Once again, I’m doing electrolytes (chicken bullion and water with sugar as I cannot STAND the taste of Pedialyte) and I’m absolutely CHAINED to the toliet. You really don’t want to know more than that. The first two days weren’t that bad but the last three have been hellish. The stomach cramping, the issuance that can’t even be described as “D” but firey burning and completely liquid. Today we found a clinic for Jamie. Ever since he had typhoid (May? of this year) he feels his digestive tract was never the same. I’ve read that about typhoid, but he thinks it is *something* so he finally gave the ok to start finding out what it could be. When we were in Dolores he was tested for parasites and typhoid and was negative, so we’re pretty sure it isn’t that. Parasites are REALLY obvious signs and typhoid is also REALLY obvious. Kind of like labor. If you have to ask, you know you don’t have it.
So he isn’t on top of the world, but mostly a feeling of disquiet; like something that he can’t put his finger on is wrong. Here in San Felipe, they have the “American” clinic. USD30 for a consult and while that is so much higher than the mainland (the clinic in Dolores Hidalgo, while not an “American” clinic, was a private and good clinic, only charged USD5), it can’t even begin to compare to what we would find in the US. He has an appointment on Wednesday and tomorrow I head to the laboratorio to find out what the hell is bugging me (and you can bet, it will be a bug). It is so nice to simply be able to go to a laboratory, tell them the tests you want, they do them, and THE VERY SAME DAY (at least in the mainland) they give you the results. I’m thinking I have parasites (again) and if not, will simply get Lomotil (or something like it), more probotics and hope for the best.
My folks are headed to El Centro to pick up Thanksgiving fixings as they plan to celebrate the holiday Mexico or no Mexico. No-one has an oven that will fit a turkey, so I think they’re planning on a couple ovens doing turkey breasts. At any rate, I’ve been so out of comission I don’t even know what is planned. The kids are excited at the possibility of partaking of many varieties of food.
We are planning on heading up to Yuma and San Diego to pick up technology items that we’ve had shipped there on the weekend, but we’ll see what happens. We might be down here for a while…
WOW….you guys are really suffering from the bugs down there!!! I can’t tell Marsha or she will never cross the border…..she is soooo particular about things like that since she is a chemistry/biology educator. Sure do hope you locate the problem….perhaps the word “locate” is not quite the correct verbage, but it gets the point across!! Thinking about you!!
John
Kathy and Jamie……..how are you guys doing….healthwise??????? No post from you….so I get worried. Amazing how close a person can get to unknowns by using cyberspace…….update your health report when you can.
John
I hope you are feeling better today. Glad you both went to the clinic.
I would trade places with you, as today I am about to buy the truck from hell (Chevy 2500 diesel) and I would rather have a parasite. ;^) Stress city, but funl. Now we are free to buy whatever trailer we want…within our budget, or what is left of it after today.
Update when you can and let us know how you are.
Jody
Limu kills parasites, and continues to work on a daily basis for many other health concerns. Might want to try it next time your in Mexico.
my appoligies for taking up so much space but the above statement is my own theory and “ORIGINAL LIMU is not a drug and it has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is simply a food supplement and is therefore not intended to diagnose, cure nor treat any illness nor disease. However, your body may display amazing healing powers of its own when you feed it the right nutritional building blocks. The scientific knowledge about limu moui has not been developed to the extent necessary to independently verify anyone’s results with the product. No-one’s experience can be viewed as typical because each person’s body will have a unique response to the nutrients in ORIGINAL LIMU.”