Being sick in a foreign country

This week I have had the worst cold since I have been here. Conscious that some drugs I can't take it's important that I read the ingredients of medication. Here you can buy prescription drugs over the counter.

Having tried the natural remedies I decided I needed to visit the pharmacy. At the pharmacy they spoke no English. They kept giving me different medications but I couldn't read it and they couldn't tell me how to administer. Eventually they gave me a box of Amoxicillin. I knew these and knew that's what I would get on prescription at home. So I purchased them.

The next day I ran into the school administrator who took me straight to the Traditional Chinese Dr. I now had Chinese medicine to go with my western medicine. All medication has been taken but I still haven't got rid of this damn cold.

Being in a foreign country with a different language and being sick is not the ideal situation. At my worst I just wanted to go home. I wanted my bed and my things. 'Where's my Mum.'

Now that I'm on the other side of it. I'm cool. I'll continue to sleep on the rock hard bed and not have any of my creature comforts.