Last week I got carded, and it had nothing to do with the fact that I look like I’m 18-years-old. We recently received our membership cards for the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers, a nonprofit organization that provides a network of doctors for travelers around the world. Need an English-speaking doctor and not sure where to go? Your donation provides you a directory of Western-trained medical providers around the world with a prescribed fee schedule. So no worries about language barriers, questionable facilities, or surprise charges: IAMAT has done the leg work for you. We found out about this great organization through our friends at the New Mexico Travel Health clinic. Hopefully we won’t have to use this service during our travels, but the chances are good that we will. it’s nice to know we have a plan in place when the only thing on our mind is, “Get me to a doctor — NOW!”
As you know, I have travel extensively during these past four years. In those four year, I have gotten travelers crud only four time, once for every year, lucky me! I have been so sick that I almost couldn’t get on the plane to come home. When your boss says, “oh my god, you look bad”, you say ” just give me death”. Then one wonderful day in Durban, South Africa I realized I could buy Cypro without a prescription, for me, the miracle drug. My best advise is, if you have an inkling that your stomach might be going South, take one, don’t wait. Cypro has been a life saver for me, I could even go back to Korea, now that I have Cypro, just kidding I won’t be going back there. Ever!