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Thanks, T-C! I'm actually aiming for this afternoon. Every belch relieves some of the pressure, and I'm not feeling any other symptoms which by now should be well underway.

I remember a situation somewhat like this many, many years ago. I'd had 8 teeth taken out: four "corner" teeth in preparation for orthodontics, plus all wisdom teeth. Needless to say it was several weeks before I could eat any solid food again (and I learned how fragile thermos bottles were -- every time I dropped one there went my lunch for the day).

Finally one day I'd been driving up in the mountains but was getting really hungry on the way home. So I stopped at a Bob"s Big Boy (the only one I've ever seen on the west coast) and gingerly ate a burger and (even more gingerly) salad. Little did I know that minutes after I would get home the sto,ach flu would hit. Now THAT hurt! *\;-)

Holy cow! I thought some tea would help (since we're out of Vernor's -- I learned growing up that Vernor's is right behind chicken soup for what ails you), and I knew the built-in lazy susan was full of boxes of teas... several of Earl Grey, various breakfast, afternoon and "Christmas" teas, lots of berry teas, but not a single chamomile.