I've got it again

I'm currently at home courtesy a tummy bug which means some medicines and a little rest. I really should've taken rest yesterday but ended up going to office and aggravating my tummy problem. It's actually not all that bad and by god's grace I should be better tomorrow.

The problem with such things are that suddenly you have a lot of pain, bouts of fever and/or pain/discomfort about which you can do nothing. Kol (like Mumbai) has it's fair share of water borne infections during monsoon and me being the virus magnet would somehow have got it.

The strange part is that we drink only Kinley mineral water at home, the water in office comes from a water purifier and I try and stay away from roadside food (must be the muri for office snacks). I must live a more hygienic life than 99% of this country's population. My Doc in Mumbai says that as kids we should've had more roadside food and water from outside just to build up our resistance. Too late now I guess.

I am quite the master of tummy infections. Apart from the regular ones, I even managed to be infected by a virus which took a zillion tests and 15 painful injections to master which was supposedly present only in the central region of Mumbai (how they localize it, god knows).

The std. procedure during a tummy bug is this:

1. Restrict your diet to curd and rice.
2. Go to a doctor (Just diet can't help)
3. Take a complete day's rest at least.
4. Complete your antibiotic course (incomplete courses will just cause it to come back stronger)
5. Be positive and drink loads of water.
6. Read a nice positive book (I'm reading Banker to the poor).
7. Don't be a baby. Be strong and you will feel strong.
8. Thank god your alive (kids in many parts of the world would die because of lack of medicines)
   

Regular exercise helps a lot (not in the duration of the bug). My regular gymming recently means that I am not in as bad a state as I was when I was off gym.

Do feel free to contact me, the expert on bugs anytime

Luv,
P.R.