Question:
Does anyone know if we postops are more likely to have problems when traveling overse

I just got back from Mexico City. I went with a group of 50 children and adults on a Mission Trip to work in an orphange. It was a wonderful experience (email me if you want details about that) BUT I got deathly ill. We all ate the same food, drank the same bottled water, etc. I was the only person to get sick. I ended up flying home with a 104 temp (and 35 screaming 4th graders) and being immediately hospitalized for dehydration. I have been diagnosed with an "intestinal parasite" and am now on mega-antibiotics. I'm curious to know if we postops are more sensitive to these problems, since I was the only one of 50 people to get sick. Should we take antibiotics as a preventive measure before we travel overseas? I had no trouble with 10 days in the Carribean on a cruise, but 4 days in Mexico just about finished me off. I'm 5 months postop from an open RNY. Thanks!!    — [Deactivated Member] (posted on January 22, 2000)

January 22, 2000
Hello Anne read your post: Hope you are felling better. My sister goes to mexico 2-4 times a year to visit grandparents and other family members shes used to the water and such and shestill gets the parasite EVERY time. shes never had surgery and is healthy as a horse but does eat and drink the local food stuff. mabey you ate ot drank something that the others didnt and just didnt know it. you can get thisparasite thing on chance while 50 others dont afterdrinking out of the same bottle of water its more like russian roulette in mexico..
   — BBD