Lambchop

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As i have said i've been having a great time in the Congo and it has exceeded my expectations so far. I kept saying that long may it continue and hoped the bubble wouldn't burst.

Well there was a loud pop on saturday night.

Some of you may have read my thread about having a shite sat with a very bad headache. Well as the night went on i felt like i was -20 degrees, shivvering etc. Then the sore neck, fucked eye sight, loss of hearing, inability to walk, delerium, sickness.

I got rushed to hospital and byt this time things were pretty bad. My temp was 39.5 deg and i was cooking up. Wanna guess what i have?!?


Fucking MALARIA.


I've just had the worst 40hours of my life cooped up in the same fucking bed, unable to move and hooked up to an introvenus drip. The doctors and nurses only spoke french which was a barrel of fucking laughs. I reckon i've lost a stone, my 4 year old is probably stronger than me right now and i still feel like shit. I cant hear properly due to the medicine.

Home though and have to rest.

Worst part is there is no cure.

Ah well the fucking mozzys can bite all they like now the cunts.

Oh and the world record part i hear you ask?!?!?!

Incubation period from bite to malaria is 10 days. I got the malaria on my 11th day here. Winner me?

btw i was on all the proper anti malaria drugs and using repellant. worthless

cheer me up...

carlo

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Fuck sake mate i wouldnt bother buying anymore lottery tickets you clearly have no luck. hope your better soon

PT

Sorry to here, home as in back in Scotland or home in Congo

Brian ST-2

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Chop you must be the unluckiest geezer on the planet.!?!?!
Sorry to hear that, must be proper shit catching that, and pretty damn scary too.

11 days in and you got the dose already, fuck me.

So you back in bonnie Scotland.!?!?

Cue Verve song, And the Drugs Don't Work, la la laa laa.

Get well soon mate. Sure you'll get loads of helpful cheery advice now

rog

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Nae good at all man!!!!! Did you not get anti malarial drugs (malarone)/yellow fever vaccinations before you went? That's normallay common practice????
Definately some nasty shit your going through, just hope your on the mend soon, sounds as bad as the week I've just had
So when are you back, still the original date or will you get back early once your well enough to travel?

rog

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Sorry just read the last bit of your post, still not thinking! But how soon before you went did you start the cousre, you can't just start taking them on the day you arrive, it has to be well in advance of travel.

COCHYN

Well you're not dead are you!

TurboShed

Yeah it will come back to haunt you for years to come, my grandfather had Malaria. You'll know the signs by now I guess, because you may find when you relapse in the UK, the hospitals don't know what's wrong and won't take your word for it when you are insisting it's fucking malaria.

rog

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You can always count on passionford for a sympathetic ear....
I wouldn't worry THAT much TBH, my grandfather had it too, it didn't bother him at all.

Lambchop

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congo. just got out of the hosp earlier. it was seriously driving me insane.

i've heard that before

rog got all vaccinations. took malareone 4 days before and everyday since, i'm not that thick
home on 12th. Bday meal on sat, fancy coming with the mrs?
What you been up to then?!

anti malarial would suggest that it prevents malaria mate not death

dojj

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glad 2 hear that u r on the mend, did u get iplayer working?

rog

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Aye sounds like plan, I'll speak to her and see if we've got anything else on that weekend but I'm sure we're free, just let us know the details. Things haven't been too good lately to be honest, haven't been on here much lately until today, don't want to say on here though as it's still pretty raw.

Paddy

Malaria?

I knew it.

maxest

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You were warned to stay away from african women werent you??

Tom_Cortina

Shitee mate hope you better soon

rog

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Sure They'll find a cure for it in the near future so I wouldn't worry too much, and if your lucky:

Is There a Malaria Cure?


Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease worldwide, especially in developing countries. It is estimated that each year 300 to 500 million cases of malaria occur, and more than 1 million people die of malaria annually. Although it can be a fatal disease, illness and death from malaria are largely preventable. In fact, for patients diagnosed early, a cure is possible because one of several medicines that kill the malaria parasite (Plasmodium) can be prescribed.

