and black out while I do so and miss several days of work.
I was so desperate that I had to take action. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Well. I have a fish tank. With a lot of fish in it. Fish who eat anything and can survive almost anything. Suddenly they gave me an idea.
Maybe they could help my stomach.
I went over the to fish tank. I looked at my fish and thought how long they have been with me - some for several years and now....they were going to solve my problem.
Realizing that my fishes' tank is kept clean by a filter with activated carbon charcoal that kills anything that comes across it - I found their filters and charcoal in the cupboard. I pulled some charcoal down and put the rocks in a garlic press and started to crush it. I mixed two table spoons of crushed activated carbon charcoal with a cup of mangosteen juice (Xango) and downed it.
About two minutes later.......I felt better!
The gurgling in my stomach stopped. Everything stopped. I could feel my stomach settling down and started to feel better! (Spell check let "batter" slip by the first time - yes - I was feeling some batter).
I remembered Jen saying something about the hospital once giving her charcoal for something she ate that wasn't good for her.
I went about my life that evening and then took another dose just to be sure.
I was feeling better! I've been through this so many times I could tell what it was and could tell it stopped.
So - now - just to make sure I was doing things right and in order - now that I'd made my own home remedy from a pet store and made a decision based on my wife's one story and already eaten it - I decided to look on the internet - the source of all truth - and see if what I'd done was actually safe or if I needed to up my life insurance policy.
YUP! According to the experts on the internet who put all wisdom on the internet and are never wrong - what I had just done and just eaten was in fact safe and was a recognized remedy for what I had!
Good thing!
Anyways - I then left Friday for the coast and just got back.
It was a good time. Did lots of metal detecting. Lots of fun!
Anyways, here's a link to the all-knowing Google search for Activated Carbon as a Medicine.
Meanwhile - I had a great time. Found a sports store in Tillamook that had EVERYTHING (and no limits on ammo for sale!) including some pretty sweet metal detecting stuff since I was at the beach.
Just enjoyed myself. Now - I'm going to go get ready to be up super early to process payroll for my staff in the morning.
