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I had to drink two pints of the stuff yesterday for a CT scan.
I can't get the thought of the taste and texture out of my mind, and it's been twenty hours by now.
I tried beer, root beer, chinese food, and smoked salmon so far.
Still get sick to my stomach thinking about it.
I'll never drink a non-medicinal smoothie again!
Any good antidote ideas?
BTW, I'm OFF today, so anything goes!

I just made an omelette with bacon bits, onions, and salsa.
I think it's working.

Since you're off today, break out the rum. It may not help but after a few you won't care or remember why you don't feel well.

Tropic_Al wrote:Since you're off today, break out the rum. It may not help but after a few you won't care or remember why you don't fell well.

I was planning on holding out til 3:00pm happy hour at the local micro brewery.

0 degree wind chill today (13 degree actual) may call for an earlier start, with a stronger cure.

Maybe some 151 straight up will do the trick

longboardn', i sympathize with you. the friday before xmas i ended up in the hospital and i had to drink 2 containers of the stuff for my ct scan. the flavor was a mild banana. when i took the first sip i thought, oh this isn't bad, no problem. well, it didn't take long for me to have the same reaction. to make matters worse, i have acid reflux. my stomach started to hurt, the reflux acted up and i felt like i was going to throw up.

i could taste the drink for days afterwards. by mistake i ate a banana that wasn't completely ripe. i couldn't finish it because of the tastebud flashbacks.

go out and have a burger and fries with beer. something totally opposite of fruit.
good luck and i hope you're on the mend to whatever is ailing you.

Grapefruit, Juicyfruit, etc, etc ...

bravedave wrote:Grapefruit, Juicyfruit, etc, etc ...

No mixed fruit for me for a long time.
Don't even know if I could listen to that tune for a while.

Hey, sorry to hear they're messing with your innards.
I think the previous suggestions were all fine, especially the rum

Snowparrot wrote:Hey, sorry to hear they're messing with your innards.
I think the previous suggestions were all fine, especially the rum

I know that physicaly the taste has to be gone, and I've gone in excess of two hours without even thinking about it, but it still comes back to haunt me!

The 8% ABV Scotch Ale at the local brew pub worked wonders though.

The CT scan including the 3 hour fast (big deal) and the two pints of contrast along with the I.V. iodine were actually a piece of cake compared to the other methods they've been using to check my innards lately.

Two weeks ago they scoped my bladder. Lots of fun.

Being truly sick of course sucks, and being a hypochondriac would really mess with your life, not to mention your health and happiness.

But my problem is neither here nor there.
I feel great, only have minor symptoms, yet flunk all the routine basic tests.
Of course wisdom dictates following through with even more tests, but to maintain my FAA medical I have to continue with all the rest of the proof that there is nothing wrong with me if I want to continue to fly.

So each test proves that the prior red flag was indeed nothing to worry about, but of course finds something new that must be further studied.
Thank god I'm only un-healthy on paper!

Best medical advice I received all year: (from a Urologist)
"Drink, drink, drink, I don't care if it's water, Gatoraid, or beer.
If it's beer, drink a whole keg of the stuff. If your not either drinking or peeing, you're doing something wrong."
Too bad that order expired a week ago.

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:Best medical advice I received all year: (from a Urologist)
"Drink, drink, drink, I don't care if it's water, Gatoraid, or beer.
If it's beer, drink a whole keg of the stuff. If your not either drinking or peeing, you're doing something wrong."
Too bad that order expired a week ago.

I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on TV (and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), but I say until superceded by a new order the previous order stands. Keep drinking that beer and pee like you mean it!

dang L, I feel for ya.

What a pain tho'-- it's great that you're going through all of this so you can keep those wings. rock on!

You were lucky you only had to drink 2 of them. When I had my gallbladder out a couple of years ago, the nurse made me drink three of them ( and im not a huge person either)

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:I had to drink two pints of the stuff yesterday for a CT scan.
I can't get the thought of the taste and texture out of my mind, and it's been twenty hours by now.
I tried beer, root beer, chinese food, and smoked salmon so far.
Still get sick to my stomach thinking about it.
I'll never drink a non-medicinal smoothie again!
Any good antidote ideas?
BTW, I'm OFF today, so anything goes!

Next time (I hope you won't have to have a 'next time'...but....)....ask for vanilla...just as horrid, but it doesn't linger like the others.

Big Jimmy wrote:You were lucky you only had to drink 2 of them. When I had my gallbladder out a couple of years ago, the nurse made me drink three of them ( and im not a huge person either)

I'm glad I tried your aged-in-alcohol cherries last July at the Tinley Park tailgate.
I would have to turn down anything remotely tasting of berries from now on!

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:

Big Jimmy wrote:You were lucky you only had to drink 2 of them. When I had my gallbladder out a couple of years ago, the nurse made me drink three of them ( and im not a huge person either)

I'm glad I tried your aged-in-alcohol cherries last July at the Tinley Park tailgate.
I would have to turn down anything remotely tasting of berries from now on!

Which reminds me--- the friends I was with, I am no longer friends with. And well they still have them in their possession.

Its ok... Im gonna make a new batch or two soon.

Im thinking of one batch with 151
and the other with Everclear.


Only the strong survive.

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:

Big Jimmy wrote:You were lucky you only had to drink 2 of them. When I had my gallbladder out a couple of years ago, the nurse made me drink three of them ( and im not a huge person either)

I'm glad I tried your aged-in-alcohol cherries last July at the Tinley Park tailgate.
I would have to turn down anything remotely tasting of berries from now on!

I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Migration Michelle wrote:


I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even our underage son still talks about Jimmy's cherries!
We were at a bar/grill that had some pineapple slices aging in vodka in some decorative decanters for future use gracing their counter, and he said " That's like that guy in Chicago at the Jimmy Buffett concert that had those cherries! That was so cool that he let me have one!"

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:

Migration Michelle wrote:


I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even our underage son still talks about Jimmy's cherries!
We were at a bar/grill that had some pineapple slices aging in vodka in some decorative decanters for future use gracing their counter, and he said " That's like that guy in Chicago at the Jimmy Buffett concert that had those cherries! That was so cool that he let me have one!"

A few of us were sick for days and everyone said, "It must have been those cherries!!!! What was in them?"

Migration Michelle wrote:

Longboardn' ASEL&S wrote:

Migration Michelle wrote:


I totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even our underage son still talks about Jimmy's cherries!
We were at a bar/grill that had some pineapple slices aging in vodka in some decorative decanters for future use gracing their counter, and he said " That's like that guy in Chicago at the Jimmy Buffett concert that had those cherries! That was so cool that he let me have one!"

A few of us were sick for days and everyone said, "It must have been those cherries!!!! What was in them?"

Which ones did you have?

I know I had a batch with Absolute Vanilla

The other batch may have been Bacardi Dark.


This year if I do go to see Jimmy, It will be all about the strongest liquor in it. Everything must have at least 100 proof.

Big Jimmy wrote:

Which ones did you have?

I know I had a batch with Absolute Vanilla

The other batch may have been Bacardi Dark.

My entire family enjoyed the Absolute Vanilla variety, and not one of us got sick.
Then again, they still have'nt figured out what caused me to flunk all those tests......................