Curing Malaria With Medications


Specific medications that can be used as a cure include:

• Chloroquine
• Mefloquine (LariamŽ)
• Atovaquone-proguanil (MalaroneŽ)
• Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (FansidarŽ)
• Quinine
• Doxycycline
• Artemisin derivatives (not licensed for use in the United States, but often found overseas).

My bro had Hep C and they managed to cure that eventually, but it took ages.

cfoster

Shit dont sound good. Are you in a built up area or in the middle of no where? Reason I ask is I'm flying to Botswana next week and been advised that I dont need to take Malaria tablets? I'm in the capital (Gaborone) but not sure what to do!!

Lambchop

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mr shed is right, this will return whenever it likes i know symtoms though and will carry tablets to fix it

no and any assistance greatly appreciated!

no sweat hope it's not too bad. mail hotmail if you like.

ROTF


lol, unfortunately you cant stay away from female mozzys

Cossie Helen

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Sorry to hear you are not well, hope you are feeling better soon and recover well from it.

Lambchop

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wtf! dont fucking risk it! fucking stupid imo! i have been fucking unlucky as i took meds but im always fucking unlucky. malarone is what you need and take 2 days before leaving. 1 tab every day.

ps im in middle of city. Google, Pointe-Noire.

http://www.malariahotspots.co.uk/mapInteractive.asp

look at what you need meds wise...
http://www.traveldoctor.info/vaccina...tswana.46.html

Lambchop

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cheeeeeas cannny lass

Chip

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You should have got hiv instead, just as bad a disease but much more fun to catch!

Fingers crossed it stays in remission for a long time for you mate.

Less.

Get well soon Mr Chopski,and there was me thinking all your scots where big and tough

Cossie Helen

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Ahhh you cant be that bad you still taking the piss

Lambchop

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hahaha lol.

When i had the fever i was really fucked in the head. it makes you feel pissed which is weird
anyway i remember saying that if i was going to catch something here i'd rather get malaria than HIV or ass cancer and the boys pissed themselves

TurboShed

Yeah sorry, optimistic me LOL. I'm sure he knows he hasn't caught a cold, no point pretending it hasn't happened. Good luck Chop.

Chip

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Try and keep laughing mate, only thing you can do really.

rog

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Better book yourself in for that swine flu jab when you get back....

cutch

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fks sake mate!!!

i dont bother with any of the meds now, waste of time, if your going ot get it you will, s you have so pefectly proven, you still going back? Did you ever bump into the guy from dumfries?

cfoster

Ive just spoken to our doctors again and they advise again that I dont need to take anything? I did mention about your situation and she said that the Congo climate is a lot different, Botswana is a dryer heat (apparantly)?. Fook knows what to do now.

Lambchop

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I'll do that and then get run over by a fucking bacon delivery lorry going to asda

i'm having a great time bar this. congo isnt responsible for mararia so wont hold a grudge

not met anyone no.


bollocks, why not take it anyway?!? look at those links. africa is high risk! you can get a private prescription though. My tablets were Ł4 EACH though. You take one daily, 2 days before, 7 after returning.

Matt Evans

Fuck me chop, if it wasnt for bad luck, you'd have none at all!

Get well soon mate, keep the bog roll in the fridge for the next few days

Fil

check you original post on the subject, as i posted a reply thats is working for a mate in france

Lambchop

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ooohhh interesting! never saw that, i'll go look

RSTurboSI

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so will you be stoping over there now you got this ???

or has it changed ur mind?

COCHYN

So you normally that naiive then mate? Nothing prevents it, the same as Swine Flu. But anti's have enough agents that combat the development of some diseases in your body, so think yourself lucky. Because resistance to anti's like chloroquine is more and more common through Africa, doubt they'll class a tourist as elligable for anything more advanced.

cootsie

Been there chop and it is not nice. I worked for nearly 10 years in Africa and it finally got me.... I got malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) and i was taking Malarone so it is not fool proof. The mother of all headaches and the pain inside the bones (fuck it was sore) and finally passed out. Local doc said i did not have Malaria but ended out getting treated by the Chinese embassy.

Hope you are getting better but do go back to the UK Docs and get a good MOT done including the liver

RONNIE AMIS

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not good mate.

did you need to lose weight? would be happy that i'd lost a stone lol

Lambchop

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i have it now mate so no point worrying about it. this place is cool!