Years ago, I had a serious work injury, serious for me, not for the publicly listed company I worked for. At one stage I was in hospital on an antibiotic drip for a related staph infection and asked Mrs prozac to phone work and explain I'd possibly be off work for a while. On Sunday night the manager called and asked if I would be in to work in the morning!
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Have a good trip RooFlyer. Informative regards rabies. I have been to Georgia and never occured to me to get a vaccination. Mind, I think rabies is throughout Western Europe also but animal health generally is probably better.
I'd start with insureandgo.
My doc is similar with giving me a couple of scripts - most meds I end up throwing away once expired but good to have for just in case. Disposed of antibiotics on the weekend that expired.Going to the Stans and a couple of other places in a fortnight, so off to my Travel Doctor today (who also happens to be my regular GP). The trip will take us to some pretty remote places for a couple of days, a couple of times (as in no hotels, but 'homestays' and, in one case, yurts), so I wanted a 'belt and braces' assessment, especially re the couple of long term conditions I have.
Rabies came up on the checklist. I've never had that shot and believed that you could get it 'afterwards' in case you were bitten.
What I learned:
* A LOT more than dogs can give you rabies, if they are carriers
* If you get the virus, and if not vaccinated either before or within a couple of days afterwards, you are dead in about 10 days. Now, some here may nit-pick on the timing and ultimate outcome, but I was left in no doubt that if I was going somewhere remote and to a country where rabies is carried, then vaccination could be a life-saver.
* The timing window of any 'afterwards' vaccination is limited. Has to be within a couple of days, and its likely only carried in larger medical centres. After that, too late. And its a course of post-vaccinations over about a week or so. So, if you are nipped by almost anything, its an urgent trip to a city and abandon the holiday (would you want to take the risk and do nothing?)
So that made getting the rabies vaccine a no brainer for me. I started the course of 3 shots over 3 weeks (or, in my case over 2 weeks); reasonably expensive, but for me great peace of mind. Oh, if I get bitten, I still need to get to a medical centre for the post-vaccinations, but I have probably 5 or more days to get there. Still a hassle, but not life-fearing.
And the doc (because he knows me & my history very well) kindly wrote out a couple of other scripts that will enhance my travel first aid kit
Or scratched - as you might recall I was scratched by a cat in Istanbul and ignored it. When I came back to Australia and mentioned it to the travel doctor when getting malaria tablets for another trip all hell broke loose and she reported it to ACT Health, who within 24 hours had me doing the full rabies treatment, even though it was 3 months later.
That's pretty astounding.Years ago, I had a serious work injury, serious for me, not for the publicly listed company I worked for. At one stage I was in hospital on an antibiotic drip for a related staph infection and asked Mrs prozac to phone work and explain I'd possibly be off work for a while. On Sunday night the manager called and asked if I would be in to work in the morning!
Thanks Ellen,
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