My week in bed

So how was school?  No idea!  I had a bout with two different really awesome infections that left me feverish and sick.  But instead of telling you about school, it gives me a good opportunity to tell you about all things medical in Peace Corps.  

Over here in Georgia we have two medical doctors on staff, who always answer their phones during the day, and who trade off carrying an 'on call' phone with them for medical problems outside of office hours.  Which is good, because us volunteers don't only make bad food decisions from 9-5 Monday thru Friday.  (I'm pretty sure a lot of the medical problems are food related, at least at the beginning).  And if its not a general medicine issue that they can figure out, they take us to a specialist in Tbilisi who is Peace Corps approved and are there the whole time to translate and make decisions.  I had multiple phone check ups late at night to make sure I was doing well (or at least not worse, I don't think I was ever doing well), a super quick and painless experience having my blood taken  (I usually get massive bruises that make me very self conscious of someone mistaking me for a drug addict of some sort), and an overnight stay for medical checkups.

So anyways, after a stomach thing, a really high fever for 6 days, then another respiratory like infection, a short time where I felt like my muscles were shriveling up and dying, and a few grumpy arguments with the host family (I should really do a culture clash post on medical theory between here and America, but I don't think I can be objective so ask for stories in person) I'm feeling better, and hopefully ready to start school on Monday.