Want to drop 5kg's in a week....get travelers infection!

Nine days into my stomach bug and finally seeing the recovery light. Notwithstanding I have dropped approximately 4kgs in the last 9 days, it's good to be feeling better.

Interestingly this episode has reinforced the lack of respect I have for some GP's and the requirement for all of us to take responsibility for our health. Upon my first visit to the Dr 7 days ago I suggested I may have picked up a bacterial infection. This was based on a shit load of reading on my part and a pretty good understanding of my own health and how I normally react to a virus. Unfortunately the GP didn't share the same view and suggested it was likely a virus and should clear up in a few days. If it didn't I could do a stool sample for testing but her view was overwhelmingly that it was a virus.

Fast forward 2 days  (5 days since symptoms kicked in) and I was still spending the majority of the day shitting my insides out. So I decided to capture some of the lovely output and send it off to the labs. By the way ever tried doing a stool sample?  NOT FUCKING FUN!

Low an behold the results return and I am positive for a nasty infection of the gut..not a virus! Basically its the standard travelers infection you pick up when travelling to nasty overseas locations. God knows where I got it from but food hall, public swimming pools at my daughters swimming lessons are one of the many locations. Funny isn't it, after travelling to locations including Asia, Croatia and spending time in Africa for work the one place I get travelers gastro is in Perth! Even more annoying is that since the birth of my daughter I am so damn anal with cleanliness, I virtually live with one of those hand sanitizers strapped to me and yet I still picked it up from some where.

Now if I had listened to the lovely GP I would still be bent over by a nasty parasite that completely screws with your digestion. Instead I trusted my instincts and research and followed up the diagnosis myself.

So a large dose of medication (from a different Dr!) and I am on the road to recovery and looking forward to getting back to PTC Perth this week and kicking of the next Wendler cycle.

Stay Strong
Thomo