u/SmellsLikeHerb

Authorities keep saying that California hasn't been affected by this outbreak and the Taylor Farms recall does not apply in this state.

TAKE HEED, however:

• The week of 7/6, I noticed I was unusually fatigued and went to bed early each night without feeling rested the next morning.
• Beginning the morning of Saturday 7/11, I experienced stomach cramping and mild nausea. That evening, I began to shit my entire ass. No fever or vomiting; no aches other than the stomach cramps.
• Since then, I have reliably been fine EXCEPT for after meals. I feel normal until 30-45 minutes after I eat, at which point I again experience stomach cramping and a subsequent Whole Ass Shitting (WAS) Event. Every time.
• In the two weeks preceding symptoms, I consumed 8 bags of Taylor Farms bagged salad. (I'm extremely lazy about food, and bagged salads are the easiest way to create 1-2 healthy meals without cooking).

I reported these symptoms to my useless PCP just in the interests of public health--I'm not anti-antibiotic, but prefer not to take them when I can very reasonably expect to recover without them as they wreak havoc on the microbiome, so I'm passing on bactrim. I was told they couldn't report anything without me coming in and also they don't have any appointments until the latter half of October.

So BEWARE, Bay Area, if you want to avoid my bootypeeing fate!

ETA: Wow, imagine if people were this passionate about other people accessing healthcare when it came time to vote.

I'm from Lafayette but when I'm traveling I just say I'm from the Bay Area in California, because no one outside of the Bay knows what Lafayette is. People like my dad for example say they're from San Francisco, even though Lafayette is kinda far from San Francisco depending on traffic and he doesn't visit there very much at all. On top of that, Lafayette is more of a suburb of Oakland than it is to SF. I feel like I'd be lying if I told people I am from SF.

For those of you who live in any of the not very well-known towns/cities in the Bay Area, where do you say you are from when you are traveling?