Hello everyone,
I haven't written in a while because I was sick: I had dengue fever.
For those of you who doesn't know what dengue fever is, please let me introduce you to the wonderful world of tropical diseases.
Dengue fever is a mosquito borne infectious tropical disease. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a charasteristic skin rash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever). And I had all of those!!! I still have pain in my joints though... I feel like an 80 yo lady :(
Hopefully, it's not a mortal disease... the first time! You just get sick for one week, that's the dengue fever timing, one week. But during that week, you really suffer and you loose your appetite which could be dangerous, because when you don't eat, you get weak. If you get weak, you don't heal. If you don't heal, you get worse. See the pattern?
Oh, and you need to drink a lot! I was drinking 4.5 liters of water a day and was still thirsty!
So, yeah, I've got dengue fever. So I went to the hospital... I didn't really enjoy going to the hospital in Laos. The doctor and nurses were very nice. I can't really say if they were really competent though. Dengue fever heals alone... However, the doctor said he was worried about my state and wanted to keep me at the hospital. I couldn't laugh because I was really weak, so I gently declined the invitation.
Therefore, I needed to go to the hospital everyday for a blood take. That was the deal.
I'm not sure if I really needed to go everyday. I had dengue fever and people around here have dengue fever very often. But you can't really argue with a guy wearing a white coat, right?
So, I spent the last days going to the hospital in the morning, and resting, sleeping the rest of the day.
I was a bit sad. All the people around me where going outside, having dinner, buying stuff, visiting around, and I wasn't even able to go to the toilets without feeling like I was going to die.
But now it's over :) On Sunday I was fully recovered.
I tought: now, I will be able to go around, visit the night market, have dinner!
"MOUHAHAHA", said my body.
I was weak. Weak like a baby bird. I wasn't able to walk 5 minutes!
And my stomac said: food? you're kidding me, right? It's been too long since I had something solid inside myself!
So, here I am! Recovering, eating little, drinking lots, and walking as much as I can :)
I am feeling better every day and soon will be on my top 10 on my way to Thailand !
In the meantime, best of luck!
Rebeca
I haven't written in a while because I was sick: I had dengue fever.
For those of you who doesn't know what dengue fever is, please let me introduce you to the wonderful world of tropical diseases.
Dengue fever is a mosquito borne infectious tropical disease. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a charasteristic skin rash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever). And I had all of those!!! I still have pain in my joints though... I feel like an 80 yo lady :(
Hopefully, it's not a mortal disease... the first time! You just get sick for one week, that's the dengue fever timing, one week. But during that week, you really suffer and you loose your appetite which could be dangerous, because when you don't eat, you get weak. If you get weak, you don't heal. If you don't heal, you get worse. See the pattern?
Oh, and you need to drink a lot! I was drinking 4.5 liters of water a day and was still thirsty!
So, yeah, I've got dengue fever. So I went to the hospital... I didn't really enjoy going to the hospital in Laos. The doctor and nurses were very nice. I can't really say if they were really competent though. Dengue fever heals alone... However, the doctor said he was worried about my state and wanted to keep me at the hospital. I couldn't laugh because I was really weak, so I gently declined the invitation.
Therefore, I needed to go to the hospital everyday for a blood take. That was the deal.
I'm not sure if I really needed to go everyday. I had dengue fever and people around here have dengue fever very often. But you can't really argue with a guy wearing a white coat, right?
So, I spent the last days going to the hospital in the morning, and resting, sleeping the rest of the day.
I was a bit sad. All the people around me where going outside, having dinner, buying stuff, visiting around, and I wasn't even able to go to the toilets without feeling like I was going to die.
But now it's over :) On Sunday I was fully recovered.
I tought: now, I will be able to go around, visit the night market, have dinner!
"MOUHAHAHA", said my body.
I was weak. Weak like a baby bird. I wasn't able to walk 5 minutes!
And my stomac said: food? you're kidding me, right? It's been too long since I had something solid inside myself!
So, here I am! Recovering, eating little, drinking lots, and walking as much as I can :)
I am feeling better every day and soon will be on my top 10 on my way to Thailand !
In the meantime, best of luck!
Rebeca
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