psittacosis

poke kom · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 7:20 am

well if anyone cares about my absence it's because i have psittacosis.

appearently i caught it from my buddy's parrot who was having diarrhea and i was smart enough to listen to my friend and clean the cage

appearently the bird was infected and i caught it, appearently i can die if i don't get it treated.

so therefore i will be in the hospital for a good day or two, and immagine just to see a docter. but there is good news, i can't spread it to other humans =)

well that's my miserable story, i whipped it up quick for the fact i have to leave in around an hour and i might not reply until after i get back =(

have a good one, because i know i won't

Dark Paladin · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 7:25 am

Dang, get well soon man

I had no idea you could get severely infected by animal feces

Baca Loco · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 7:39 am

Ugh, sounds lovely.

Get well soon man!

poke kom · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 8:34 am

thanks guys, and yeah i was also suprised.

at first i wasn't feeling so cool when i got home so i took a trip to the doctors and found out.

gotta leave soon =(

hiker · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 12:20 pm

i'll sympathize with you.... i have a disease (similar to histo plasmosis) caught from breathing the dried feces of wild birds... it's more common in the southeast US... when you're sick with it, it's just like the flu-- most people who have it, never know they have contracted it... but the bad part is that it leaves scar tissue behind in your lungs, reducing your total lung capacity... the doctor discovered it in me during a routine chest xray....

yours sounds even more serious though... but i'm sure in the hospital they can put a stop to it, and bounce you right back out....

see back in a few days!

The123king · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 1:10 pm

hiker wrote:

i'll sympathize with you.... i have a disease (similar to histo plasmosis) caught from breathing the dried feces of wild birds... it's more common in the southeast US... when you're sick with it, it's just like the flu-- most people who have it, never know they have contracted it... but the bad part is that it leaves scar tissue behind in your lungs, reducing your total lung capacity... the doctor discovered it in me during a routine chest xray....

Sounds fun

Anyway, I hope (both of) you get well soon. Sounds like a nasty thing you (both) have. Just remember to trust the doctors

(I did, and look where it got me :-s

)

Donut Juice · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 1:16 pm

Fortunately I've been quite lucky with illnesses, I haven't had anything serious since I was a couple years old. *Knocks on wood* I'll keep an eye out for bird feces in the mean time though.

Get well soon!

Tal Set 65 · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 1:40 pm

Wow, that's a stroke of bad luck :\...

Get well soon :O

A5chow · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 6:58 pm

I'm sorry to here poke kom. That's awful. I hope you get treated and everything goes alright.

Rory · **Posted:** April 14th, 2008, 10:15 pm

Wow, that sucks.
I hope you recover swiftly.

Tokuman · **Posted:** April 15th, 2008, 8:40 am

Aww man, I am sorry to here that. Make sure you take your meds on time, and you listen to your doctor. That way you can get well soon and come see us

poke kom · **Posted:** April 15th, 2008, 3:29 pm

thanks guys, sorry to hear that hiker =(

i got treated for it but i'm still feeling under the weather, so i will take a few more days off ( though i will still be browsing and posting on rv =). )

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