Nothing is staying down. Not even water. Hasn't since yesterday. Getting a little worried about staying hydrated.
[Note: this may be a little graphic (or at least TMI), and I suppose is more for my memory of this whole thing than to be sure you understand the details of my digestive functioning, ...]
I went out yesterday to the mall, which also has a grocery store, to get some things; tried to get a SIM card to no avail...you have to have some sort of proof of Indian residency, I think; and came home probably around 5:00. I started to read the paper and promptly fell asleep. I woke up a few times in the night, but just went back to sleep.
When I did get up around 7:00, I was hungry from skipping dinner, so I ate the small Snickers bar I had, guzzled down some water (I bought and drank a Gatorade at the store, but otherwise hadn't had any fluids since I arrived), and sort of went back to sleep. I started feeling a little nasty, to the point that I grabbed one of the plastic shopping bags to keep nearby just in case. I've needed it (and the toilet paper) ever since.
Granted, I'm being a little whiny and usually do anytime I get sick, mostly because it's so rare. But I've also never really been this sick in another country and I'm just a little anxious about it. If I were at home, I wouldn't have done anything differently than I have here, but I would at least know where the doctor, pharmacy, etc. was. Fortunately, when I called my work contact here, he reminded me that there's a clinic with good doctors that's part of this organization. Thank god.
I keep racking my brain to think about what it is that made me sick. The best I can come up with is the vegetables I had yesterday at lunch (cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots; only the tomatoes hadn't been peeled).
And just when I was starting to feel better, it started all over again...
I also am a bit bummed that I haven't started any work; I've only left the flat once. However, I've caught up on sleep (if I needed to in the first place) and gotten to know MTV India fairly well (ps: it's hilarious).
So I'm going to go tomorrow to work, and at the very least get a doc to take a look and prescribe me something.
And I can say that I have experienced India's infamous GI issues. Nothing I wanted, but bragging rights are the only upside i'm seeing here...
[Note: this may be a little graphic (or at least TMI), and I suppose is more for my memory of this whole thing than to be sure you understand the details of my digestive functioning, ...]
I went out yesterday to the mall, which also has a grocery store, to get some things; tried to get a SIM card to no avail...you have to have some sort of proof of Indian residency, I think; and came home probably around 5:00. I started to read the paper and promptly fell asleep. I woke up a few times in the night, but just went back to sleep.
When I did get up around 7:00, I was hungry from skipping dinner, so I ate the small Snickers bar I had, guzzled down some water (I bought and drank a Gatorade at the store, but otherwise hadn't had any fluids since I arrived), and sort of went back to sleep. I started feeling a little nasty, to the point that I grabbed one of the plastic shopping bags to keep nearby just in case. I've needed it (and the toilet paper) ever since.
Granted, I'm being a little whiny and usually do anytime I get sick, mostly because it's so rare. But I've also never really been this sick in another country and I'm just a little anxious about it. If I were at home, I wouldn't have done anything differently than I have here, but I would at least know where the doctor, pharmacy, etc. was. Fortunately, when I called my work contact here, he reminded me that there's a clinic with good doctors that's part of this organization. Thank god.
I keep racking my brain to think about what it is that made me sick. The best I can come up with is the vegetables I had yesterday at lunch (cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots; only the tomatoes hadn't been peeled).
And just when I was starting to feel better, it started all over again...
I also am a bit bummed that I haven't started any work; I've only left the flat once. However, I've caught up on sleep (if I needed to in the first place) and gotten to know MTV India fairly well (ps: it's hilarious).
So I'm going to go tomorrow to work, and at the very least get a doc to take a look and prescribe me something.
And I can say that I have experienced India's infamous GI issues. Nothing I wanted, but bragging rights are the only upside i'm seeing here...
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