Indiana Survival Jamboree??????

[pgvoutdoors]

Hello Everyone... Just in case someone noticed I haven't been around lately here's what happened.

I got sick, real sick. Not long after I got home from the rendezvous I started to come down with a bad headache. Before long I could hardly move. It was like a migraine headache on top of the flue. I ended up going to the hospital, where they shot me up with a bunch of drugs. The treatment helped take the edge off but, I was still very sick.

I'm currently wore down and sore but today is the first day I've felt good enough to do anything. The doctors never did figure out what the cause was.

So there it is, I'm not dead - YET!

[pocomoonskyeyes]

Oh Man are you all right??(I mean aside from the obvious illness) Do the docs have any idea what the problem might be? Anything we can do?

[Ken]

Sorry to hear about that, PGV. (Rick seems to have that effect on everyone.) Glad you're better now!

[pgvoutdoors]

I'm really starting to feel better today. Maybe a couple more days and I'll be back on my feet. The doctors best guess was a severe migraine but I'm having a few more complications than normal. I think I'll be fine though.

[equus]

hey sorry to hear that. Hope that it had passed now and you won't be sick no more. if there is anything that i can do for you let me know.

[panch0]

Hope you get to feeling better soon.

[pgvoutdoors]

Thanks for the support. I'll be fine. I feel bad that I missed all the conversations after the rendezvous. It was a good time. As soon as I get back on my feet I'll be ready for another one.

[pgvoutdoors]

well my head is starting to hurt again, I'll talk with you some more later. Everyone take care.

[pocomoonskyeyes]

Take care of yourself Phil talk to you soon.

[crashdive123]

Clearly you did not eat enough Danish (the pastry not the people) at the gathering. Take care of yourself and get well soon.

[Rick]

Odd that you had that problem. I went to the doctor myself yesterday. I developed a bacterial infection in my head (yeah, go ahead with the jokes) and my neck. It started the Monday after we got home and just progressively has gotten worse. It's currently in the lymph nodes in my neck, my right ear and my head. He put me on a honkin' big antibiotic to get a handle on it. Been doing a lot of sleeping because of it. Really worn out. At the moment, you would be quite accurate to call me a knot head or knot neck or both. Crazy that both of us walked away from there ill. Wish I had eaten more Danish (the pastry not the people) now if that's all it took.

Take care, Phil. Hope you're better soon.

[hoosierarcher]

Get yourselves checked for ticks. I'm having a sometimers moment right now and can't remember the name; but sever headache with flu symptoms are signs of one of the tick spread diseases. It needs to be treated early or it's chronic. LYME Disease! that's it. Anyway Phil tell the docs to check you out for that. Rick sounds like a horse fly bit you on the neck after biting another person or animal. Remember if the docs put you on antibiotics to take all of them as directed and then get a probiotic intestinal flora/fauna restorative treatment. Godspeed in healing.

[Rick]

I was just thinking of a high colonic.......or not.

[oldsoldier]

Okay lost a post somewhere.. pgv hope you feel better. I agree with HA sounds like you MAY have lyme disease! Check yourself CAREFULLY for ticks or have someone check for you. Lyme disease has many of your symptoms. As an outdoorsman you know how serious it could be PLEASE get checked.!!! Ditto for you Rick however your symptoms sound like you got bit by a mosquito and may possibly have a case of west nile virus. Did the Dr. check for that? Some of your symptoms sound like WNV. I also recommend you get tested if your Dr. Hasn't 100% ruled it out. Like Lyme disease west nile is also serious and can and has killed people!!!

[nell67]

Guys,do what the others have suggested,and have your docs check you over again,good this time.

Another thing would be meningitis,did they check for that possibility???

Get better soon guys!

[crashdive123]

Golly, now I'm getting all depressed, and I feel fine. Seriously though - I know that you've both seen a doctor. Did you mention that you had been camping recently? That might open up a new file for them to look at.

[Ken]

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[Winnie]

Well I hope you both feel better soon.

[Ken]

Well I hope you both feel better soon.

They would both feel better much quicker if you sent Crash and me some of your Christmas Pudding today.

[Rick]

Yeah, I did. I suspect I involuntarily scratched my neck or head and probably had the bacteria on my hands. Somehow it found a way in and is currently having a party. You know how bacteria are, you let one in and the next thing you know all their cousins show up and you become party central.

I am really cognizant of keeping my hands clean especially when I'm in the woods. This kind of crap is so easy to pick up because it's literally everywhere.

I'll tell you one thing, if I lived off grid I'd be pretty concerned right now. If I had to trek or paddle 100 miles to get to a doctor I'd be in pretty dire straights. I look like I have the freakin' mumps from the side of my head to almost my shoulder. Even the dog is laughing at me. I've never seen a dog laugh before but I swear she is.