I seem to remember someone on LCT falling ill a few weeks after their PG cruise - I ran several searches but I can't find the thread. I have felt miserable since returning (constantly nauseated and tired, no appetite whatsoever) - Greg feels the same way but not to the degree that I do. Hopefully that LCT member will read this and post again? What were your symptoms and how did your doctor treat them? Help! TIA.

Kristin - I don't remember reading anything like that recently and I sure am sorry that both you and Greg are currently so ill. If it doesn't clear up in another day or so I would get in to see the doctor and be sure to tell the doctor that you just came back from a trip to French Polynesia. That way doctor can decide if you should be tested for some type of parasitic infection you might have picked up from any non-bottled water, fresh fruit etc. I do remember postings on one of the travel boards from a person who was very careful about water but think they picked up something from fruit on a motu excursion (non-PG excursion). Hope to hear that you are well again soon.

Thanks, Kathy! I seem to remember the original poster saying something like they "picked up something unexpected" in the subject line, and people were thinking the poster had gotten pregnant while on-board, until they read the post in its entirety! :)

Kristin, was it Marsha's (MarnaLou) posting? I'm having trouble pasting it in here; It's under MarnaLou's 2/20/06 Off Topic Post: "I brought home an unintended souvenir from French Polynesia.." thread. - Perhaps that post can help! So sorry you are ill. - Michele

Here's Marsha's post:

Unintended Souvenir

So sorry to hear you aren't feeling well - I always hate getting sick after a wonderful vacation. Our thoughts are with you.

Yes!!! That's the thread I was looking for. Thanks, Michele and Andrea. I was looking under the Regent topic, that's why I missed it.

Thanks for the get-well wishes - hopefully this will soon pass. I am going to the doctor tomorrow!

Kristin, I hope you and Greg are feeling better very soon! Sorry to hear that you brought home a very unwanted "souvenir." Wise to go to the Dr. and get rid of it ASAP.

Hope you start feeling better soon.

Thank you Denise and JoAnn, I did just try eating some dinner and it went down well. I usually have such a cast-iron stomach!

Kristin, get well soon!! Let us know what the Dr. says!

Get better soon, Kristin! Hope it passes quickly!

Masaki

Feel better quickly from here too...

Also remember that you are living in a new environment - dry, desert heat and it's been over 110 degrees. Drink lots of water since it's easy to get dehydrated in this weather!

I had a "problem" for about a week after we came back! However, we post-cruised 4 nights after the PG in BB. Never ate salads or dinners/lunches off the resort or the ship, but we did pick and eat 2 or 3 guava from the trees during a 4x4.
j.

Hi, Kristin, sorry to hear you are under the weather. I hope you feel better very soon!

I had fever and digestive upsets for a long time after returning home. Except for identifying a duodenol ulcer we never did figure out what I had but I had every scan, biopsy, and test possible and you all know what that means. Treatment involved antibiotics (I hate using antibiotics so you know I was miserable if I agreed to take them) and probiotics (Probiosyn and Biotisyn) and a liquid diet as needed to manage symptoms.

More than six months later I am finally feeling quite a bit better and grateful for it! The ER doc diagnosed a parasite but my regular doc didn't agree. She thought the incubation period wasn't right and the symptoms weren't right either. So we don't know what it was and it took a few shots in the dark but I'm finally on the mend. I trust your path to healing will be a little more straightforward!

Wow MarnaLou, what a drag! Makes you think twice about what you eat in these places, for sure. Kristin, let's hope your malady is more easily diagnosed and cured!

Feel better quickly, that is just no fun.......

Thanks everyone! Feeling much better today - I can actually walk around without that "rolling around" feeling in my stomach.

MarnaLou, I am glad you are finally feeling better! What a long time to be under the weather!

Kristin,
Glad to hear you are feeling better!

Marsha, I had no idea that it took that long for you to get over that "thing". OMG!!!! Glad you too, are better!

Kristen, glad you are feeling better! Sounds like Marsha had something much more serious, from an unknown source according to her Drs. Perhaps you just had something "going around" like I woke up with yesterday.

Oh, Kristin! I'm so sorry to hear you've felt ill. and Greg, too. I felt queasy the first day or so home but it felt like echoes of the seasickness. It went away. No symptoms in the kids. I do remember Elena saying she felt "seasick" after she got home and wonder how she's feeling now.

