I was blind,but now I see...

Emerald · #1 (**permalink**) 12th September 2007, 11:14 AM

Hello out there!

I've been out of action due to a rather nasty bug or something I picked up on Saturday.It really did a number on me that's for sure.Anyway,I had my little angel there by my side to hear we winge,*****, and complain so it wasn't all bad.I must admit I'm not the best patient.If you care to share your worst Thailand bug/sickness story,I'm all ears.I absolutely hate not being able to get out there and exercise/run.How about you?

Regards,

Emerald

oddball · #2 (**permalink**) 12th September 2007, 09:07 PM

I was living on the top story of a very high apartment building when i ventured to eat a seafood pizza , i protracted what later turned out to be food poisening , no one in the building spoke English , i had recently arrived in Thailand so had no outside contacts , the toilet was my best and only friend for 4 days . When i finally made it out to a clinic ( well padded with kleenex ) i got some good chinese medicine with vitamins etc , but it took a few days before i was back to normal . Since then i have been VERY CAUTIOUS WHERE I EAT . cOLIN

synthia · #3 (**permalink**) 14th September 2007, 01:07 PM

I'm afraid my worst Thai medical experience was a strep throat.

synthia · #4 (**permalink**) 14th September 2007, 01:10 PM

Also, I'm sure that for a little bit extra you could have had a doctor come to you. It probably would have been worth it. And the herbal stuff probably did nothing, since it was still several days until you were better. Cipro would probably have had you on your feet in 24 hours. And it probably wasn't food poisoning, as that is usually over in 24 hours, but a bacterial infection.

oddball · #5 (**permalink**) 14th September 2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by synthia

Also, I'm sure that for a little bit extra you could have had a doctor come to you. It probably would have been worth it. And the herbal stuff probably did nothing, since it was still several days until you were better. Cipro would probably have had you on your feet in 24 hours. And it probably wasn't food poisoning, as that is usually over in 24 hours, but a bacterial infection.

Where were you when i needed you ? Joking aside , i could barely make it to the lift , sorry , elevator , then had to retreat to the toilet , calls on the phone to the desk were answered in Thai , no one came to check why i kept calling so how could i call a doctor ? Whatever condition i had at the time , i am now overly cautious i do not get anything similar again so i eat 95% of home cooking unless i am out of town then ask other Westerners where they find it safe to eat with no dire consequencies .

synthia · #6 (**permalink**) 15th September 2007, 03:52 PM

Oh, that must have been hard. I've always had good luck when I've been sick, as far as people being helpful, even if they didn't understand me. Twice I've been hauled off to see a doctor by the owner of a guest house because they thought I really needed help, once in London, and once in Bukit Tinggi.