Comments on: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Stomach Bug Edition

By: jc

jc — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:02:08 +0000

Not to pile onto your misery, Trent, but I have heard now numerous times that often what we call a “stomach bug” is really some form of food poisoning. Maybe not in this case. But double down on food safety for a bit, and think hard about whether any leftovers (which I know you love to use and reuse) have either not been getting chilled quickly enough or heated up hot enough for long enough.

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:45:16 +0000

To all of you who were complaining about the shelter thing; does this satisfy you? Trent, sorry to hear about your illness. The fact that my favorite blog was available each morning says a lot of great things about your work habits, preparedness and resourcefulness. Obviously, you were prepared to keep the blog going in an emergency. I’m gonna have to do more of your organizing tips. Thanks for a great blog.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:11:36 +0000

Hope you all feel better soon. I can relate, when the kids were little we had 4 cases of chicken pox in one month… I only got out to church one time and had a bad case of cabin fever!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:31:03 +0000

Feel better soon! And thank you that even in the midst of a stomach flu bug you managed to continue this great blog.

By: Squawkfox

Squawkfox — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:23:14 +0000

Hope you’re feeling better soon, Trent. Any kind of pain in the tummy is torture.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:44:10 +0000

Last year, my cousin had a stomach virus that went on for a week and half before she went to the doctor. It turned out she had a clostridium difficile bacteria that masqueraded as a very prolonged bout of bloating, and very foul diarrhea. She was trying to save a dime by treating it with immodium, but it wound up costing a fortune after they took out a long section of bowel and Sara wound up with a colostomy bag. Now she’s got that lifelong hassle and expense to deal with.
A lot of doctors think that it is Norovirus, but it’s not.

By: lurker carl

lurker carl — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:26:41 +0000

Sorry to hear about your household epidemic. Get well soon, everyone!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:21:22 +0000

Sorry to hear your family is ill. Be sure to prevent dehydration. Sip room temperature water (cold water will trigger vomiting). You can use drinks such as pedialyte to restore electrolyte balance.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:40:52 +0000

I hope that both you and your family will soon be feeling better. I am generally impervious to stress but there is nothing like having kids who are ill or injured to make my anxiety rise!

By: Java Monster

Java Monster — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:19:42 +0000

Make sure your family hasn’t caught H1N1–check with your doctor. I went to my doc yesterday, told I’d had a 102F temp twice in November. And she told me that often there are after-infections due to the Flu. Guess what I had? I’m now taking special antibiotics to clear up a persistent infection that I didn’t know I had! Anyhow, it’s worth checking into. My family got sick in domino fashion, too.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:51:56 +0000

As you seem to link elite colleges with expensive ones (and as this is a finance blog), it is worth noting that the study about colleges states:

“there is a higher payoff to attending a more expensive school for children from low-income families”
and:
“For the pooled sample of men and women, these models indicate that students who attend higher tuition schools earn more after entering the labor market.”

So, while an elite college doesn’t help, apparently going to the bargain college isn’t statistically a good idea either.

By: Rita

Rita — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:42:04 +0000

Hope everyone is over it and back to normal sooner than later.

By: MegB

MegB — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:36:06 +0000

Ugh. Stomach bugs are the worst. My husband and I both had one right before Christmas, and it was miserable. Hope everyone is on the mend soon.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:29:36 +0000

The study that’s described in the “value of an elite college” link is the same one that was linked to in the post, “It’s not the school, it’s the student,” back in November. It seems weird that the same paper would come up twice in a short period like that, especially since the paper itself is more than 10 years old.

And I still think it’s worth noting that the paper’s analysis dealt with students who started college in 1976. And a lot of things have changed since then, so the results may or may not be applicable to students going to college today or in the future.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:25:07 +0000

Hope everyone gets better soon – nothing worse than a stomach bug going around.