Hello faithful readers,
Sorry I've been a bit remiss in updating this past week. My time spent in Ghana was wonderful but it culminated in one heck of a case of Traveler's Diarrhea. Hey, it happens. This is a travel blog, read on ladies and gentlemen. We're all pretty open on the ship, and at last count, it looked like of 520 students, about 200 were having gastrointestinal issues after Ghana. So anyway, I've been sick since Wednesday, it's now Tuesday, and so if I'm not significantly better by tomorrow, I'm supposed to start Cipro (an antibiotic) to hopefully kick the e-coli out of its newfound home in my large intestine. The worst part about being sick though is not the actual being sick, it's the fact that I can't eat anything that is good for me. I cannot eat fresh fruit or veggies, I cannot eat dairy, I cannot eat anything remotely spicy, and I live on a ship. That leaves not a whole lot of options. I have been eating nothing but bread, pasta, rice, and sometimes soup (but only if it's not cream based). Not exactly ideal.
We've also been in considerably rougher seas since leaving Ghana and that makes reading and writing on the ship harder. I can't do any reading in my room because I have no porthole, so I have to do it either outside or in one of the dining rooms with big windows, but they are often full of distractions. So because this voyage is actually school, my concentration time has been spent on school work. Boo.
Anyway, I think I am going to be feeling better tomorrow and I also have a good amount of free time, so I will post about Ghana tomorrow. I will also post about shipboard life a little bit. I realize you guys don't know much about how I actually spend my time, or what my classes are like. I look forward to writing a lengthy entry tomorrow.
Until then, treat your intestines nicely...mine will vicariously appreciate it.
Love, Kalista
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Large Intestine Remiss
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Cipro! I just filled a prescription for that today! My mother-in-law went to the hospital last night to get rehydrated from an intestinal infection and was prescribed Cipro-something-or-other to kick it. Small world. The "white" diet does seem rather ironic. You're sick, and yet you're supposed to eat stuff that has little to no nutritional value. I'll drink some ginger ale tomorrow and think of you.
ReplyDeleteHi Sweety, Sorry that the tummy is up side down, I hope you are better soon, as I know how much you like trying different foods. I didn't quite get the reason you couldn't read in your room. Do you get sea sick with out the window? Is it like reading in a moving car?
ReplyDeleteUncle paul called to ask if we had heard anything from you since it had been a while since your last posting. I suppose we were all getting a bit concerned. I will send an email later today to give you a bit of an update frfom NY.
Love Pops.
PS. FEEL BETTER