Thursday, February 15, 2007
Thursday February 15th 2007Well, the verdit is out...I'll live! After a few very rough days, I opened my eyes this morning and instantly knew I was better. I hadn't moved an inch yet and waited for a moment enjoying the absence of pain just in case. But I moved my head left and right and sure the neck was still tight but it was much better. I still had a mild head ache but the bulk if it was gone and the fever seemed to have gone as well. I still haven't had a solid meal since Monday but I'm feeling much better and just trusting my body to tell me what to eat and when. I'm still not feeling like eating anything to hard to digest. Yogourt, fruit, dry biscuits seem fine for now.
Most of the last two were lost to this mystery illness. I thought at first it might be a virus and of course because of the heavy pressure in my head and pain in the back of my neck I was reminded of Japanese Encephalitis. I have had a shot in Thailand for it and anoth
er upon arrival here but just the same. Then I thought perhaps it had to do with the motorbike trip out of Hanoi as I was holding myself to the back rack and the suspension was not very good. We did mismanoeuver a hole at once stage and the shock from that was pretty hard. So I thought perhaps I'd displaced something in my neck and the head aches were coming from that. But the fever and stomach upset? However, considering how I felt last night, I think it would have been impossible to recover so much during the night if it was a purely structural problem. So I'm back to thinking it was viral or bacterial. Anyway, I'm not back to 100% but I'm getting there.
er upon arrival here but just the same. Then I thought perhaps it had to do with the motorbike trip out of Hanoi as I was holding myself to the back rack and the suspension was not very good. We did mismanoeuver a hole at once stage and the shock from that was pretty hard. So I thought perhaps I'd displaced something in my neck and the head aches were coming from that. But the fever and stomach upset? However, considering how I felt last night, I think it would have been impossible to recover so much during the night if it was a purely structural problem. So I'm back to thinking it was viral or bacterial. Anyway, I'm not back to 100% but I'm getting there. And I leave tomorow already. I have to say, having a thumping headache really diminishes your t
olerance to noise, and to people approching you or wanting to sell you something. I tried as much as I could to walk over to the day market yesterday (I don't know what I was thinking?) to buy headsets and microphone. My friend Michele had been urging me to do so because I left mine in Australia so we could have a conversation. The more I approached, the thicker the crowds. The streets leading to the Dong Xuan Markets are market streets anyway and people are buying whatever last minute things they need for TET. The motorbikes zooming in the smaller and smaller spaces in the road left from all the people walking. I got three quarters of the way there and I turned around. I just couldn't anymore, abandoned the whole idea, got back to my room, wrapped a towel around my neck and never left again that day.
olerance to noise, and to people approching you or wanting to sell you something. I tried as much as I could to walk over to the day market yesterday (I don't know what I was thinking?) to buy headsets and microphone. My friend Michele had been urging me to do so because I left mine in Australia so we could have a conversation. The more I approached, the thicker the crowds. The streets leading to the Dong Xuan Markets are market streets anyway and people are buying whatever last minute things they need for TET. The motorbikes zooming in the smaller and smaller spaces in the road left from all the people walking. I got three quarters of the way there and I turned around. I just couldn't anymore, abandoned the whole idea, got back to my room, wrapped a towel around my neck and never left again that day.
I popped in at the gym today for the last time. The lovely Thuy was there and she came to say goodbye when her shift was over. I asked her if she had an email address but she didn't. She quickly asked me for my email address and promissed to open an account "today". "Chuc Mung Nam Muoi" I tell her ( Happy New Year). I think I managed that one. Accents: Chuc (going up) Mung (going down) Nam (starting mid, going down and back to mid) Muoi (going up).
I've missed many people. I haven't done my usual in the last few days. Haven't eaten with the ladies downstairs and I doubt tomorrow will be a normal day being that it's New Year's Eve and also that I'm leaving in the morning. I have to take a taxi to the airport to catch my 12:50pm flight. I may not get to see them before I go. Maybe it's better that way anyway. I don't like goodbyes.
I'll go for a morning run before I leave just to enjoy it for the last time, see how my body feels; see the friendly faces around the lake a last time; see the Lake...
My next post will be from Bangkok.
Ciao for now
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