> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson
... > Oh, and if you're pretty sure that's the place you got it from, tell your > doctor. Could be a public health issue, and if so, they could > probably use > every data point they can get. If the tests show it's E coli (the nasty kind that causes hemorrhagic colitis, as Doc Harrell mentioned), the hospital *has* to report it to the health department. And then, as I understand it, they can almost always trace it back to the meatpacking plant where it originated (assuming it's from hamburger, as it usually is). They trace it by DNA analysis. So if it is E coli, I'll probably find out exactly where I got it. Right now, since there's no definitive diagnosis or identification of a pathogen, and mostly because I'm real, real tired, I'm not worrying about it yet. But I am quite concerned because we sometimes get food at the same restaurant for our grandchildren, and I'm afraid that if they had eaten what I ate, they might have died or lost their kidneys. If it takes a personal injury suit to put pressure on the company to cook the damn meat, then that's what we'll do, since other people will buy food for their kids there, even if we never do again. And I wouldn't want anybody to have to go through what I did. Back to bed now, I think... but I'll add that it's nice to be able to communicate so easily with a bunch of folks even while I'm knocked down. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
