This time next week I'll have completed the first leg of my journey to a new (if temporary) life. True panic has yet to kick in, I'm still focused on getting everything ready - both mentally & physically.
But each day I achieve a little task that takes me one step closer to Indonesia - today it was starting my antimalarial tablets. Choosing an antimalarial is a case of choosing the lesser evil... malarone the most effective drug with the least side affects is not licensed for longer than a month so is immediately ruled out. Malaria in many countries is resistant to paludrine & chloroquine, so that's another definite 'no'. So that leaves a choice of two: lariam, where you risk nightmares, hallucinations & general madness or doxycycline where you risk sensitivity to strong sunlight and an increased risk of thrush. I went for the sunburn & thrush option, ho hum!
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