some call it the "bone-crushing" disease because of the muscle and bone aches. a terrible disease spread by the ades mosquito. the symptoms varies from person to person. the worst case results in death while most people end up hospitalised for several days. in my case, I am thankful to God that the symptoms did not prevail for long and i was not hospitalised.

I was running a fever on tues evening after the softball match. went to the doc and he said it was throat infection. took 2 panadol and went to sleep.

wed. woke up feeling a little tired and started feeling cold every now and then. by evening time, i was feeling quite alright but i thought i should rest for a day more to be sure. went to the doc and he said that i was on the path of recovery.

thurs morning came and so did a terrible headache. It felt like someone is kicking at my head all the time from the back and I started feeling naseous. the sudden burst of chill started coming again. I started to have diahorrea and finally vomitted in the evening. went back to the doc again and now he suspects it might be dengue fever. wrote a letter and asked me to take a blood test at the nearest hospital. did the blood test and they realised that blood platelet count is lower (120) than normal (150). They suspect that it's really dengue.

Fri morning. the headache was gone and i felt pretty normal. only felt tired easily.
went for another blood test and the blood platelet went down to 110. If it goes below 100, i may have to be admitted. went home and rest the whole day. by evening, i messaged a dear bro.-in-Christ about my condition and the church started to pray for me.

Sat morning. the blood platelet count went up to 127 and i am back to normal again. however, i cant go anywhere since any uninfected ades mosquito which stings me will become lethal and pass on the virus.

Sun. I can function as per normal but i try to avoid contacting people, just in case.

Mon. took the blood test again and the platelet count is now normal @ 168. however, my white blood cells level is below normal. that means I am vulnerable to infection. now i must avoid people to prevent viruses from infecting me. reverse role now!

So now i am on m.c till wed before i take another blood test. I have taken 4 blood tests so far and the sight of the needle and the syringe of blood that they sucked out is making me rather paranoid!

by the way, 2 pills of panadol was all i took for medicine. there is currently no vaccine for dengue fever.

Thank God, it's going to be over!

before i go, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all who messaged me these few days when i am away!

I was touched this morning when my form class messaged me all at one go! my phone went on vibrating non-stop for about 30 secs because of the overwhelming incoming messages! when I was finally able to read the messages, it said there are 32 unread messages in my inbox! the class also called at 12 noon and shouted for me to get well soon! very thoughtful of them! thank you 4/1!

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How can you pass it on once bitten? If the bite is open and someone touches it is it contagious? What State do you live in?
» KKama67 on 2007-07-23 02:36:26

How nice of everyone to call you and message you. =]

I'm glad you're feeling better! That does not sound fun at all.
» alexsedotcx on 2007-07-23 02:43:55

Sounds pretty scary. Glad you're ok.
» Princess_00 on 2007-07-25 01:29:37

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