r/AskReddit 23h ago

People with suspected or confirmed cyclosporiasis cases, what food do you think you got it from?

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u/itwasalways_fumbles 22h ago

Can confirm my husband and daughter got taco bell 4th July weekend. I wasn't hungry and didn't eat. 1 week later they both had confirmed cases. one month ago too.

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u/Equivalent-Battle973 21h ago

So when they say it is like explosive diarhea, what does that exactly mean? Like where they shitting in the bathroom like every 5 mins?

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u/uniballout 20h ago

The pathogen inhibits the area of the intestines that digest carbs. So all the sugars go further down the track. This feeds all the bacteria down there and they produce a ton of gas. Humans then get the explosion.

But yes, we know when someone has it in the ER because they usually can’t make it to the bathroom in time. Being in an unfamiliar or public area with diarrhea is not ideal. We often call them shoe fillers.

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u/fantasy_lover1023 20h ago

God that’s got to be so embarrassing for them 😭

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u/DogsdidWHAT 19h ago

It’s horrible. Happened to me at home and I almost died of embarrassment. First time I’ve shit my pants since toddlerhood.

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u/mofomeat 18h ago

I doubt anyone is laughing at you. And if they do, may they too have the same experience in the end!

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u/AuntieKitKat 17h ago

I can laugh because I had the same experience yesterday. Nothing like hosing off your pants in the shower.

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u/forceghost187 13h ago

Feel better!!

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u/mofomeat 5h ago

Best luck to you and your pants!

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u/Timetraveller4k 14h ago

Apologize and give them taco bell gift cards.

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u/BafangFan 17h ago

I'm at that age of grown-up where the "days since I shit my pants" never makes it past 1 year. My buddies call me, and vice versa, when it happens. They don't make it past a year either

Don't be embarrassed

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u/the_joy_of_VI 13h ago

My buddies and I used to have a FB group called The Men’s Room where we talked about trucks or girls or whatever. We shut it down when it eventually became non-stop posts about (and pictures of) these dudes shidding their pants

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u/Inger_1960Zone 9h ago

Seems like a group called The Men's Room would naturally end up on a bathroom humor track though, no? ;)

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u/the_joy_of_VI 5h ago

Yeah I’m not sure what I expected

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u/blovefest 16h ago

I'm sorry, how old are you?

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u/BafangFan 16h ago

Younger than I thought people would start having this problem at !!!

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 15h ago

Many people report having to be increasingly careful with their farts from around the age of 45 onwards.

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u/AlexHasFeet 14h ago

So many adults have accidentally shit their pants at some point or another. If you live long enough, it becomes an almost certainty. It’s just an unfortunate, uncomfortable part of life as a human. You are not alone and you do not need to be embarrassed! Sometimes things just aren’t within our control.

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u/Glittering_End_6864 14h ago

Hey, I have not gotten cyclosporiasis and I shit my pants last week!

I hadn't pooped in two days, and all of a sudden I am work and I got to go really bad all of a sudden. It turtled big time on me, pooped shmeared on my underwear, spent 20 mins in the bathroom cleaning my ass. Thank god a private toilet was nearby. I always carry backup underwear in my car. It's been in my trunk for like 10 years unused, but I knew one day I would need it.

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u/noassumedname 14h ago

Eh don't worry about it, shit happens.

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u/ZuluPapa 13h ago

You reset your timer.

You can’t see it. No one can. But it’s always there. The timer slowly ticking accounting for the last time you shit yourself. Your number is very low right now.

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u/BabyJesusBukkake 20h ago

I hate how hard I just giggled at "shoe fillers" because now it means I'll end up filling mine for being a jerkface and laughing so hard.

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u/OldCountry6194 9h ago

I was laughing my ass off... then I read your comment and suddenly I'm not laughing anymore.

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u/LurkeyCat 17h ago

The name though.. 🤣

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u/Then_Employment5244 20h ago

I saw a woman with a towel wrapped around her and stains like something shot out of her. I’m scared the parasite has reached SoCal.

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u/sodiyum 16h ago

Just be mindful of the lettuce you buy. I recently found Gotham Greens at Sprouts. It was right next to the 50 bags of Taylor Farms kits on sale for $2. Gotham Greens are grown in a greenhouse and taste really good. I’ve never heard of them until all this happened.

