On 11/4/22, I ended up in the ER with food poisoning after drinking a smoothie from there (Vegan Mango Kale without protein but added cocoa). I experienced nausea, stomach cramping, fatigue, chills and vomiting. As a result of the vomiting, I temporarily lost my voice (hoarseness). The
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nurse in ER said the acid from vomiting can cause hoarseness. I was feeling awful. On 11/5/22 my husband and I called them and asked for the manager. My husband had to do most of the talking for me since I had lost my voice. The manager said he'd have another manager call me. She did call. She talked about how this particular location had never had any problems and how clean their facility was. She asked if the doctor told me that my problem could have come from something that I ate a few days ago because sometimes that's the case. I told her I didn't get sick until I consumed the smoothie. I told her that I didn't expect them to take any accountability or responsibility (I knew that they would deny anything on their end) but I wanted them to know what happened to me so they could check the facility so that this wouldn't happen to anyone else. She said she knows what I'm going through because she's had food poisoning before. I told her in my 69 years this is my first time experiencing this. She apologized, hoped that I would feel better and said she'll check on me in a few days. The hospital gave me some literature on food poisoning. It states symptoms start 1-24 hrs after consuming the bad food. My symptoms started around an hour after drinking the smoothie. The worse was between 3-4 hours after I finished it. I have no doubt that it was the smoothie. It's made me leery about eating anything. Particularly since I still feel sickly. I'm sure I'll soon get over that feeling of being leery, but that's how I'm currently feeling.
| Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, Chills, Fatigue, Cramps
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