04/05/2010

I woke up covered in sweat. My clothes were stuck to me and the bed was damp. I knew something was very, very wrong and I had to be running a high fever. It wasn’t long before I emptied the contents of my stomach, which at least brought my fever down to a dull roar.


Unfortunately, as often happens with me and high fevers, the damage had been done. A migraine started in that no amount of drugs had any effect on. I was still queasy and sick to my stomach (although no longer vomiting), however the pain in my head and the fever were all I could think about for the remainder of the night.

Here’s a picture of me, taken with a time lapse camera, throwing up into the hotel commode.
 
 

Oh! And here’s one of me writhing in pain on the bed, clutching my head in agony and wishing I would either fall asleep, stop with the pain, or just die already…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh wait… that’s right… I’m far too vain to consider putting out photos like that… what was I thinking… =)

So anyway, I’ve had food poisoning before, and I don’t think this was it. If so, I think I would have continued throwing up. Plus, as it was a buffet, we all ate the same things. No one else got sick. I’m thinking, perhaps, food allergy? Ah well. I had to miss work today, which sucked, and now I’m rather terrified to eat. I’m currently sitting the restaurant and drinking a latte, contemplating at what point I may be brave enough to try food again. After all, I will need to eat again at some point.

Either way, I will definitely be going to bed early tonight. I will probably not be doing Indian food again before I leave. Not exactly sure how to avoid it, but I’m going to put forth the effort nonetheless… Bleh…

In the end, I have one more full day here in India, then it’s off to Munich on Wednesday. I’ll be happy to leave India behind… the heat… the mosquitoes (oh my God! I’m so tired of the mosquitoes!), the lack of communication with James… the new found fear of food… yep, I’m ready for Europe…