you guys are funny :)

no, i did not mcguyver up my own stool analysis....

any doctor who can take a decent history & physical would diagnose this without doing studies. if the symptoms continued, if my fever was higher, or there was blood or mucus coming out, then yes, stool studies and bloodwork are indicated. i was only vomiting, it was self limited (12-16 hours) nothing from the other end - which points to viral enteritis.

and i can understand that competitors may try to slag new businesses opening up. thats not my intention. i really just wanted to know if it happened to anyone else.

i'm an attending at jersey city medical center, i live in paulus hook, and am GLAD that we have this addition to the neighborhood.

the owners are actually going to the extent of replacing all cutting boards in the back, replacing the knives they use, and retraining their staff. as said many times, they are nice, professional people. we went to them so that if this had happened to anyone else, they could correct it - so they stick around - because we need them in the neighborhood!

sorry if i started any controversy here. who's up for sushi?

lol...i have good success w/zyrtec

if all the standard ones fail: zyrtec, claritin, allegra you should see your doc & consider desensitization (depending on how bad the allergies are)

also....acupuncture can do wonders for seasonal allergies

Everyone needs to calm down here...

She is my fiance, if I wrote wife in the first post it was by mistake. If you felt like I did this morning, you would have been out of it, too.

I woke up this morning and was curious if anyone else had this experience. This thread is what I found, and so I registered to post.

Being a physician, I know the chronology of food borne illnesses, and stool samples are not necessary for a diagnosis. Neither is serology. This is the only thing we have done differently lately, and there is a clear temporal relationship between the time of eating their food and getting sick.

Why would I say how nice they have been if I am trying to take them down? And just so you all know, they actually made my fiance come back so they could give her a basket of foods/cheeses/etc in apology. Clearly they are a class act, but unfortunately I had a bad experience. And it was not just me, this was twice. Once on Sunday after she got sushi, and then again last night after I ate the papaya.

So bottom line: I just wanted to know if it happened to anyone else. They are very very nice people and I will continue to shop from them for other things.

Does that satisfy you all? Jeez....

I am a doctor.

Very interesting about the sulfur. Because soon after eating the papaya I got a bunch of hives, which I never experienced in the past w/food poisoning.

Papaya sometimes has a strong smell, but it definitely was more sulfur-y than usual. Will have to check on that.

Since I was in bed all day, my fiance went by & spoke w/the owner. She said they were extremely polite, professional, and apologetic. Nice that there are still people like that around. I prob. wont be getting fresh food there, but will continue to shop for other stuff.

I was very happy & relieved to see a place like this open up...

HOWEVER

My wife and I have had 2 episodes of food poisoning after eating prepared food here. First was a couple days ago, she got very ill after eating the sushi.

I nevertheless went back, spoke w/the gentleman behind the counter & told him he may want to check the temps on the cooler/fridge, etc. He was very polite & apologetic.

I bought some of the cut papaya & ate it last night. Like clockwork, 2 hours later became violently ill and have not slept a wink all night because I've been vomiting.

So....beware of the prepared/refrigerated food. Has anyone had a similar experience with them?