Solomon Islands

I'll be diving in Gizo/Munda in April

will you guys be there already ? ... funny to think you'd be a few islands away

Well, as it happens, we are flying into Honiara in late April and should be at Tetepare around a week later. When are you in Gizo/Munda?

And btw - now you are following us!

Anthony,

Congrats on your posting. It will be a shame not to be diving at will.

If your interested in a small compressor send me a mail.

Peter

I'm looking to be there in the first three weeks of April

And btw - now you are following us!

LOL .. its a race

Congratulations on what sounds like a super opportunity.

Drew's 2nd post on anti-malarials is right on the money. I don't know anyone who lives and works in malarial areas (PNG, Indonesia) who takes antimalarials in prophylactic doses long-term, and it's not just because of the cost. But you do need to have anti-malarials on hand to treat you if you do contract a case. Consider including Larium (Mephaqin) on the list. It has some nasty side-effects and should never be considered for prophylaxis, especially while diving, but it is said to be the most effective treatment against some forms of fulciparum malaria - the kind you need to worry about most.

I would suggest you spend a good long time with your doctor working out the contents for your med kit and also procedures you might need to know how to do yourself. If your doctor isn't completely up on tropical medicine, a consult with a specialist might be worth while. Insurance with medical evacuation cover will also be important. DAN will take care of that for diving accidents, but their coverage doesn't include non-diving accidents or illness. A serious manual on first aid and wilderness medicine should go on your list. If you and your partner haven't done a good course first aid and CPR, or haven't done one recently, now might be a good time for doing that.

Look into whether you set up an arrangement with your doctor (or someone new) wherebe he/she would be available to consult via email or phone to help with diagnoses and treatment. It will be much easier to set up this arrangement and work out an understanding about how the payments for consultations would be handled now than to try to organize something after you or your parter are sick.

If you pm me your email, I'll send you a "work in progress" spreadsheet covering a lot of meds that might be useful for you, including summary information on dosages, ADRs (adverse drug reactions), conflicts with other meds, etc. It might be a place to start when you're talking to your doctor about putting your own med kit together.

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Robert I modified your post to remove your email. Programs can grab your email so you will suddenly be a candidate for viagra, cialis and Photoshop while shopping for fortunes in Africa.

Drew,

Thanks for watching my back. I don't mind the ads for viagra and cialis or the interesting letters from my fabulously wealthy new friends in Nigeria who I'm going to try to help get their money out safely. But I hate getting those junk mails from Apple and Adobe.

Seriously, I've found Anthony's email address and will send him the file.

Robert