Having the race out the way it was time for recovery as well as forget my sorrows of another mechanical malfunction (flat tire not bike failure) for this race season 2011/2012.
The new bike from Giant Ipswich is phenomenal, light and responsive and Shimano Di2 is awesome!!! It's a brand new store for Rod and Elton and having known Elton (only briefly) from Muddy and Ali's wedding so many years ago i appreciate them taking me on and helping me out. For what this bike is and the price that Giant is providing it for i highly recommend them, Elton is a gem in the workshop also.
Anywho, after trying to have a bit of a sleep with muscles twitching constantly i laid restless for about 2hrs, at this point decided to watch some TV. Bored still i lasted to about 6pm as i had an offer to join my neighbour up at the pool for happy hour. William heads to Koh Samui every Christmas with his family and loves it at this resort, i can see why.
Happy hour as always brings generally 2 for 1 drinks (or 3 for the price of 2 at this resort) so i opted for the Beer Chang option. Thinking nothing of it i had my second and was feeling fine. William had invited me out to dinner with his friend Bryan and we had the hotel car take us to a wonderful restaurant called Orgasmic around neat Buddha Beach.
Set right on the beach it was not very busy being a Sunday evening. We had some started of Goat Cheese fritters and a calamari something. Both were fantastic. For main i had King Prawn yellow curry with pumpkin and it also was fantastic with fresh large prawns.
Towards the end of the meal whilst William and Bryan finished their wine my palms began to get itchy and also my armpits. We had organised for the hotel car to collect us again and headed back. Constantly itching my palms i just thought i had been bitten by a mosquito so once back at the bungalow i held a cold water bottle to cool me down.
Minutes later my armpits were still itchy and could feel my face getting tight/swollen. I looked in the mirror and noticed little raised red spots along my chin and cheeks and that my top lip was becoming swollen.
I don't have any allergies (that i have every experienced) so i started Googling the symptoms that i was seeing/having. One thing came up that Alcohol Intolerance can just happen, no signs, no reasons just one day you have side affects that isn't being hung over. Other than that it could have been the prawns or calamari as Bryan cant eat shell fish/crabs from Asia but back in Canada he is fine.
So i fluffed around a little more and got more concerned as i got up again and saw my face, lips, brow etc was all swollen and red marks around my neck and throat. Walked down to the local pharmacy but that was closed then asked the front desk and pointed me to another pharmacy about 500m down the road, nup closed also.
Went back to the front desk and asked them to take me to the hospital. Staying by myself was my concern that if anything bad was to happen during the night then it could have been too late, so up there i went. Quick chat to the nurse and told her what had happen, jump on the scales (80kg, such a fatty after a race) and check blood pressure 140/80 which is high for an athlete but not uncommon. At this stage the swelling and itchiness had spread to my legs.
Next into the doctor (who she woke up) and explained what was happening, all he did was start writing a prescription and he said "yes allergy", ah thanks but DERP!!!
Some Anti-Inflammatory and stop itch tablets and they sent me on my way, luckily all of this was 2110 Baht (about $70) so wasn't too bad even though travel insurance is $110 with no excess, should i claim it? Got back home and took the tablets, put on the TV to stay awake to see if it worked at all and was so tired that it had stopped within about 30mins to a level that i could sleep, that was about 1am.
By morning everything seemed to be back to normal and no further re-occurrences. Still taking the tablets they prescribed and no alcohol whilst one them so i cant test the alcohol theory. From this i can put it down to a few things and even a combination of:
- A big hot race day and very low immune system
- Alcohol intolerance or just to Chang beer
- Acute food intolerance to Prawns/Calamari etc
- Too soft for my own good???
Well its now relaxation time before stage two of the Thailand holiday which could end up more painful than race day, Jeff and BoBo's wedding in Phuket!!!! Heading back to the mainland tomorrow Anzac Day and think most are arriving then or Thursday.
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