kiteman
Member
I guess most foreigners living here have had sickness problems over the years. I am hoping someone can offer some advice. I have been bedridden sick for several days with no noticeable improvement. I can only presume some kind of virus. I’ll document by day.
Day 1 Mon
Had a walk, short dip in the pool and lay down for a mid-day nap. Woke up at 3pm with a fever and a weak head and feeling lethargic all over. No appetite and difficult to even be interested in fluids.
Day 2 Tue
Fever reduced VERY slightly but the tiredness level has increased a lot. Can’t eat. Forced some fluid down.
Day 3 Wed
Went to local doctor’s surgery and told him I had a fever, a headache, lack of appetite and now a little diarrhea. He check Blood Pressure which was perfect. Temp was 37.1 so only slightly high. He then gave me some black tablets for the diarrhea, some red tablets for the fever, some white tablets for the headache and some green tablets for the stomach. They were all massive great things as solid as small rocks. I felt like I had just been to the ToyTown Doctor. I didn’t realize that is how you fix things……. treat the symptoms first?
Day 4 Thurs
Getting weaker now. Have only eaten 4 bananas in over 3 days. Still have the runs and also an urge to throw up but nothing in there.
The biggest problem for me is that I HAVEN’T SLEPT since 3 pm Monday. Not a wink. I am desperate to sleep but I just get “tired”. My eyes don’t look like I haven’t slept and I am quite alert……. but weaker by the day. I lie down, then within seconds I have to move….. as if I’m not comfortable. This goes on all day and all night. My eyes are wide open most of the time. I struggled to walk 100m to a local restaurant as I was hanging out for a San Miguel Light. I managed 3 beers and some soup with a little boiled potato but didn’t improve my sleep chances at all.
Day 5 Fri
Had another horrible night rolling backwards and forwards. Getting on for 4 days with no sleep and no prospects of any solution.
Can anyone perhaps recommend a doctor (Sanur) who is fluent in English or maybe you have had a friend with a similar symptom? Is it possible to use sleeping tablets in a situation like this?
I am almost at my wits end. (Please don’t waste my limited wi-fi connection and current mental attention span on attempts at humour.)
Day 1 Mon
Had a walk, short dip in the pool and lay down for a mid-day nap. Woke up at 3pm with a fever and a weak head and feeling lethargic all over. No appetite and difficult to even be interested in fluids.
Day 2 Tue
Fever reduced VERY slightly but the tiredness level has increased a lot. Can’t eat. Forced some fluid down.
Day 3 Wed
Went to local doctor’s surgery and told him I had a fever, a headache, lack of appetite and now a little diarrhea. He check Blood Pressure which was perfect. Temp was 37.1 so only slightly high. He then gave me some black tablets for the diarrhea, some red tablets for the fever, some white tablets for the headache and some green tablets for the stomach. They were all massive great things as solid as small rocks. I felt like I had just been to the ToyTown Doctor. I didn’t realize that is how you fix things……. treat the symptoms first?
Day 4 Thurs
Getting weaker now. Have only eaten 4 bananas in over 3 days. Still have the runs and also an urge to throw up but nothing in there.
The biggest problem for me is that I HAVEN’T SLEPT since 3 pm Monday. Not a wink. I am desperate to sleep but I just get “tired”. My eyes don’t look like I haven’t slept and I am quite alert……. but weaker by the day. I lie down, then within seconds I have to move….. as if I’m not comfortable. This goes on all day and all night. My eyes are wide open most of the time. I struggled to walk 100m to a local restaurant as I was hanging out for a San Miguel Light. I managed 3 beers and some soup with a little boiled potato but didn’t improve my sleep chances at all.
Day 5 Fri
Had another horrible night rolling backwards and forwards. Getting on for 4 days with no sleep and no prospects of any solution.
Can anyone perhaps recommend a doctor (Sanur) who is fluent in English or maybe you have had a friend with a similar symptom? Is it possible to use sleeping tablets in a situation like this?
I am almost at my wits end. (Please don’t waste my limited wi-fi connection and current mental attention span on attempts at humour.)