The Cuban Needle Crisis
The Cuban Visa Crisis has been resolved, with the fabulous Karen going down to Dublin to the Cuban embassy and charming not only her own, but also my visa from them. I will now be allowed to gain entry to the country. Hurrah!But the jaggy needle thing hasn't worked out so well. Went up to Belfast to get jagged, and the nurse took wan look at me and decided I wasn't well enough to get jagged. Apparently I'm Generally Run Down.
Fair enough, I've been feeling like Death Warmed Up of late, but I know that's coz I've been working too hard. And I've had that InnerEar DizzyHead thing again. But the last dose of antibiotics almost killed it.
So. I'm not allowed to get vaccinated while I'm Generally Run Down. I might need an antibiotic. I'm not allowed to get vaccinated while I'm On Antibiotics. So it looks like I'm be heading off to Cuba without my protective jags.
While unable to provide me with vaccinations or antibiotics, the nurse was however able to give me copious advice on condoms. Apparently I should be bringing my own. And I should estimate how many I need. And then bring extra coz enough is never enough. And I shouldn't trust the local ones at all. Apparently they could've been sitting sweating in Cuban sunshine for donkey's years. While I was visualising a mound of Cuban condoms, sunbathing wrapperless on a Cuban beach, the nurse asked me (eyebrows raised)
- You're not the sort of girl who'd use sweaty old condoms, are you?
I know I shook my head with an emphatic 'Aw naw naw naw now naw I wouldn't!'.
What would she have done if I'd said 'Actually, I am, me. I'm just dying about sweaty old condoms. Can't get enough of them. The older the better.'?
So. Even if I don't enter Cuba protected against Hepatitis A and Typhoid, it looks like I will be weighed down by a suitcase full of protective non-sweaty Irish condoms. I'm sure I can use them as currency somewhere...
Labels: cuba trip injections
posted by Michelle Gallen at
11:23 AM
5 Comments:
all you need for a good holiday are condoms, nipple tassles and a selection of gaudy bikinis!
well, that and a credit card :) Guaranteed fab holiday right there. Even if you don't remember much of it...
Sun block optional? Otherwise I might turn into a giant freckle ;)
Hi michelle, I was going to hold off responding for a bit but I figure with the cuba holiday coming up so soon and what with the whole no jabs thing maby I should get in a quick hello. Its real good to see all is well and that you havent lost the gift of telling a good story. Maby some time you might give us a few lines about your days back in st colmans sixth form. I'm also real pleased to see that you have passed your driving test but like I said way back (way too many years ago than I care to recal) - any time you need a taxi just give me a call.
Enjoy the trip !
Patrick G.
(formerly beechmount Ave)
It's good to hear from my former taxi driver and a member of the elite St Colman's alumni...God Be With The Days :)
You still in Strabane?
No, the hectic lifestyle of the big smoke was just way too much and I had to move on to more quiet pastures - literally, Castlefinn to be exact - just over the hill and round a few corners from that other big smoke Castlederg. You be sure now to leave a bit of room in your suitcase for a camera & afew rolls of film. Ive never been to cuba, never likely to be but I've seen some pictures and the place looks real good in photos what with the old buildings and all the old cars.
Anyway I better stop waffling on, sorry again for missusing the site slightly - I do know its not friends reunited but I just couldnt not say hello. So hello again and you take care in cuba,
Patrick.
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