Today, I went to a hospital in Uganda, where I'm working with an NGO for the summer. I had a high fever and other symptoms of malaria. They gave me a test, and I don't have malaria. I'm now however sick from the water they gave me to wash down a medication to reduce fever. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after coming back from a trip to Africa where I got malaria, I went to the hospital for some blood tests. The doctor said, "Good news! You never had malaria! But they put you through a lot of dangerous treatments and now your liver has an anomaly." FML
Today, I came home from a four month stay in Africa, where I managed to avoid suffering any serious illness. Some hours after my first meal back at home, I got food poisoning. FML
Today, I learned that because of my new medication, I can either avoid getting malaria, or have a male yeast infection. I'm stuck in Africa for the next two months, and have to sit down to pee because I don't want to irritate my penis by touching it. FML
Today, just a day prior to my vacation starting, I learned that my five-day "seasonal fever" is actually due to a blood infection from a bacteria. FML
Today, I've been suffering from unbearable headache, fever, agonizing body pain for more than ten days. I took a COVID test, an antibiotic tablets course, even a dengue test. Finally after spending my entire bank balance on tests and MRI, it was diagnosed as a migraine - which went away with a single tablet. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's office to get my yearly check up. Soon after I got home, I threw up and somehow had a fever. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with a kidney infection; the symptoms include nausea and having to pee every five minutes. I had to walk six miles in the pouring rain to pick up the medication, peed in the woods twice, got honked at while throwing up on the road, and my boyfriend told me not to complain. FML
Today, I have a UTI. After taking some sample medicine my doctor gave to me, I had a lot of back pain and nausea. I also spent 6 hours in the ER with no health insurance because I thought I was urinating blood. Nope, "peeing red" is just a little side-effect my doctor forgot to inform me of. FML
Today, I have a severe infection. The last doctor I saw was in the ER and he gave me antibiotics ineffective against what I have, and sent me home. The doctor before that gave me a dose of antibiotics you’d give a toddler, so they didn’t work either. It has spread to my kidneys and I should’ve been admitted to hospital. FML
Today, after a week of severe gastroenteritis that required a hospital stay, I was finally feeling well enough to go in the pool at our holiday resort. My fiance slipped on the edge of the pool and we're back in the hospital. Happy vacation! FML
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readytofall69 0
That sucks but is at least your helping ugandians I commend you for that.
wikifoo 0
Sorry about that ;however , THANK YOU for your humanatarian efforts
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Geometric 18
It is known that people in 3rd world countries do seem to have stronger immune systems than those living in countries like the US and UK. It is thought that this is because they live in poor living conditions and are exposed to much more illness-causing bacteria, which results in a stronger immune system that is better able to deal with diseases like giardia. Over time they develop immunities to specific diseases which are then passed on to their children, who are then more likely to survive even though they are living in a dirty environment. Hovever, in 1st world countries what with bioengineering of our foods, our obsession with eliminating pathogens from our foods, and the development of modern medicine that we eat there is no need for our immune systems to develop and evolve to fight said diseases. This means that we are not biologically equipped to live in 3rd world countries where disease is rife as our immune systems have become so weak that it can simply not fight illness off. What you are seeing in 3rd world countries is the natural evolution of people in response to their environment. People in America and the United Kingdom simply do not have that interaction anymore.
LemonandLime 13
Omg the FML team exist.
TsarKeith12 9
Stay strong, you'll acclimate to it
kstizzle_504 8
Ebola
justsayingbeach 15
Right.. So FYL for the conditions these poor people suffer everyday? Some volunteer you are
TheRealStunts 27
Thats malarious xD
iTrickster 2
Well you know what they say, if you drink the water for Uganda. UGANDA DIE