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Comment on Dysentery by elwing

elwing — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:14:45 +0000

Doctors don’t like giving out antibiotics that strong unless there’s a good reason. There’s also no guarantee that antibiotics will help – a lot of the nasties that cause this are viruses or protozoa and taking antibiotics will just make me miserable and cause more antibiotic resistant strains of stuff to develop. They didn’t give me the antibiotics until they had a sample and knew what the exact cause was.

Comment on Dysentery by sarah

sarah — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:11:29 +0000

Whew, it’s sounds horrid, all of it! Glad you are one the mend. Perhaps next trip you can bring a course of antibiotics and anti nausea meds with you?

Comment on Dysentery by Raven

Raven — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:17:50 +0000

Oh, ugh. I’m sorry that you had that experience, but at least you were back to the States for care when you did. I’m glad you’re feeling better.

Comment on Dysentery by rhiannasilel

rhiannasilel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:00:25 +0000

If it makes Brian feel any better, I knew a group of people that went to the Sundance out at Pine Ridge, SD on the Lakota reservation and caught dysentery, so you can catch it just about anywhere, even here in the US.

Comment on Dysentery by Hasufin

Hasufin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:35:29 +0000

An important point to remember when eating in 3rd-world countries (or anywhere, really): those dishes are still WASHED in the local water.

Getting infected with this, that, or the other ick is pretty easy no matter how careful you are. It’s just a risk we take when we travel.

Comment on I have an MBA! by elwing

elwing — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:18 +0000

You might be, I narrowly “missed” signing up for Japanese classes at the Japan-America society. I’d like to go back, but I think I’m going to take at least a semester off and see how the whole getting pregnant thing works out. I always have self-study for Japanese

Comment on I have an MBA! by seele

seele — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:18:44 +0000

Congratulations!

Am I the only one left in school now? (Justin is trying to go back for graduate school next spring)

Comment on I have an MBA! by katie

katie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:53:09 +0000

Congratulations!

Comment on Alaskan Vacation by sarah

sarah — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:26:32 +0000

As you know we quite enjoy cruising, but I know it’s not for everyone. As for stuff to do on sea days, we have it on good authotity that cruising Alaksa provides fantastic views. So take a good book, or perhaps a travel board game or pack of cards and park yourselves by a window. If it’s not too cold you may be able to park yourselves up on deck, but it will be windy. There are often small seating areas on the both ends of the cabin levels of ships. They are unlikely to be crowded. We like to participate in Bingo, but you may not like that. In any case, have a fantastic trip, we are very jealous. Cant’ wait to hear all about it when you return!

Comment on Hong Kong, Macau, and China by Lori

Lori — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:09:47 +0000

Wow- the swine flu thing. Can you imagine United States airline people taking each passenger’s temperature? Glad you got back ok and saw some cool stuff on your trip. See you tomorrow!