Parasites!!

ARGH!! After almost 21/2 months of feeling totally fine, I've finally been stricken with parasites!! Specifically Giardia intestinalis which can live in the body 2-6 weeks and symptoms can manifest almost 2 months after infection! I really think I got it after Dasain when I drank really nasty water which I knew not to drink but was stupid enough to drink anyways. Then I got sick again before Tibet which was really horrible but it went away after I just took strong antibiotics (not too smart to self medicate but I had no choice). However, the symptoms came back today (and they are not nice... really nasty burps for one) and it seems that many of the volunteers have those symptoms right now and I went to the pharmacist and was told I had Giardia. I am now on Tinidazole 500 mg, for all my medical friends out there, I hope that's a good treatment. I really don't want this bug living in me any longer, it's really uncomfortable.
Enough about my intestinal problems.
And to end this post:
For all my Jewish friends out there, Happy Hanukkah!!