Well, I’m not really invincible, although, I should be with the number of needles stuck into me and pills I’ve taken in the past six months. Before I leave in August I thought I should have a pre-departure doctor’s visit. Everything checks out and I’m good to. I figured it would be but I might [...]
Well, I’m not really invincible, although, I should be with the number of needles stuck into me and pills I’ve taken in the past six months.
Before I leave in August I thought I should have a pre-departure doctor’s visit. Everything checks out and I’m good to. I figured it would be but I might as well play it safe and double check while I still have health insurance.
My last visit to the doctor was in December to get some vaccinations. Before December I hadn’t had a dose of deadweakened virus injected into me in many years. Not a flu vaccine or the bogus H1N1 B.S. the media was flipping out about this past year. Since that doctors visit in December I’ve become immune to
- Hepatitus A – lifetime
- Hepatitus B – lifetime
- Typhoid – 7 years
- Yellow Fever – 10 years
- TetanusDiptheriaPertussis booster – 10 years
I think I’m vaccinated against anything I can run into in Central and South America that I can be vaccinated against. Now all I have to worry about is malaria, dengue fever, worms, travelers diarrhea, and other nuisances like bed bugs, non-infectious mosquitoes, sunburn (this is a big one for a pasty white guy) and blistersrashes. I guess life can’t always be filled with sunshine and smell like roses.
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About the Author: Sam Langley
Sam Langley left a comfortable and profitable job with an insurance company in the USA to travel the world. He has been going for years, and has not stopped yet. Keep up with his travels on his blog at Cubicle Ditcher. Sam Langley has written 147 posts on Vagabond Journey. Contact the author.
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