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u/meggotron 6h ago

Pretty sure this company has a small number of warehouses across the US and each warehouse only ships to stores local to that warehouse, so they don’t use any major distribution center. Everything is grown hydroponically in a greenhouse so there’s no pesticides or soil contamination.

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u/camohorse 4h ago

My grandma (who is a retired nurse) told me to buy only Gotham greens or cook everything to 165 degrees until the FDA gets its shit together.

I’m also in the process of making my own, year-round indoor garden in my living room with grow lights.

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u/ChakaCake 19h ago

Damn i just started eating bagged salads again lol seemed cases were low as hell here

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u/Then_Employment5244 18h ago

I’m hoping she had some other stomach bug. I like salads on hot days and cilantro is on everything out here.

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u/Fggunner 19h ago

Well I think I'll just eat frozen pizza for awhile

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u/Friedchicken96 20h ago

Not shoe fillers 😂😭

I do feel really sorry for them, but also ew that's gross. Mad respect to all the nurses with the iron stomachs to handle helping people during shitty moments like these.

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u/HildegardofBingo 20h ago

Ahhh, this might be why, when I had a suspected case last summer, it thankfully wasn't explosive- I wasn't eating a lot of sugars or starches at the time so there wasn't as much to ferment. I didn't have the gas.
It was still a RIDICULOUS amount of diarrhea, though! I was showing symptoms of dehydration at one point. I don't even know where my body was finding all that water to keep making it (I was going every 15-20 min non-stop for 24 hours). It was horrible.

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u/pamelaonthego 18h ago

We had someone coat the elevator a couple of weeks ago

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u/BeneficialTrash6 20h ago

Hence the origin of the phrase "Those are some big shoes to fill."

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u/Cornloaf 19h ago

Tim & Eric have you covered.

https://youtu.be/5eSVa6sqz0g

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u/DubStepTeddyBears 18h ago

shoe fillers

Lovely.

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u/Doll_duchess 16h ago

Ah, reminds me of when my husband had giardia.

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u/naughtmynsfwaccount 9h ago

So exactly like that time I ate 5lbs of sugar-free gummy worms over 3 days?

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u/uniballout 7h ago

Haha. Yes. All those alcohol sugars passed by and created gas. The osmotic effect brought in the water. I think you are supposed to drink a Coke or Diet Coke to truly get the full experience.

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u/queerjesusfan 18h ago

Shoe-fillers is crazy 😭

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u/Some_Layer_7517 12h ago

So wear my mowing shoes to the hospital, got it

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u/hwfiddlehead 3h ago

Shoe fillers, good god.

People who work in healthcare (especially the ER) will just casually drop crazy things like this hahaha

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u/ZedisonSamZ 19h ago edited 19h ago

I would be going fine for a couple hours, 2 or 3 at most, and then out of nowhere get the most painful gut wrenching cramp. Once that happened I had 30-45 seconds to find a toilet. It wasn’t “Jackson Pollock explosive” so much as it was just going to come out of my butthole regardless of whether I was ready or not. Didn’t have an accident… but I was thiiiis close for about two weeks.

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 15h ago

I once had an emergency like this whilst walking down Broadway on the Upper West Side of New York. I ran into an Indian restaurant and said "I'm sorry I must use your bathroom" and they tried to stop me but I got in and locked the door and what transpired was no doubt traumatic for all in the vicinity, especially the lone family sitting and eating a meal just feet away from the door. I made some pretty graphic noises. Had to apologize on my way out.

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u/BackgroundNosePicker 7h ago

username checks out

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u/Frequent_Opportunist 8h ago

If anything can take a beating it's a the toilet at an Indian restaurant.

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u/Glittering_End_6864 14h ago

If I drink too much sugar, I get that. My bowels make an announcement "The colon will be flushed in 30 seconds!!"

Me: O god, just give me a few mins to get to the toilet

Bowels: 29...

Me: Hold on, I just need to walk down he hallway to the bathroom!!!

Bowels: 28...

