For those of you not in the Toronto or Ontario regions let me introduce you to the Norwalk virus. Actually below is part of a press release from the health board about this virus.

Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, is again urging all Ontarians to take stringent precautions to avoid contracting Norwalk Virus, which has been spreading aggressively throughout southern and eastern Ontario.
Norwalk Virus is not the flu. Everyone is susceptible, and, unlike Influenza, there is no vaccine.

"Norwalk Virus can be prevented by consistently practicing proper personal hygiene, particularly after going to the washroom," said Dr. D'Cunha. "We know that the virus is active and has spread considerably. The risk of contracting the Norwalk Virus is still very high, and I again urge Ontarians to take the necessary precautions to avoid getting sick."

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, headache, myalgia, malaise and low-grade fever. Norwalk virus is spread through improper hygiene, such as poor hand-washing practices. It can also be spread by sharing food and utensils with an infected person, or by coming in contact with an infected surface such as door handles.

Yes it sounds about as fun as it actually is. See the thing is my wife got this virus a few days before Christmas. And of course you know that means I eventually got it. I got sick on Dec. 28th. This virus is not fucking fun, you see those symptoms? Well I had just about all of them for days I mean days. And all you can do is drink water. New Years Eve? I drank water. New Years day? I drank water. Actually I thought I was feeling better on New Years day and went and saw The Two Towers. But, I had to rush home from the theater afterward cause my symptoms were back full force.

I didn't go to work on the 3rd or 4th like I was supposed to cause I was still sick as hell. So it had now been a week that I hadn't eaten any solid food and I had only left the house once. That should be it right? That's enough for one man to have to take, oh no, no fuckin way. I have to get a cold on top of it. So I'm still feeling like shit.

The holidays are supposed to be filled with fun and spending time with your loved ones. Well I got to spend time with my loved one all right, in between trips to the bathroom, yeah lots of fun. I mean I wasn't drunk once over the holidays how fucked up is that?

The thing that really pissed me off about this sickness was as the press release states there is no vaccine or anything. The entire population of Toronto has had this virus by now and the medical community can do nothing about it. I went to the DR's when my symptoms came back and all the doc said was "Yup, you have Norwalk again."

No fucking shit, man I'm the guy shittin' brown water all week. Like lie to me man, give me something to make me feel better. But they can't, I have to go home and wait this shit out. You can imagine how boring this has gotten, my wife and I have watched every dvd we got for Christmas twice already. And how about her, she was over the virus 2 weeks ago, but has still had to be cooped up with me for the last week.

Well there you go, merry fuckin Christmas and happy fuckin New Year. My holidays sucked ass.

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