I was diagnosed with a Norovirus infection in late September 2012 while I was out of town visiting friends for a few days. Thankfully, they are a physician and physician assistant. The vomiting and diarrhea were probably the most severe I had ever experienced. I had stomach cramps, fever, chills, sweats, and a headache, among other symptoms. The weakness and fatigue that I experienced were very severe. Even small sips of clear liquids (or small bites of a cracker) were immediately vomited back up. I was prescribed medicines to help control the vomiting and diarrhea. Even with the great around-the-clock medical care from my physician friends, I still came very close to being hospitalized to receive IV fluids.

Six days ago I woke up at 4 in the morning with violent diarrhea that did not stop for 24 hours straight. I could not keep ANYHING down. Then I started vomiting all the fluids I had been drinking. I was sweating but had the chills. I became so weak my mom took me to ER where I was treated immediately for dehydration. My diagnosis dehydration from gastroentitis. Six days later and I am just as sick. I am not vomiting but the diarrhea is just as bad and the pain in my stomach is horrible!!!

I asked my doctor if a person can one get the norovirus more than once. He said, yes. I am pretty sure I have had it three times now. I feel pretty certain, as my wife had the same symptoms. I never threw up and only had diarrhea maybe once. I did go to the bathroom a lot and had lots of cramping, bloating, nausea, burping, headache, fatigue, and so on. I had nausea for a few days, but the cramping was a week or longer. I lost nearly 10 pounds from eating far less. Where I live, it spread very rapidly. I take probiotic pills, so maybe that made my symptoms a bit easier. I still suffered from dehydration. I even had lower sodium levels. Regardless, I still do not feel 100 percent. I feel like my intestines are still in recovery mode. I amped-up my probiotics. What a nasty virus.

I've had the "pleasure" of the Norovirus and it feels very different from other stomach ailments. The severe cramping is pretty tell-tale. It's like your gut is twisting up and it's intense. It came on suddenly and lasted about four days with on and off fever for a couple of days after. I was tired for a couple more weeks. The real bummer is that my stomach and gut was inflamed and very sensitive for a couple of months afterwards. The doc put me on pills to reduce stomach acid to try and help until things calmed down. I don't want this again, believe me!

Me and my boyfriend have been so sick for the past couple months. We live in the Boston area, and he didn't have health insurance and his immune system is worse than mine. He would puke randomly, and have stomach pain constantly. He's lost a lot of weight, and was getting feverish and chills. Now I'm having stomach issues, feeling like throwing up every time I eat, and its a pain to digest anything. My boyfriend had his apendex out a while ago and ever since he's had like a hernia type pain or something. He hasn't been able to burp or throw up ever since.

I'm on day 5 of it. I have horrible diarrhea, and I can't eat anything. I'm pregnant and had to go to the hospital today to get IV fluids and stop labor contractions from dehydration.

I woke up Wednesday night with severe acid reflux and nausea. My stomach hurt. I ended up with vomiting and diarrhea at the same time. I had a sharp pain across my stomach off and on since. It's Friday afternoon and I still experience watery diarrhea, can't seem to eat much, and have had body aches and chills up to now. This afternoon a headache came on. I work at a Rec center and I do not know anyone else with this awful thing.