Guest Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 If you can afford to go to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, you can afford another £50 to protect yourself while you're there. Taxman goes without food and clothes all year to be able to go on these merry journies . But anyway, shell out the cash for the more expensive drugs. We don't want you any more disturbed than you already are . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 We don't want you any more disturbed than you already are . Would you notice? Eeeerkk snakes, snakes:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Eeeerkk snakes, snakes:hihi: Hey, a gorgon could really take that comment as an insult you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiglet Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I think Larium was even featured on Panorama or something along those lines a few years back. I personally wouldn't go anywhere near it, but you shouldn't ever consider going without malaria protection. I know someone who had it and was extremely ill for several years, and still suffers disabling relapses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 If you can afford to go to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, you can afford another £50 to protect yourself while you're there. You've given me such a good idea for Taxman's birthday pressie:hihi: "What did you get for your birthday?" "A course of anti-malarial medication!" Bring it round Taxman and I'll gift wrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuey Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Cheers all I'm off to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda and I have been given the option of Malarone, but as you say it is expensive. Better to part with the cash I expect than to suffer mental traumas Lizz - Personal Nurse? I wish So its the hike up the volcano's to see the Gorillas is it? Nice. Its my next trip i think. It was that or cross country through Darfur all the way to the west coast but thats become a none starter for obvious reasons. Which travel company have you gone with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigchris Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Me and the missus were prescribed la la la la larium and it was awful. The missus took hers a couple of days before mine, and she got rushed into A&E twice within days of taking it. She was still suffering from taking the few pills that she had nearly 2 months later. Avoid. I've yet to find anyone who hasn't had a funny episode with them, and dont forget, that if the airlines think you look ill, they wont let you fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 So its the hike up the volcano's to see the Gorillas is it? Nice. Its my next trip i think. It was that or cross country through Darfur all the way to the west coast but thats become a none starter for obvious reasons. Which travel company have you gone with? I go with Exodus. I've used them before without any hitch and I get a frequent user discount now as well http://www.exodus.co.uk/holidays/ayu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuey Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I go with Exodus. I've used them before without any hitch and I get a frequent user discount now as well http://www.exodus.co.uk/holidays/ayu.html I use Dragoman for the same reason. I've done some big trips and stay in touch with some of the drivers. It's great, after a while it becomes like private little travel club of friends. Forget Benidorm find me a rogue nation and a desert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartfarst Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I spent 6 months on Lariam about 3 years ago - it really does mess up your mind. The official figures claim that about 1 in 50 people are affected, but it affects everyone to a greater or lesser extent; all of my colleagues were aware that it affected them. When you first take it you have wild bizarre dreams and wake up with the sheets wrapped round your neck – and a very annoyed partner who has removed herself to the spare room to get some sleep! That settles down, but taking the pill weekly produces a 7-day mood cycle. All blokes should have to take Lariam for a while so they understand women more – it certainly gave me ‘PMT’ for a couple of days each time I took the tablet, and it was quite a few months after I was back home in the UK and off the stuff before I was back to normal. The US have studied its after-effects closely, especially after they realised there was an alarming level of violence – and murder of wives – at some of their larger bases because of the effects of Lariam on their troops. I wouldn’t take it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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