Have you ever gotten sick on vacation?
Did you need to see a doctor?

1. Mon Jun 17 20:18 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   ATN said:

   On a long ago vacation in Maine, I was climbing on rocks at the shore to retrieve a six-pack we had left in a tidal pool to keep cold. When we left it there, it was easily reachable, but the tide had come in and now it was a bit treacherous. When I was bent over, reaching down for the beer, a wave snuck up behind me and knocked me off the rocks on which I was standing, on to some other rocks that were less friendly. The result was a substantial gash in my thigh, that bled profusely. As my leg was already wet from landing in the water, the blood spread quickly all over my leg, making it look much worse than it was. As we did not have sufficient first aid supplies to deal with it, the decision was made to take me to the ER at the local hospital. While our car was parked nearby as the crow flies, my inability to fly meant I was going to have to traverse a narrow path up a 50 foot cliff to get to it. I found that as long as I didn't focus too much on the appearance of my blood-soaked leg, the climb was manageable, and we were off on our way to the hospital where I didn't bleed to death, needing only butterfly bandages rather than stitches to close the wound.

2. Mon Jun 17 19:54 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   Angus Mason said:

   Hospital stay in Taiwan, kidney stones.
   The hospital gowns fit like hand towels..

3. Sun Jun 16 22:11 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   Gioia said:

   No

4. Sun Jun 16 21:28 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   polly said:

   I flew from Anchorage Alaska to Juneau once, for a 2 day Education Seminar. I made the trip a day early to have a day to look around Juneau, as I had never been there before. After a great day of sightseeing, I went to sleep early at the hotel. In the middle of the night I woke up with cramps. It only got worse, as morning dawned. I could not leave my room for the next two days. Sick as a dog, and could not attend any of the sessions that I had paid for in advance ... of course I was in an expensive hotel room and was out the cost of the flight too. To make matters worse, my return flight was delayed due to heavy cloud cover. Twenty hours later, I was on my way home ...and finally started to feel better ... I was so glad that I went a day early and got to see Juneau on a beautiful sunny day.

5. Sun Jun 16 20:07 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   Mercury said:

   There were two recent vacations where i became ill towards the end of them. One of them upon my return, I became hospitalized.

6. Sun Jun 16 17:59 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   cory{BI} said:

   i was at my brother's wedding...in Michigan...and started throwing up...on the artificial grass in the lobby of the church between the sanctuary and the fellowship hall...just outside the restrooms...i was as green as my grass green dress...

   ...but i still had to drive...because my husband...and my cousin who was navigator for us...were both drunk...

   fortunately for me, we...and my Dad and step-mom...were staying with my Dad's favorite brother and his wife (one of my two favorite aunts)...i was really sick in bed for a couple days...but Mark got time off because Aunt Mardel did most of the caregiving...didn't have to go to a doctor, though...

   the rest of the family thought it was a sign that i might be pregnant (we'd been married less than a year)...no such luck...

7. Sun Jun 16 17:12 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   timbre said:

   nope

8. Sun Jun 16 16:35 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   Dizzy Guy said:

   Nope

9. Sun Jun 16 16:13 ~ - Subject: * - 0 reaction(s)
   krysta said:

   Not on vacation, but was once sick with bronchitis before a family vacation to Scottsdale and was miserable the whole time we were there.