The continuing medical concerns…
When meeting with Nurse Marcia a month ago at the Park Nicollet Travel Clinic, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, we had discussed...
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Medicine from afar? Refill our prescriptions? Annual checkup?
As a health and fitness buff most of my adult life, I have made every effort to stay healthy by eating good...
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Saturday, feeling better..
Fluish? Yes. Better? Yes. If I can make it until Monday without the flu-like symptoms worsening, I may be out of the woods...
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Oh no! Yellow Fever side effects hit…
Yesterday, I felt great, optimistic that the potential side effects of the Yellow Fever Vaccine had bypassed me. One in six, especially...
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Yellow Fever Vaccine? Done!
Nurse Marcia wasn't available today. They gave me a nurse I didn't know. Worrying about the effects of the live Yellow Fever...
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They refused to give me the dreaded shots!
A weird thing happened to me yesterday. I usually write in this blog every other day but yesterday was a weird day,...
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Here it comes!…Round 2…plunge, twist and release!…
Oh, goodness! Tomorrow is my second round of immunizations, this time including the scary "live" yellow fever vaccine. I must admit, I'm terrified. Getting...
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Ouch!…Plunge, twist and release…
After two hours of being terrified at the prospect of contracting one of many horrifying diseases throughout the world, I left the...
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