Sunday, January 27, 2008

Oregon Trail Moment

I just want everyone reading this to know that if you travel to a 'developing' country, and your guidebook warns you not to eat raw produce unless either you have peeled it or watched some clean and reputable person peel it in front of you, you should definitely believe it.

About a tablespoon of diced tomato just laid me low for an entire day. I'm fine now, and I'm now armed with some lovely antibiotics just in case it comes back or happens again (though I've obviously learned my lesson).

It feels very Oregon Trail -- Sara has dysentery. Would you like to rest for one day? Y/N?

Though I'm aware that the extremely short duration and relative mildness of the illness implies it's not actual dysentery. But the possibility sounds so much cooler.

1 comment:

Helen said...

Ha ha ha, this is good.