hi dear friends and family,i have something. i don't know what it is. i've been treated for malaria since symptoms were there but it continues so i kept having tests to find out what exactly was going on. the drs are reluctant to give antibiotics before identifying the disease or parasite, if that's what it is, but i'm starting them now anyway (still can't name the bug) and a probiotic (feeling a bit better, just weak) my sister was in the same boat, she's feeling much better. i do hope this works so my family can stop hovering nervously and i would like very much to stop being a host now :(
cross fingers. many many thanks.
love, lori
p.s. thank you so much for the messages and info (and phone call!) everyone, i'll show the text to my dr. but i've already done 3 days of malarone. sorry to reply to you all here, it's just easier at the moment. love you all.
Oh dear! Poor you,Lori! I was wondering about you, but thought you just might be caught up with things e.g life in general. Never dreamed you would be so sick!
ReplyDeleteSending lots of love and healing to you ( and Lindy too).xx♥♥oo
Oh dear! Dont worry!You are included in my prayers today. You'll be fine.do rest up.
ReplyDeleteChaitra
I had no idea. You and your family are in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy so this is your time to rest. That "bug" will be out of you in no time, I am confident of it!
lots of love
Tulsa
Ah, Lori, what a complete pain! Holding thumbs that the antibiotics do the trick and that you are all recovered soon soon. Sending you lots of love and get well vibes xxxx
ReplyDeletesounds like you took home a little bit more than you expected from Africa! :) i sincerely hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteFeel better soon!
ReplyDeletePleh! No fun!
ReplyDelete*hugs*
Feel better soon darling!
Sending healthy vibes your way.
Also I'm sure you've been considering it. If it isn't malaria but another kind of fever. Check for tick bites, and bacterial infections.
ReplyDelete*hugs*
poor you Lori - do hope you are back on your feet again soon but for now try to make the most of the rest time. yes, check for infected tick bites, we are all thinking of you! xxx
ReplyDeletetime for rest beautiful Lori...
ReplyDeletetake the time to get well
big love and best wishes
Ribbon
Hell's teeth Lori!! Africa hasn't been very nice now - I'm sorry
ReplyDelete:o(
I hope you find out what it is soon or that it least leaves your body soon whatever it is!
lol
x
Darlingest Lori - you are so brave...those horrid African lurgies can really lay you out flat. I'm so pleased that the Drs are watching carefully...and as I said in my email, it is important to keep taking those little finger pricks of blood just to make sure there is no malaria parasite. (Usually easier to detect during times when your temperature is high.)
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it could well be tick-bite fever - the sypmtoms of shivering, dizziness and severe headache are very similar to malaria. (Heh, both Guy and I got tick-bite fever at the same time once...we were both bitten on the bum! Trouble was, we were way out in the bush in Northern Nigeria...so no doctor around. We had to drive 208 kms back to Kano! Not good to drive with a raging fever! Ugh.)
I'm thinking of you, Lori, and sending love and healing thoughts all the way across the pond. Sala Khale - go gently, we love you.... xxoo
Our all dearest Lori,
ReplyDeletethere you see how much we all care and wish you the bestest - I am sure our common love and concern and all our prayers will make you whole again soon. Please rest and be sure you find a tropical medicine doctor. We have such an institute in Hamburg where H and I got vaccinated for yellow fever before we left for Zambia. As our African bloggie friends know there are innumerable causes for your symptoms possible. Aren`t they sweet to think up of all you must check?
I am with you at your bedside, making you hot tea and reading you stories, and I know all of us will take turns and think up of good stories for you, too, to make you laugh and get new energy! Just read our blogs!! Love to you from Geli, H and Paco!
Dear Lori, hope you get well VERY SOON. Sorry our continent has sent you back with such a horrible reminder... Geli did let us know, and we thinking of you all the time, and sending you lots of love and get well wishes from Bostwana xxxx
ReplyDeleteI just emailed you... but I wanted to leave a little comment here for when you'll return to blogging.
ReplyDeleteRest, heal and replete dear Lori. This post was so sweet. You're generous even during a mysterious illness!
I hadn't thought of ticks, have you looked everywhere on your body? I mean EVERYWHERE, you know what I am referring to, yes? :)
My turn at your bedside is up after Geli takes a break. I have brought you freshly brewed chamomile tea and excerpts from my book for you to revise. Photos of Mr.E and Italian folk tales to be read softly while you gently snooze.
