So I had this hunk of blue cheese in the very bottom of my refrigerator's pull-out cheese-and-cold-cuts bin. It was at least six months old and might have been a year old. It was VERY strong. It was normal stinky blue cheese, but much, much more intense. It had an ammoniac smell. Almost any normal person would have thrown it out.
Yes. I ate some about five or six days ago. I did that. A small morsel.
My guts were fine the next day. I had no immediate reaction.
But for the last three or four days, I've had serious gas and bloating. My gut is visibly distended.
I have no other symptoms. No diarrhea. No nausea. No vomiting. Just serious bloating, and lots of gas.
Actually, when I press on my guts just now, they hurt a little. I assume that's from all the gas in there.
I didn't make the connection between the cheese and the bloating & gas until my wife suggested it last night. Now I'm 100% sure she's right.
So here's my question: What do I have? I've run every possible google search for "old blue cheese," "food poisoning," and gas." Everybody says "Don't eat the blue cheese when it's that old!" But nobody really tells you what happens to you when you do.
Do I have a yeast infection? A mold infection? Candida? Is there some obvious probiotic cure? Is there a good antiibiotic treatment?
What tests would a medical professional to diagnose what I've got?
Please don't write "0/10." I'm no trolling this board. I really did eat a small piece of the one-year old blue cheese. What can I say? I'm a fan of stinky cheese. This was stinky godd--n cheese. I just took a good thing too far.