Wow, You have been having a very rough time. I hope things get better for you. The doctor is right, you need those electrolytes as you risk severe dehydration with that diarrhea so bad. I feel for you as that is a horrible thing to endure.

You mentioned food poisoning, I had picked up something nasty from raw oysters I ate in Thailand (not a smart move). I was miserable for several weeks until I got the right doctor who prescribed Cipro, in hours I started feeling better. Now I carry Cipro on all my Asia trips. I haven't needed it, but I have had fellow travellers who did. For some food borne illnesses the results are dramatic, symtoms relieved in hours.

Cipro - Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections. This includes bone and joint infections, intra abdominal infections, certain type of infectious diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, skin infections, typhoid fever, and urinary tract infections, among others. For some infections it is used in addition to other antibiotics. It can be taken by mouth, in eye drops, or intravenously.

Food borne illness can linger, and it not all GP's are good at dealing with it. I doubt it is a virus, I think it is bacterial, your symptoms are very similar to what I experienced.

If allergies to the medication are ruled out, maybe it is a virus. Lots of fluids are best, but if you're not better in 2-3 days, call your doctor. If you get dehydrated, it can be serious.

Does not sound too different from my recent gallbladder troubles. I had very atypical symptoms. It lead to a chain of symptoms that only confused and scared the hell out of me. I too was taking Ranitidine which helped, but also cause some issues.

Basically, I had a "sludge" in my gallbladder. This lead to indigestion, which lead to acid reflux, which caused inflammation (though no "pain" ) of my esophageal sphincter, which created pressure near my vagus nerve bundle / lung / heart / diaphragm, which made me think at any moment I was gonna die. I also had constipation and diarrhea, and dizzy spells, and shortness of breath. I would often be starving, but at the same time feel full. I was dealing with these worsening symptoms for more than a year.

I hope you feel better soon.

It is sad that people can't be nice! Sorry to hear of your problems and I hope it works its way out of your system. Will be thinking of you and hope to see a good progress report soon.

Geeze your day indeed did suck but I hope on the road to feeling better. Try a little eucalyptus oil foor energy and clarity and something yummy to eat

I sympathize and hope you have a swift recovery. I hated traveling by bus and travelling while sick is even worse.

Gee girl, at least you are a heck of a writer !!!! Hope you'll feel better soon

I use to take medicines to neutralize excessive stomach acid until one day someone told me to eat some fresh ginger every day. So, I thought to myself that there is nothing to lose in trying it and I have to say it worked but it was not a long term solution.

Four years ago I ended up in ER with the most excruiating stomach pain that you could imagine. In the course of a year I visited three different hospitals with severe stomach pain and they could not seem to diagnose the cause. I decided to do some online research and I hit upon the cause which was Heliobacter Pylori which is a type of bacteria that more than 50% of the world's population have in their gastrointestinal tract. I mentioned this to a doctor when I was abroad and he prescribed three different types of antibiotics and a bismouth liquid ( tasted more like liquid shit) which I had to take for five weeks. I am happy to say that since that time I have never had any stomach problems. You can get tested for Heliobacter Pylori.

Do you have any diarrhea pictures?

Yes keep records to show variances in treatment and results. Keep your head up. Tunnels always end.

If you had food poisoning this could be leftover symptoms.

However with the change in medication my first thought is a "contrary reaction" to the capsules versus the tablets.

They should be able to give you something for the diarhea - I'd ask about having that "in case of" at your appt..

The lady who does all the driving sounds kind of shady? And also sort of abused bringing someone to WalMart 4 times a day? I think staff needs to know about this. There should be some limits set.

I'm with sassygirl - Medicaid/Medicare should provide transportation to appts., However getting transportation to emergency appts. is near impossible.

Have you tried Uber or a local cab company? I don't know what the cost would be - but might be worth it when you're that sick.

Hang in there!

Report that lady that is taking money for Sean. She is breaking the law if he is disabled. He should talk to his social worker. Does this "friend" work for an agency? Call the agency and tell them. If not ask your social worker to help you with rides to dr. apts. I have it under Medicaid.

You poor thing you, sounds like you’ve had a horrible day.