Just over two weeks ago I came down with a bit of a fever. After attempting to fight it off for a few days, it got worse and I was instructed by my lovely wife that we were going into the doctor...now! A conversation with a local medical doctor and an official blood test and there you have it, I was the lucky recipient of Dengue Fever. An infectious tropical disease caught only by none other than our favorite, the mosquito.
After a long weekend of this crazy tropical fever and not much more movement than from the bed to the couch, I started to come back to life. Slowly the fever subsided and the other symptoms went away. Then, after a several days of feeling like I had narcolepsy, I was back to normal! It took a second weekend of rest to be fully back with it.
The most amazing thing I came to realize, is when you have Dengue, word spreads. I was greeted by the construction guy at our building asking how my health was. Our British neighbors stopped by with some carrots, chocolate and tea; wishing me well. Colleague after colleague at work came up to me or checked in with me to see how I was doing. Friends and family back home checked in via Facebook or email.
But the kicker was when I was at lunch today. A few people stopped by the table welcoming me back, I found out the President of Target India asked how I was doing and then someone walked by and gave me the double pointer finger gun saying "It's good to have you back". Just prior to lunch I had a conversation with another colleague who mentioned "I'm so glad you are still with us." Needless to say, the support was unbelievable.
However, I began to feel like I transported to 1986, on the movie set of Ferris Bueller's Day off where a campaign was started to "Save Ferris" due to his fake sickness, but in this case it was "Save Adam" and the Dengue was all too real! I looked up and found out there is actually a 5% mortality rate from this thing. Holy crap! A prominent Bollywood film director fell victim this past weekend. Well folks, I live to write about this and I am continuing to round out the true experience of India. Here's to Dengue and here's to life. Save Adam!
After a long weekend of this crazy tropical fever and not much more movement than from the bed to the couch, I started to come back to life. Slowly the fever subsided and the other symptoms went away. Then, after a several days of feeling like I had narcolepsy, I was back to normal! It took a second weekend of rest to be fully back with it.
The most amazing thing I came to realize, is when you have Dengue, word spreads. I was greeted by the construction guy at our building asking how my health was. Our British neighbors stopped by with some carrots, chocolate and tea; wishing me well. Colleague after colleague at work came up to me or checked in with me to see how I was doing. Friends and family back home checked in via Facebook or email.
But the kicker was when I was at lunch today. A few people stopped by the table welcoming me back, I found out the President of Target India asked how I was doing and then someone walked by and gave me the double pointer finger gun saying "It's good to have you back". Just prior to lunch I had a conversation with another colleague who mentioned "I'm so glad you are still with us." Needless to say, the support was unbelievable.
However, I began to feel like I transported to 1986, on the movie set of Ferris Bueller's Day off where a campaign was started to "Save Ferris" due to his fake sickness, but in this case it was "Save Adam" and the Dengue was all too real! I looked up and found out there is actually a 5% mortality rate from this thing. Holy crap! A prominent Bollywood film director fell victim this past weekend. Well folks, I live to write about this and I am continuing to round out the true experience of India. Here's to Dengue and here's to life. Save Adam!
