The day I began loving the sound of Finnish mosquitos

Maralal is becomming more and more real to me as the days go by. I bought the tickets, but with full flex. I have considered the work plan that my co-workers have drafed for me and have accepted it in a heartbeat. Now I am waiting to accept the accommdation outline before rushing to get vaccinated and beginning the malaria thing. I don't want to jump into the rollercoaster called malaria treatment just yet, mainly because of a few possible side effects:

-loss of appetite
-anxiety, restlessness, depression, bipolar effects, panic attacks, abnormal dreams, disorientation, halusinations, hostility, psychotic or paranoid reactions, forgetfulness, suicidal thoughts
-dizziness, headache, sleepyness, sensoric and motoric neuropatia, cramps, ringing of the ears, fainting
-vision and hearing disfunctions, loss of balance

Hmm, lets see what else:

-palpations, irregular pulse etc. heart problems
-blood circulation problems, blushing, hypertension
-shortage of breathe
-nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dyspepsia (don't know what that is but doesn't sound too pleasant)
-erythema multiforme, Stevens - Johnson -syndrome, loss of hair
-muscle weakness, cramping and pain
-swelling, loss of energy, fever, cheast pains, cold chills, sweating


Right. Somehow malaria sounds more pleasant than the medication. Just kidding of course, its a serious disease. But I heard that you get to eat a lot of ice cream in the hospital if you get malaria. Or maybe they only do that in Uganda. And when you're 6 years old.