That is how long it took for me to succumb to traveller’s diarrhoea. I thought I was going to die. I felt a bit funny so went to lie down, and then it hit me. And that night, I had the worst fever I’ve ever had…in fact, I don’t think I’ve experienced a fever before so maybe it was just the shock of it. I was shivering and it is definitely not cold here. Then I woke up in the middle of the night in a pool of sweat. It was awful. I was reading the lonely planet on symptoms of diseases, and every disease seems to have fever, headache, stomach cramps and occasional diarrhoea. So I was convinced I had dengue fever!
So I went to the doctor the next day. He prescribed strong antibiotics (he said they’ll even kill cholera so let’s hope that’s not what I have). Sounds like it’s just a bacterial problem and I’m not suffering from any disease. He also gave me paracetamol and something called Depron that Thurstan could not find on the internet! Maybe it’s Sri Lankan Ganje like what the mahouts have! My consultation and medication only cost me 2 pounds! The drugs were only 50p!
I’m feeling better now (I can finally fart without fear) but it took me 4 days to recover. Hopefully that is it now for the rest of the trip. I tempted fate with the water so hopefully my guts are now as tough as steel.
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You had luck in Morocco, there you was one of the healty girls...but it is your time now:-(.
Hope you feel better in a short time!
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