Sending you healing vibes and all my love,
Lola xx
Hope you have a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteP/s My twins enjoyed your African animals pictures very much. It reminded them of Madagascar's characters.
Lori~ Eat Hot Peppers!!!
ReplyDeleteOne week of 2-4 habaneros (sp?) chopped into your quac every single day and every living parasite will die in you!! Just ask a Mexican. Of course, don't forget to mega dose on the probiotics afterward.
Oh, and they do wonders for your skin/hair/nails too (side benefit)... its all the sulfur in them. Good Health to u!
Jen
Dear Lori Ann, feel better soon. You are in my prayers and I just want you to be on the mend very soon.
ReplyDeleteSending love and prayers.
Renee xoxo
I'm sorry you are sick and hope you are feeling better very soon. I'm here for the first time via Lola's blog. (I love your bio page on blogger :)
ReplyDeleteI continue to read the most special blogs .... so hoping you are well soon and the little bug can be identified/eliminated!!!
ReplyDeleteFeel well soon Lori! Sending you lots of healing thoughts!
ReplyDeleteOh no! Hope it leaves it's host soon!
ReplyDeleteYou are in my thoughts and healing vibes are winging their way to you - perhaps the healing African vibes I send will see that nasty African bug right off.
ReplyDeleteTake good care of yourself and be gentle with your good self.
Be better soon.
Much love, hugs and xxx
Those pics on your previous post are truly stunning. I do hope you get well soon. Please take care xxx
ReplyDeleteLori, follow your doctor's advice and get plenty of rest. Your body is telling you it needs it. It is frustrating and confusing, but we are still fragile beings, and new bugs in our system can cause much havoc.
ReplyDeleteSaddened to hear one of those nasty little varmints is causing you distress. Follow Doctor's orders and do whatever is necessary to re-gain your strength and your health. By the way, me and God are buds, so I put in a good word for ya! He said to tell ya, "No worries".
ReplyDeleteWord verification: quinkous...sounds like that bug that bit ya!
Thinking of you, Lori - hope the bug is feeing now and that you are on the mend! How horrible to be struck down after such a lovely holiday :-( xxxx
ReplyDeleteOh dear, poor you! I hope you get better from your mystery bug soon.
ReplyDeleteHello, my first time here but after reading about you on Lola's blog I wanted to come and extend to you my deepest sympathies. About 21 years ago I was very very ill and nobody could establish what it was and I know how low and miserable I got. (It turned out to need an operation but my point was that I know how proper illness can make one the lowest of the low)
ReplyDeleteI do hope the current treatment drives the badness out of your body.
p.s. My one trip to Santa Barbara years ago made me want to live there. We stayed in this Spanish style hotel about halfway down the main street - almost opposite a cinema. It used to be a bordello - do you know it?
Thank you everyone one of you. Thank you so much for all your words of love and wishes and support. I feel better just coming here, you are all amazing lovely people.Welcome new friends, housewife,jen and margo,thank you so much, and French Fancy, yes i do know that place, I love Santa Barbara, I hope you can come back soon. I'll be back to visit you all soon too.
ReplyDeletewith much love,
lori
So sorry to hear about your illness. May you heal soon and throw off your "host" role immediately! I'm glad your sister is feeling better. I had dengue (along with my entire family) in 1997...it's similar to malaria...ugh...tropical paradise! May you be well and surrounded in healing light! Love to you <3
ReplyDeleteVia Lola, I am here to send you many prayers of good health ;-) {{{hugs}}} from me to you! Janet
ReplyDeleteThank you Cynthia, I am still not sure what it is, but feeling a little better now. They checked for Dengue also, but that wasn't it, your poor family! I really appreciate your good wishes.
ReplyDeleteHi Janet, that is so sweet of you, thank you so much for taking the time for me. take good care.
♥ lori
Oh gee, so sorry to hear this. I hope by the time I am writing you are better.
ReplyDeleteLL
Greetings from Washington, DC...I know almost exactly how you feel. It does get better. Very best wishes & healing thoughts.
ReplyDeletexoxo
Thank you Lori Lynn and Susan,
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your kind wishes. Still having tests, but trying to feel better. Soon. Susan, were you sick too? I hope your better now.