Comments on: Maladies http://bitterjug.com/blog/maladies/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/maladies/#comment-681 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=152#comment-681 Looks like I can't spell Malaria.<br /> And also I didn't have it.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile this week, while BJ.com has been down, Ive been to the doctor in Nairobi and had a yard of blood tested for everything from Tick (spoon!) fever to Swamp (monster) fever. Off to town again tomorrow to get the results. Luckily Im feeling much better and the maladies have moved to my throat. Looks like I can’t spell Malaria.
And also I didn’t have it.

Meanwhile this week, while BJ.com has been down, Ive been to the doctor in Nairobi and had a yard of blood tested for everything from Tick (spoon!) fever to Swamp (monster) fever. Off to town again tomorrow to get the results. Luckily Im feeling much better and the maladies have moved to my throat.

]]> By: Nic http://bitterjug.com/blog/maladies/#comment-682 Nic Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=152#comment-682 Do you get Dengue fever in that part of the world? Joint pain and headache are symptoms. If you are feeling better then prolly isn't... text or email me at work for more details if you are in a dengue area.<br /> <br /> Hope it's just something fluy and you are on the mend<br /> <br /> ((hugs))<br /> <br /> nic Do you get Dengue fever in that part of the world? Joint pain and headache are symptoms. If you are feeling better then prolly isn’t… text or email me at work for more details if you are in a dengue area.

Hope it’s just something fluy and you are on the mend

((hugs))

nic

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/maladies/#comment-683 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=152#comment-683 OK On saturday I went to the doc in Nairobi to check the results of my blood and urine tests and the throat swab they took which, I think, they planted in a window box to see what developed. <br /> <br /> First of all I should say to anyone to whom I mentioned Swamp Fever that there was no Swamp Fever test and so I think the whole thing was a fig-leaf of my imagination, though the doc had talked to me a lot about swimming in lakes and so on. He was thinking of Tick Fever. <br /> <br /> Anyway Malaria, Typhoid and Tick fever all negative. Everything negative, in fact, except that the throat swab developed into a nice pot plant. The best guess we can make is that I have had Strep Throat. The doctors best guess is that that was what had made me feel so bad with the joint aches and so on. He did antoher blood test for thyroid function... But I am sure its all over now as I am feeling much better. OK On saturday I went to the doc in Nairobi to check the results of my blood and urine tests and the throat swab they took which, I think, they planted in a window box to see what developed.

First of all I should say to anyone to whom I mentioned Swamp Fever that there was no Swamp Fever test and so I think the whole thing was a fig-leaf of my imagination, though the doc had talked to me a lot about swimming in lakes and so on. He was thinking of Tick Fever.

Anyway Malaria, Typhoid and Tick fever all negative. Everything negative, in fact, except that the throat swab developed into a nice pot plant. The best guess we can make is that I have had Strep Throat. The doctors best guess is that that was what had made me feel so bad with the joint aches and so on. He did antoher blood test for thyroid function… But I am sure its all over now as I am feeling much better.

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