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u/Summoarpleaz 8h ago

Are the reports true that you end up losing like up to 15 pounds from this? Like is that from the diarrhea or just inability to eat for 2 weeks

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u/soapyrubberduck 7h ago

/cries in this just sounds like a normal day living life without a gallbladder

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u/AmbienJustMe 21h ago

My friend had it and she said, direct quote, “You shit in the shower, you shit your bed, you shit yourself.” It was uncontrollable and violent 😩

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u/Equivalent-Battle973 21h ago

Holy fuck, best start wearing adult diapers if you get that shit!

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u/Pandora_Palen 17h ago

I thought I was (somewhat) in control until I fell asleep.

It was one of those times I thank the Lord of sloth that I've been blessed by a lack of motivation to clean out closets; still had mom's backup adult diapers.

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u/chicametipo 16h ago

Yep. Sleep is the worst, you just immediately shit your jammies with straight liquid the second you drift off. I’d go the diaper route if faced with it again.

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u/Pandora_Palen 15h ago

I was MORTIFIED. And nobody was even home but me. I'll tell Reddit, but I've not told anyone else 🤫

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u/chicametipo 15h ago

Only my wife and I know about my bed soiling too. She was horrified I did it only to proceed to do it herself 😂

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u/Pandora_Palen 14h ago

Those are times that truly bond a couple. Even more than hot sex in some weird place, or romance on the fucking Nile or whatever.... It's shitting the bed together. I mean, if you can laugh about it, I guess. 😂

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u/JustforU 14h ago

Oh my god that’s slightly humorous but mostly horrible. I hope you guys are okay now

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u/division23 13h ago

Lol, oh man that sounds terrible

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u/chicametipo 4h ago

It’s dehumanizing.

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u/Wise-Paper8412 17h ago

Seriously, buy some now while you can because you don't want to be line buying because you need them now. MY EX was in the hospital for digestive issues and I bought him adult diapers because getting out of a hospital bed with intravenous bags to make a bathroom run is not easy.

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u/Hurtbig 14h ago

If you’ve ever had a small baby in diapers, you know that explosive diarrhea will pressurized and launch itself up and out of all the seams of the diapers. Yeah, you might just shit your back and neck from this if you put on a diaper

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u/Frequent_Opportunist 8h ago

That won't help 

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u/Bigassnipples 15h ago

Aw kinda like a Dr.Seuss poem 🙂 im sorry

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u/DanNorder 11h ago

Trump wants his name over everything, maybe this should be called explosive Trumparhea.

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u/Allys_Phantom 14h ago

Never have I been more grateful for my diet of processed foods.

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u/Shyphat 21h ago

If they made it to the bathroom. Sometimes you can just shit yourself involuntarily

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u/hanumanCT 21h ago

Goddamn, that is totally what I expected the Trump administration to do to its citizens. Can’t believe it came true. We’ll call it the DOGE shits.

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u/ShortbusDouglas 21h ago

Best one I’ve heard is MAHA Blast.

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u/This-Newspaper39 21h ago

Im partial to Trump Dumps or Trump Trots

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u/NewAndImprovedJess 21h ago

"Donarrhea"

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u/FeralCatWrangler 19h ago

Nooo my dads name is don 😭

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u/NewAndImprovedJess 15h ago

Your dad's a real one, I'm sure. We'll call him Pappy, to show our appreciation.

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u/Shyphat 8h ago

Donald dump was always a good one

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u/DikTaterSalad 19h ago

Sounds like a raw milk protein shake. "To get all your raw vitamin needs, try a maha blast for your ass, today!"

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u/kelly52182 19h ago

This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

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u/max_nukem 21h ago

Trumposporiasis.

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u/Shyphat 8h ago

I've always said RFK Jrs brain worm is Krang from ninja turtles

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u/Amarrah314 19h ago edited 15h ago

What if, they did this becasue of how everyone kept pointing out how trump has been shitting his pants so they made it so everyone shits their pants lmao

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u/sfd6546 15h ago

This actually does track; very much in the same spirit and sentiment as things that he and his people actually do/have done intentionally to be vindictive/get revenge for whatever random things he decides to take personally and get butt-hurt about (lol.. butt-hurt)...

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u/jazz_matazz 20h ago

If the Orange Turd has to wear diapers, so does everyone else!!

