I heard from Felicity yesterday - am I available to go to Togo on the 16th? I am available.
An hour or so later, I got confirmation of my airline tickets. Boston to Chicago, Chicago to Brussels, Brussels to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan to Lome, Togo. Carl and I are scheduled to meet with the rest of the "team" in Lome on the 19th and 20th and our return flights start in the middle of the night on Sunday the 24th and go from Lome to Brussels to Chicago to Boston. Arriving home on Monday the 25th in the middle of the afternoon. I'll probably miss the Selectmens meeting.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Getting ready - Part I
On Monday the 12th, I got my vaccinations for travel to Tanzania and Benin. If plans change, I hope I still have everything I need!
Hepatitis A (I think this was the booster for the original Hep A vaccine I got before China in 1999)
Polio booster
Yellow Fever (good for 10 years)
TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis)
Menningitis
The shots themselves were pretty benign. The after effects were surprisingly strong. I couldn't lift my arms for a couple of days and the yellow fever vaccine left a big bruise, lump and itch. I ached all over and had swollen glands in my armpits and jaw.
Typhoid - pills that I have to take on an empty stomach. One every other day until gone (4 pills). Who knew it would be such a challenge!? They have to be kept refrigerated. It has been a week since I got them home and I still haven't started them.
AND I still have to determine what kind of anti-malarial medicine will be best for me. I'm thinking not the kind that makes people crazy!
Hepatitis A (I think this was the booster for the original Hep A vaccine I got before China in 1999)
Polio booster
Yellow Fever (good for 10 years)
TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis)
Menningitis
The shots themselves were pretty benign. The after effects were surprisingly strong. I couldn't lift my arms for a couple of days and the yellow fever vaccine left a big bruise, lump and itch. I ached all over and had swollen glands in my armpits and jaw.
Typhoid - pills that I have to take on an empty stomach. One every other day until gone (4 pills). Who knew it would be such a challenge!? They have to be kept refrigerated. It has been a week since I got them home and I still haven't started them.
AND I still have to determine what kind of anti-malarial medicine will be best for me. I'm thinking not the kind that makes people crazy!
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