Get hand sanitiser - a, er, dire warning

[MarkTheSpark]

I fly-fished a local lake on Thursday last week. The river floods had, briefly, overflowed into it. There were a few occasions - biting through nylon, etc - when whatever was on my hands reached my mouth.

Now, I always thought dysentery was severe diarrhea. I now know it's not. Believe me, you don't want what I've got. I'm now on super-strength antibiotics, in real pain, blood emanating from a southerly orifice, and I'm not even close to being out of the woods. If it's amoebic dysentery, I'll be in an isolation ward in hospital. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the tests, and my legs crossed for everything else.

When rivers are in flood, sewage works let the dilution do their work for them, and let untreated waste into rivers. It's not hard to work out where that can lead.

Please, folks, avoid hand to mouth contact while fishing and carry some hand sanitiser, especially before tucking into your sarnies. The irony is that my fly fishing bag has a bottle of the stuff and I didn't use it. Now I know what the alternative feels like, I will be using it from now on....

[dangermouse]

Ewwww sounds nasty

GWS Mark.

[beerweasel]

Unlucky Mark, hope you recover soon.
It always makes me laugh to see the drunken antics of the students here in Cambridge.
If they knew what was in the water they would not swim in it.

[Peter Jacobs]

Truly sorry to hear of your misfortune Mark, and I wish you the speediest recovery.

Isolation wards can be pretty boring and grim places, I hope they have allowed you to take your lappy or I-Pad . . . . .

Best of luck.

[itsfishingnotcatching]

Wishing you a speedy recovery Mark, I suspect that, there but for the grace of God, a few more of us would be in the same position.

Ian

[Bluenose]

Jeez Mark, sorry to hear that. Hope you get yourself on the mend very soon!

[barbelboi]

Hope the tests prove favourable Mark and wish you a speedy recovery.
Jerry

[MarkTheSpark]

Thanks for your Get Well Soons. I'll be back on the bank soon; I'm quite a tough little runt.

What really sticks in the craw is that I spent £16 on that evening ticket, and dysentery is all I caught!

[tigger]

Originally Posted by MarkTheSpark

What really sticks in the craw is that I spent £16 on that evening ticket, and dysentery is all I caught!

LOL, I reckon you'll steer clear of the place in future !

As you say our rivers are full of god only knows what sheeeeeit and deffo not clean enough to get the water into our mouths. I'm amazed that in this day and age the sewage companies are allowed to discharge into our rivers even when they're in flood ! Everytime there's been a bit of water going through my local rivers there's womens jam raggs hanging from branches and often they're still full of jam On many occassion i've actually reeled one in...not the best thing to try and unhook, infact I don't I cut my line and put a sod of grass onto it or similar.

I remember hooking a chub in a small local river, it was a tight spot and I had to pass my rod round a tree to my other hand and was leaning on the tree to get my hands round. I felt a cold wet sensation on my chest and noticed it was a jam ragg left there from the recent high water !! Needless to say I went straight home and put my clothes on a boil wash. Then I had a bath in bleach .

Anyhow Mark, here's hopin you get well asap

[Poshpaul (Angling Trust and PaSC)]

Get well soon mate

Paul