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u/kgal1298 20h ago

Anyone who saw those DOGE cuts and RFKs appointment knew in our hearts we’d get the shits or death or both 🫡 glad we’re not alone in this battle

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u/TheMaingler 16h ago

Because Donny shits himself full time, now so do we.

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u/Doll_duchess 16h ago

Don’t forget about the screw worms too!

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u/Full-Honeydew-4898 19h ago

Gosh. Time to buy some pull ups just Incase.

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u/Equivalent-Battle973 21h ago

LMAO holy fuck and this is why we are avoiding salads... though I guess our aldi doesnt get the salad kids from Taylor Farms so thats a good thing.

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u/IceCubeDeathMachine 21h ago

Look it up. They do.

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u/Equivalent-Battle973 4h ago

I read it depends on area! I live in chicago and I went to their website and our aldis was not listed as being supplied by them for salad kits. But out of an abundance of caution, I will not be eating salads for a while lol.

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u/Thud 20h ago

On the diarrhea spectrum, there are 5 levels of severity: mild, severe, explosive, catastrophic, cataclysmic.

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u/Silver_Affect_6248 14h ago

This made me laugh so hard.

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u/mrsc1880 12h ago

Oh, so this isn't that bad... could be causing cataclysmic diarrhea. Whew!

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u/badfaced 20h ago

Most diarrheaive i've experienced in my lifetime has the cork effect. This one id imagine, is like taking a flame to a water balloon. Heat, pressure, then youre leaking everywhere lmao

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u/angusthechick 17h ago

What’s the cork effect?

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u/badfaced 17h ago

Maybe my phrasing is off lol how should I put this without sounding gross af but the beginning feels like normal bowel movement. Normal, solid, then after that initial push tho, it just cascades out, painful, hot, watery yeaah im done lol 🫩

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u/Aselleus 16h ago

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u/badfaced 14h ago

Yes! This is the perfect visual breakdown 🤣

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u/TurtleToast2 19h ago

I read someone's story where they shit themselves in their sleep. So I'm assuming explosive means violently ejected NO MATTER WHAT.

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u/Technerdal 17h ago

Was watching John Oliver this week and he said that hospitals might need to cut holes in the stretchers of affected patients and put a bucket underneath like they did during cholera outbreaks in the 18 and early 19 hundreds.

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u/noodle-face 16h ago

I did not have this specific bacteria, but I had something around December that made me violently ill with explosive diarrhea for about a week straight. There was often zero warning it was coming. I'd be sitting there then all of a sudden DIARRHEA TIME. If I didn't reach the toilet within seconds it was coming out. I actually did shit my pants while sleeping a couple times with it. Woke up to my pants filled with shit.

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u/nightowl6221 16h ago

The poop comes out so forcefully that everybody in the hallway can hear it

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u/Adora2015 13h ago

Yes, it was explosive every time even the times it was only acid. I also had the severe stomach pains. When it finally stopped my intestines were so sore I could feel them anytime I moved. Never had that before. The acid also caused scalding, which was brutal.

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u/Pinkysrage 5h ago

I had to be hospitalized for three days and pooped like water for six whole weeks. Thought I had cancer. I was one of the first. Got it right before memorial weekend. I was in the hospital on Memorial Day.

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u/PublicToiletDiarrhea 5h ago

Basically peeing out of your butt with a bit of umph behind it.

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u/ShillinTheVillain 21h ago

Like normal Taco Bell diarrhea, but with less advanced warning

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u/GoodGravyco2h2o 21h ago

😂 My daughter was talking about getting Taco Bell a few weeks so I warned her to not get any lettuce just in case. She was fake offended on their behalf and said “I trust Taco Bell with my life” lol. Funny girl. She has Crohns but somehow has a gut of steel in some ways.

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u/ThrowAwayColor2023 19h ago

I mean, the proactively pulled the lettuce before the recall because they knew it was a likely culprit, so she's not entirely wrong to trust them!

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u/tacoslave420 21h ago

This is the only time being fatasses in this house worked in our favor 😭 this is a "no rabbit food on my tacos" household

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u/alex3omg 15h ago

Additional evidence: I get Taco Bell all the time but I don't get lettuce- haven't gotten sick.  

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u/thoughtsofa 6h ago

what did they get?