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Indeed it was the beginning, it did last for a complete two weeks, 14 days, 336 hours, 20160 minutes and 1,209,600 seconds. As each day passed by, I consumed 36 pieces of the drug in 3 days. Days spent having the windows shut, lying for long hours on the bed and eating what you had to eat and not what you actually desire. I looked forward to resuming at work. Seeing my colleagues once again and the ever friendly work atmosphere filled me with joy  but then I began to feel some pains inside my bones, I felt it was due to the cold weather, how wrong I was. Getting up each morning was difficult for me, wondered perhaps it's something else because I vividly remember the pharmacist did try to convince me to buy a drug for treating typhoid. Each time I passed the front of his pharmacy store or saw him, I felt guilty, perhaps I should have listened to him. Every twist and turns in my stomach sent a signal to my senses, either it was true or false, it must be typhoid. Did a research o

It is said that malaria takes the life of children under five every two minutes, that makes it a major killer. This is a fact from WHO (The World Health Organisation). What a stat!  Most of the times I fell sick as a kid was due to malaria, and paying a visit to the hospital was never an issue for me, after all, its a chance to have a soft drink. Don't get me wrong here, I never lacked anything as a kid but the doctor always does ask if I had eaten before coming, even if I had, he would still offer me a drink from his fridge. After been enticed, the time I never love to hear comes; diagnosis, drug prescription and the unavoidable days of injection. Left for me, I prefer taking injections to drugs. Especially that drug called 'Chloroquine'.  If you grew up at the time I grew up, you'll be familiar with the malaria drug, but if not, thank your stars. (lols) In all my years of adulthood, I doubt I have ever experienced this bout I had with this 'thing' call