Sick at an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Last weekend I went to an all-you-can-eat buffet. I knew it would play havoc with my IBS, but because I like my food and paid a lot for it, I took some digestion supplements with me to help. It was in a hotel where I was staying, and I had my own room, thankfully.

After I had eaten until I could eat no more, I suddenly felt I was going to burst, and I sat up straight and rubbed my stomach, as that always helps me feel comfortable after eating too much. But it didn't seem to be helping, and after sitting there rubbing my stomach for ages, my friends asked me if I was okay. I wasn't sure. I felt so full that I was nauseous and thought I was going to throw up. So I slowly stood, which caused a feeling of heaviness in my chest, and I was convinced I was going to throw up.

I belched the loudest I've ever belched

The next moment I found myself involuntarily leaning forward with my mouth open - and let out an enormous belch. It was the loudest belch ever, which shocked me. I felt rude and also embarrassed because a lot of people looked at me in surprise. I put my hand over my mouth apologetically, but then all my friends began cheering, impressed by my burp. So I jokingly took a bow, feeling a lot better and no longer having the urge to throw up. So that urge to throw up was just a massive burp making its way up among all the food I had eaten.

That night had different plans

Later that night, I went up to bed as I felt IBS starting from all the food I had eaten. I took some Tums to help with digestion, and my belly was so huge by then that I had to slowly get into bed like I was pregnant. After reading my book for a while I began to feel my guts digesting all the food I had eaten, but I think I had eaten so much that the Tums didn't really work as much as I wanted them to. My belly began making the most loudest gurgling noises ever, plus popping and squelching sounds, like my guts were burping and farting inside me. I laid on my left side and rubbed my stomach for ages, then tried to fall asleep, my tummy still hurting and I could feel all the food and wind going round and round noisily.

Yesterday carried into my today

When I woke up a couple of hours later I had a huge burp bubble in my stomach, so I sat up to release it. It came out big, though not quite as big as the belch I had done earlier at the buffet table, but it tasted of everything I had eaten all in one. When I woke in the morning I had a loose bowel movement, and a very windy tummy. I had so much wind that I couldn't eat breakfast, and I drove home. For the rest of the day all I kept doing was bad farts, and I actually felt rather wretched, so I got changed into my nightie so that it was more comfortable for my bloated tummy, and sat on the couch rubbing my belly and farting away for the rest of the day. I was still farting when I got into bed that night but at least the pains had subsided.

So I don't think I will go to another all you can eat buffet again because it's not worth paying the price when you suffer with IBS and wind. But I've got to admit, that huge burp I done was impressive. It might have been the biggest non-forced belch anyone has ever done - as usually big burps on places like YouTube are done forcefully and obnoxiously, not naturally like I did.