Salmonella? Why no, that’s typhoid fever.

In case this is my last post, I want you all to know that I just took the first of four pills containing the live typhoid fever bacteria. Second phase typhoid fever is described thusly:

2nd phase (and clearly the most exciting): in the second to third weeks of the disease, symptoms of intestinal infection are manifested and the fever remains very high and the pulse becomes weak and rapid. In the third week the constipation is replaced by severe pea-soup-like diarrhea. The feces may also contain blood. It is not until the fourth or fifth week that the fever drops and the general condition slowly improves.

With the incubation period, if we do manage to contract typhoid from the vaccine it should hit just as we're leaving and be clearing up just as we return. The good news is that it's treated with antibiotics, of which we already have a generous supply to be taken for the prevention of malaria. I prefer to look at the positive side of things.