Shots and Pills Galore

So that's probably a little bit of an exaggeration, but I spent my morning trying to finish up my medical requirements before leaving. The travel clinic was actually very neat - they took my itinerary over the phone before my visit and then when I arrived they had a whole book together for me which included CDC and State Dept health warnings for all the countries I'll be visiting. Even though I have done a lot of research and knew what I was getting myself into, there were kind of a lot of warnings . . . Just to give you an idea, they recommended the following shots and vaccinations: Polio, Tetnus, Hepatitus A, Hepatitus B, Yellowfever, Menengitis, Measles, Typhoid, Rabies, Influenza, etc. Luckily my parents believed in health care and I had most of these vaccines or shots growing up. I was spared today and received my Hepatitis A (2nd dose) and then I was able to receive the Typhoid vaccine via a 4 series doseage of pills. I also received a prescription for doxycycline, an anti-malara treatment, and Cipro for the always awesome travel diarrhea. I won't go into the Cipro too much, I'm sure I'll have many stories about that in the future. I also had another appointment today to get a Tetnus shot and some other basic prescriptions but my doctor cancelled due to the snow storm. That was rescheduled for the day before I leave. But in terms of health stuff I am pretty ready. I have decent health insurance coverage while I am gone. The last item is Medevac insurance, for flight evacuation in the case of dire emergencies, but I am still choosing between buying that or a new ipod . . . sorry Dad!