So another update. The diarrhea is slowly resolving (less liquid, a bit less frequent - I'm down to pooping 4-5 times/day), but not quite normal. I've still got another 2-3 days of Xifaxan to go, and I've started back on my vitamins, minerals and probiotics. Eating is a little better.
But I also came down with a horrible case of some kind of respiratory bug - clearly a virus (non-productive cough that sounded and felt like whooping cough or croup) - with mild on and off fever. So just as I was feeling a little better, I started feeling like crap again. And then Charles came down with it about 12 hours after me. We have had The Miseries.
I'm hoping this is all a case of good timing, because we should have gotten this out of our system by the time we leave for 2.5 months in our RV, mostly in CA - we leave on May 14th. We're leaving with our RV club for a 10 day trip first, stopping in Palm Springs, Buellton and then Paso Robles. Some of them will continue up the coast to Oregon and beyond - we will stop at our favorite hangout just south of Gilroy, near my daughter and son-in-law, and my son and Charles' daughter in San Jose. It's already starting to get warm here in Goodyear - I'm hoping to miss most of the summer months, although we will need to be back in August for various medical appointments. Assuming we're still doing well, we may head out again before our next meetup with the RV club in Durango (part of the return to AZ trip) on September 18th, which then goes to Monument Valley.
In any case, we have our Medicare insurance supplement which is portable, so if we get sick, we can go to doctors in CA - either close by in Gilroy, or (preferably) we could drive 60 miles to Palo Alto and see our old doctors - we're still signed up with them.
Except for when we were living in the old RV while our house sold this will be our longest RV trip, and the longest in our new RV. I'm going to make sure to take some trips to the beach while we're here - I miss it very very much.
