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what do you first eat after you had "the runs"?

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ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:26:11

as in from 5am yesterday - I have had terribly painful stomach cramps and now lost count how many times I had to run to the loo.
stopped eating at 10am yesterday, didn't manage to have anything else but sips of water afterwards & over night.

I felt a bit better this morning and had tea and a biscuit earlier but still ended up with painful cramping (though no more running to toilet since 8am).

The problem is that despite being very hungry I don't dare to eat anything - worried about more cramps and that it will set me off again.

I want to eat something but not sure what.
so can you tell me what you think would be safe to eat/what tends to work for you?


oddslippers Mon 10-Feb-14 16:32:21

I would avoid anything with fat in, so probably have a piece of toast with but of jam on, no butter.

Bearfrills Mon 10-Feb-14 16:33:08

Personally I'd just eat whatever you fancy if you're hungry as the end result will be the same regardless - if you're going to do a liquid poo, you'll do a liquid poo whether you eat toast or tortellini.

I always start with toast.

carbs supposed to be good. What about some soup?

Rhubarbgarden Mon 10-Feb-14 16:35:13

Scrambled egg.

Ohwhatfuckeryisthis Mon 10-Feb-14 16:36:35

Toast, marmite,tea with sugar. (Also default hangover food)

TenCupsOfTea Mon 10-Feb-14 16:37:06

Toast or plain digestive biscuits

invicta Mon 10-Feb-14 16:37:10

Plain biscuits such as digestives or rich teas
Lucozade or dioralyte to rehydrate and replace lost salts

Pancakeflipper Mon 10-Feb-14 16:38:44

Toast and ready salted crisps

toast and marmite

sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 16:44:04

dry toast

in small quantities

sip liquid (water) every 15 minutes (to avoid dehydration), then you can go on to sips of flat Coke or Lucozade if water going down ok

Once above foods tolerated, then you can go on to bananas, apple or pear compote and perhaps a bit later, a boiled egg, or small piece white fish with rice?

I'm no medical expert btw, but the above usually works ok for me (tend to have Marmite on crackers and toast once I'm feeling a bit better).

My doc always says our bodies can tick along quite happily without eating for a while, it's the dehydration you have to watch.

Hope you feel much better soon! thanks

sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 16:45:15

Yes, forgot to say, definitely no fat or dairy for the moment.

When you have recovered totally, it could be good to have some natural yoghurt or probiotics to restore stomach flora etc.

Longdistance Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:49

Another one for toast and marmite, and tea. I had sickness and the squits at the weekend. This is what I had, and it's not only comfort food, it isn't a heavy meal.

bonkersLFDT20 Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:54

I'd just eat what you fancy. That's usually a pretty good indication of what might stay down (or up as the case may be!).

ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:47:56

Thanks for replies!


I know, if it happens happens, but I'm also pg and have sick kids to look after so I just "can't afford" to risk getting worse again.

I fancy either chicken soup with carrots and pasta (in the freezer) or some roast duck with rice and peas (from yesterday).
I just don't know if any meat is a good idea just yet.confused

I'm having a cup of sweet tea in a minute, (the morning one was plain peppermint which helped reduce the pain) then I might have toast and jam.

Boiled rice or boiled potatoes, with salt and olive oil.

FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:49:14

Not soup, it goes right through you in quite an alarming way! [bitter experience]

Dry toast/rice/pasta and some yoghurt. Bananas. Eggs.

Get better soon!

OnlyTheWelshCanCwtch Mon 10-Feb-14 16:50:31

Plain rice boiled with two chicken stock cubes for the saltiness with a glass of flat full sugar lemonade or coke
The sugar and salt combination helps rebalance your elecrolytes

ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:50:44


yes, dehydration was my big worry, but I've had two cups of water with ice and a cup of tea so far so I think that's going be ok now. smile

OnlyTheWelshCanCwtch Mon 10-Feb-14 16:51:17

That's drinking the lemonade/coke, not adding it to the rice....

tea biscuits or plain digestives

FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:52:28

There are electrolyte drinks too, but they're pretty horrible. Flat pop might be nicer.

ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 16:53:05

ok, not soup then, good tip.

And I don't think eggs, fish or marmite would work - I still have morning sickness, so haven't any of those in months!

just avoid fatty, spicy or heavy foods and otherwise eat what you fancy.

I have seen soup recommended on the nhs website so wont necessarily go through you any worse than any other foods

happylass Mon 10-Feb-14 16:55:34

I start with dry toast and maybe some ready salted crisps. If I'm ok with that I have mashed potato and spaghetti hoops.

FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 16:56:55

powerhoop, it did with me. Was a thick chunky soup, too; I thought there was plenty of roughage in it. But apparently not.

AnandaTimeIn Mon 10-Feb-14 16:58:48

White bread, white rice for the runs.

Prunes if it's the opposite!

FuckinWankwings maybe the extra roughage tipped you over the edge! A less chunky soup may have stayed in for longer.

FuckingWankwings Mon 10-Feb-14 17:03:00

I don't know. I got the impression it was the water content that allowed it to, you know, move on through swiftly.

Sorry, that's gross. grin

sanschocolat Mon 10-Feb-14 17:08:44

white bread sandwich (no butter) with very, very lean ham?

but you need extra fluids, so fluids are a good thing.

Lovely conversation smile

Bearfrills Mon 10-Feb-14 17:14:05

zing, I'm pregnant too and ended up in hospital with dehydration last week thanks to a vomiting bug - they are absolutely horrendous when your system is already under strain. The eating what you fancy advice was given to me by the doctor in A&E, she said once I felt hungry to have (small amounts) of whatever I fancied.

As others have said, fluids are the important thing. I went from feeling a bit sickly to actually being sick to unable to get off the bathroom floor to an ambulance on the way in the space of about four hours. Plenty of fluids is key.

Hope you feel better soon.

CouthyMow Mon 10-Feb-14 17:15:46

BRAT - Banana, Rice (plain), Apple, Toast. In that order.

you dont need to limit to BRAT though so if you feel like having other easily digestible foods then eat them.

NoPainNoGainNoFunNoPoint Mon 10-Feb-14 17:18:45

One slice of toast with a little spread and about half a teaspoon of sugar sprinkled over.

I also drink flat lemonade if I'm poorly. hope you feel better soon. thanks

Dry toast, or if you are starving, plainish jacket potato?

banana .I swear by them after the runs.

PolterGoose Mon 10-Feb-14 17:27:46

BRAT diet plus yoghurt here.

ZingSweetApple Mon 10-Feb-14 21:24:32

it ain't oversad

had (not all at once)
- one biscuit
- tea with manuka honey
- slice of toast with jam

every time I ate or drink anything it was shortly followed by more cramps.

and now back on the loo, plus I had to clean up DD's mess which made me sick so since then I feel really sick as well as still being in pain.

back to plain peppermint tea, I'm so hungry but don't dare to eat.
I think I heard somewhere that sugar feeds the bacteria/virus so definitely won't have any of that till tomorrow.

thanks for all advice, much appreciated.

legoqueen Mon 10-Feb-14 21:35:42

Cream crackers & black tea with sugar

sanschocolat Tue 11-Feb-14 07:38:42

Sorry you are still feeling rotten Zing

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