Jabs and Bacteria

So, for the trip we're visiting places which tourists would normally steer clear of, but for those accustomed to travelling in Asia, Africa and a few other distant places there's the necessity of vaccinations.

To get the jabs at the local surgery you need to fill in a form for travelling and the section with tick boxes against common activities included Snowboarding, diving, mountaineering, but I had to write 'visiting slums' in the 'Other...' section of the form.  I think that prompted the nurse to call with some excitement that she could pump me full of every vaccine she could lay her hands on.  We came to an agreement that I didn't need to be turned into a lab rat and settled on a combination of Hepatitis A, B, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio and I've got some gloop to take for Cholera and a prescription for Anti-Malarials which I'm still contemplating.

Cholera is in the news at the moment with a large outbreak in Haiti after the Hurricane, so I guess we're lucky we have access to these vaccines over the counter for £7.  I'll be taking mine tomorrow, so let's see if there's any side effects from the 25 billion bacteria of four different strains of Cholera they put in each dose.