update
not dead yet. first blood test results are back.. red blood is at 78000 platelets.. normal is 150k to 300k maybe not too bad for malaria i think.. 1st treatment today. (tropicur, which is larium) ??...
View ArticleBad Day
Today I thought I was going to die. My strength had gone. walking to the next room to take a call from the NZ embassy resulted in me sitting on the floor, out of breath, and not feeling so good. Lucas...
View Articleworst platelet levels
Blood result: 24000 platelets. Today I was the new freak show for all the doctors in the hospital. I lost count of how many different onces visited me. Poked and prodded. And everyone wanted some of my...
View ArticleHeadaches
Is it in my head or not? Im sure I have a dull headache all the time. I mentioned this to my doctor. His response “that means theres parasites in my brain” emotional night, as the doctor said we were...
View ArticleDischarged! but still got Malaria
Celebrations! Ive been discharged. however I still have malaria. They have ordered artesunato (2) (3) from Brazil. So hopefully, I will be parasite free 3 days from Friday (when it arrives). It seems...
View ArticleSpooky, blood cells
Did my blood test today at the lab. So I got to see a bunch of my slides under the microscope. Well groovy. Initially they looked like this, with up to 6 or 7 parasites in one cell. Once Quinine is...
View ArticleNegative!
Well this is sort of. Went and had the test today. Waited around while they analysed the slides. They did find 2 Parasites, however they say it counts as a Negative result. I dont know what stage the...
View ArticleMalaria Free!
Celebrations. I’ve made it to 1+ month free of Malaria. Which now makes me Malaria Free according to the CDC… No cover for Malaria on my travel insurance for the next year tho.. so will have to be...
View ArticleWant to catch malaria — and get $4,000 for it?
Volunteers would be bitten by infected mosquitoes in vaccine study SEATTLE – The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with...
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