Travel Medicine

The last time I broke my ribs was many years ago on Crete. I was wild with a 250 Honda dirt bike beneath me. This last time was due to flip-flops and a slippery deck. The pain remains the same, throbbing and painful. Breathing is a chore and every third step brings a knife like pain. Years ago all I needed was a few glasses of restina wine and all was fine, till lifting out of bed in the AM. Now I dread both the going to and getting up from bed. It hurts but it has kept me updated on how old my travel health kit is. I have discovered that my standard pain reliever Hydrocodone is passé. Over the counter Aleve is proving better with far less side effects. Valium that I used for insomnia is now replaced with Lunesta. Again more effective and less side effects. Unfortunately these discoveries come with a price. I remain forever, the clumsy traveler unable, “to leap tall buildings in a single bound”. I can however with modern medicine still get around.