Comments on: Training In Thailand? Pack This….

By: brownhornet

brownhornet — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:58:51 +0000

Has anyone found any of this stuff? My stomach has been jacked since last week.

By: GorillaPalmz

GorillaPalmz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:05:27 +0000

celtic1967 : “cipro (heavy duty antibiotic) was a life saver for me…”

couldn’t agree more. i always get a prescription before i travel overseas. you shouldn’t take it for just any old stomach pain or anything, though, but if you’re really sick, it is a lifesaver.

By: brownhornet

brownhornet — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:39:48 +0000

Maybe I need to find that stuff. I think I accidentally drank the water.

Got a slight case of the bubble guts.

By: SE

SE — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:06:25 +0000

thx for the info dago. i have no clue what you consider good stuff though.

dont know how effective oil of oregano is…one thing that seems beneficial is that it goes in your body as opposed to topically. but i would much rather use lysol, for personal quarters, and regular antiseptics as well as reg showers.

EDIT: i just googled oil of oregano and it seems like the real deal. im not in thailand but im getting some vials.

By: Dagobert101

Dagobert101 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:34:24 +0000

Hey,

I had made the experience more then once, that a small scratch getting infected and become a serious grain afterwords. I will test the oil. I used disinfectend/antiseptic cream you can get at pharmacy, also in Thailand, to solve this problems.

2SE

Ha ha, you can get good stuff for good price- but be aware of getting busted, then it`s getting expensive to go not in jail. In the north and south of Thailand it`s easy to find people u can trust that far. I would never try it in BKK or KPG(Fullmoonparty). Poor country and everybody knows of the option of earning some extramoney with a relative who`s policeofficer or something ;-)

Peace & enjoy Thailand

By: celtic1967

celtic1967 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:01:20 +0000

cipro (heavy duty antibiotic) was a life saver for me…

By: SE

SE — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:42:43 +0000

what about ganja? is ther any acceptable stuff there? or is it all opium laced.

By: tong po

tong po — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:15:39 +0000

Good thinking, Laura! (or was it Nop) I get fucked a day or 3 most times I’m in Asia.

By: diimak

diimak — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:04:20 +0000

I think my average for near-death major stomach illness in Thailand when I was visiting was 50%. I have not been sick in some time, and one reason is I stopped eating shrimp/prawns here.

Occasionally I will eat one or two, but no more grilled tiger prawn meals or seafood salads full of them. Read up on the commercial shrimp industry in Thailand (especially regarding imports from Vietnam) . It’s pretty gnarls. Fun fact : 2% of Thailand shrimp that makes it’s way to the US is tested by the FDA. Of that 2%, 50% is thrown out due to contamination or what they call “sludge.”

Thanks for the tip Laura. I am going to look for this at Villa Supermarket. Villa stocks a lot of western and japanese goods and they have 4-5 locations I think. They might not have it, but if anyone in Thailand would, it would be them or a dedicated health food store.

By: koolkick

koolkick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:23:13 +0000

Yep, its always better to carry some essential things like medicines frm home while going on any trip. I’ve seen people getting sick in training camps due to dehydration and other sickness. Usually while training hard for 2 times a day 6 days a week the immune system gets weaker and its always required to keep supplementing the body with multi vitamins and drink a lot of water and electrolytes apart from regular food failing which ppl get sick easily.
Also new place, new food and new conditions and better not to take any chances. I carried ample of essential things frm hme during my trip and it came in handy.

By: ShadyEskimo

ShadyEskimo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:32:52 +0000

Ha haa, I got so ill and vomitted som much, that Thakoon, Head Coach and Owner of Sasiprapa gym, took me to the Lad Phrao hospital, where I stayed for 24 hours. They said it was Eloctrolyte Deficiency or something like that, but I know it was from the Alien Bacteria that my Stomache never encountered before!! Damn I was sick, and it made me Miss my first fight. Nice Futurama reference on the Parasites!!