Health

Now, for those readers who were with me back when I was in Nepal, you likely remember that much of the year was spent with some sort of stomach issue. I had dysentery (both amoebic and bacterial), giardia, worms, typhoid fever, you name it, I had it at one point or another. It sort of became just a fact of life out there, and I was prepared to go through another year of that, if need be. (Of course, I didn't really dwell on that when explaining life out here to Rachel)

Thankfully, we thus far have been quite healthy, the occasional loose stool, but that's nothing big. But last Friday, I got my first Bhutanese illness, a cold. Actually I'm happy to have it just be a cold, it wasn't terrible, mostly coughing and headachy for a couple of days, and it was a nice excuse to relax for a bit, but it reminded me how our lives here have been much healthier compared to time spent in India and Nepal. Its really been quite nice actually. And to be honest, Rachel has just started a course of antibiotics for stomach issues, but it wasn't nearly so bad as what both she and I have had in the past, so I don't mean to scare anyone off.

Yeah, its really nice to be healthy, something to definitely be grateful for.