I don't know if it's worth pondering but one day when I turned on the sink to wash my hands, didn't look down for a sec, and when I did, my first thought was how did my hands get so dirty: in other words, filthy black water was coming out of the faucet. I let it run and finally it ran clear. But I worried about the times I rinsed my mouth with that water and what may have been in it.

I sure hope you guys feel better soon. :(

Sue, I wish you would have booked a "Ngaire" group cruise in the future! We would all love to be with you on a cruise!

Kristin, So good to hear that you're doing better! I'm sure you're relieved that is was nothing far more serious.

I too remember seeing brown water coming out of the faucet on my first Mariner cruise. I was filling up the tub so it was OK, but several nights I got up and just drank some water, kind of creepy when I think about it now.

Nothing could be worse than one night in Arizona, I got up filled my bathroom cup with water and it was crunchy. A cricket...EWWWW. I always rinse out my cup now before drinking from it.

Lauri, I did the same thing once down in Merida, Mexico. Got a drink of water in the middle of the night..."Something" was in the glass....glup. As you can see, I haven't forgotten the experience :eek: - Michele

My husband laughs at me when I take bottled water for the bathroom sink on the ship....

Kristin:

Hope you are feeling better, as I don't want post-cruise illness ruin the magic of the PG. You don't mention your age, and that's OK. But I'm 62 and my wife is 54. When we travel (literally) half way around the world for a cruise, we frankly ANTICIPATE the fact that we won't be anywhere up to snuff when we return. I mean, in our case, we are just pooped out!

We've done the PG threee times for a total of five weeks over the past few years. Each time, it has taken us some time to get our "land legs" back, our "internal clocks" back on track, and our digestive systems adjusted to Oklahoma City again. Heck, even when we visit family in Colarado or even Dallas, there is some disorientation upon our return. It passes, and I hope that your problems are no more than this.

Thanks,
Richard

Question:
Am I understanding that some of you have had problems with the PG's water supply and other Regent Ships???? That is scary if so. I, like ChatKat always use bottled water to brush my teeth when we are away but hadn't on any cruise I've been on. Why would there be a problem with Regents water and not other lines?
thanks....I'm leaving the 12th. and after all these posts I'm getting a bit worried!!
Thanks,
Carol

Carol:

We've been on a bunch of RSSC cruises, and never experienced a problem with the water piped to our suite. In fact, it was much better than on other lines weve cruised. I just hope this is still the case.
Thanks,
Richard

My sickness could have been ANYthing. I also had a tuna salad bagel at the Radisson in PPT during our day-room stay, and that could have been the problem too.

We've had brown water on one of our SS cruises - not through the sink, but in our suite's jacuzzi. I did freak out a bit about that. I mentioned this to the guest relations manager aboard the PG, and he said it's not uncommon at all among cruise lines. I can't remember the explanation behind it, but it sounded satisfactory at the time! :) No worries, it is safe to drink.

That said, I am like Kathy, I would prefer to use bottled water in the bathroom sink :) , and I have gotten so spoiled that I don't even drink the tap water in our city, which has won worldwide awards for its pure and best-tasting tap water. I know for sure that it smells much better than all the other cities we've lived in across this country (too many to mention)! :)

Kristin, are you feeling better?

MarnaLou, yes, I am - thanks for checking in on me! The doctor wasn't any help - suggested I wait a week & see how I feel then. :rolleyes:

THanks Richard and Kristen....I just won't eat at the Radisson? I'm sure after 10 days on PG I could afford to miss a meal!
Carol
All packed and more than ready to go!!

Good idea. I think I got sick on the hamburger I ate at the Radisson right before leaving for the airport. Another person also mentioned that he did not feel well after eating it. Watch out!

We had brown water on the PG too. After the power went out for a few hours during the night, when the water and electricity came back in the morning, the water was brown in both the sink and tub.....I brushed with bottle water and waited to take a shower until the water became somewhat clearer, but it stayed brown a few hours.
j.

I'd book a Ngaire cruise in a heartbeat, and may yet do so for next summer if one comes up in the right time frame. It's obvious Ngaire is a fabulous TA and I've come to see all of you as friends who I'd love nothing more to cruise with. Right now I've got a "placeholder" deposit on a CC group cruise to the Med that you had to use their TA for. I thought traveling single (adult w/kids), I might have more company on a group cruise. But it leaves June 14th and that's 3 days before Father's Day and if my ex balks, I'll have to cancel and who knows, I may find myself on an LCT cruise, which would be a blast!