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I've just returned from another trip to LOS and have come back sick yet again.
In fact, out of the last four trips, I've been ill three times after I've returned home.
The first time, I was convinced that I was suffering from the famous seroconversion illness that signals the development of HIV....made the schoolboy error of checking my symptoms on the net and nearly had a nervous breakdown when I found that they matched the one illness I didn't want to have. I endured a horrific few weeks while I waited for the results of the HIV test but thankfully they came back clear.
I kept a diary during my wait for the results and I read it now and then to remind myself of the dangers and the consequences....it makes for pretty sober reading.
The second occasion I developed a mild chest infection and flu but it was more than four weeks (outside the incubation period) after I had returned so I wasn't too concerned.
This time I developed a cough towards the end of my tour and it developed into a chest infection that I've been trying to shake for about a fortnight. I'm not too concerned as I'm prone to that sort of thing, particularly when going from high humidity to cool air conditioning on a daily basis for three weeks, not to mention the number of strange people I was having fun with during my stay.
Anyway, I was just wondering if I'm alone in being susceptible to illness during and after their holidays and whether anyone else ever has any concerns about what they might have picked up along the way.
In fact, out of the last four trips, I've been ill three times after I've returned home.
The first time, I was convinced that I was suffering from the famous seroconversion illness that signals the development of HIV....made the schoolboy error of checking my symptoms on the net and nearly had a nervous breakdown when I found that they matched the one illness I didn't want to have. I endured a horrific few weeks while I waited for the results of the HIV test but thankfully they came back clear.
I kept a diary during my wait for the results and I read it now and then to remind myself of the dangers and the consequences....it makes for pretty sober reading.
The second occasion I developed a mild chest infection and flu but it was more than four weeks (outside the incubation period) after I had returned so I wasn't too concerned.
This time I developed a cough towards the end of my tour and it developed into a chest infection that I've been trying to shake for about a fortnight. I'm not too concerned as I'm prone to that sort of thing, particularly when going from high humidity to cool air conditioning on a daily basis for three weeks, not to mention the number of strange people I was having fun with during my stay.
Anyway, I was just wondering if I'm alone in being susceptible to illness during and after their holidays and whether anyone else ever has any concerns about what they might have picked up along the way.
I would agree. Look at the lifestyle you lead while there. Lack of sleep, lots of beers, lots of shagging and those long flights. 
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