Have you ever puked so hard that like the veins on your head throbbed? Well, multiply that by like 50 and keep it up for about a week. Really, it's mostly over after about 96 hours, but you'll keep puking for at least a week. It takes MONTHS to feel completely better. Plan on two weeks in the hospital. You will shit yourself, but it's just a puddle of viscous fluid and not much because you're already drained. Imagine still wanting to puke that hard - for like 3 hours at a whack before it subsides for an hour or two - if you're lucky - for *days*. That's why your heart explodes. I forget the exact numbers, but enough to cover the head of a pin is enough to kill like 500 people - something crazy like that. It's so deadly that we can't manufacture a toxin deadlier than botulism. The deadliest toxins we create don't even compare. I'm a bit surprised we've never had this discussion before. Well, the next time someone tells you they had botulism, you can call 'em a goddamned liar (unless they were pretty much dead for a couple of weeks). I *might* have had it a third time but I didn't go to the hospital. I dealt with it at home and pretty much lived in the bathroom shitting and puking while having nobody check on me as my girlfriend was across the country and I was in a 'loner' phase. My son was still at home, but he had no idea what to do. I had him help by bringing me liquid. You'll drink a sip of water and puke out the water and some more stomach lining. You drink the water anyhow, just so you can puke something up.