It is a day like today when John is wondering if doing a local fun run to raise money might not have been a better decision. Today, he is off to his doctors to get his inoculations for the Kilimanjaro Challenge.
This is when it all gets a little serious and when some of the risks involved get a lot more real. For John, infections are bad news, and serious infections, could be very detrimental.
So what is on the inoculations agenda and what is John going to be vaccinated against. The list reads like a medical journal of the most serious life threatening diseases in the world.
Yellow Fever - a viral disease that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.Typhoid - a disease contracted through contaminated water or food, or by eating food or drinking beverages that have been handles by a person who is infected.
Hepatitis A - a debilitating disease of the liver which is spread through direct person-to-person contact or through exposure to contaminated water, or even by using cutlery that has been washed in this water.
Meningococcal Meningitis - A disease of the brain which is often fatal!
On top of these, he will also learn today whether he also needs to be vaccinated against Rabies, Polio, Tetanus, and take a course of Malaria tablets. Making the decision to go to Tanzania and to climb Kilimanjaro, was not taken lightly.
If you would like to discuss a sponsorship opportunity for John's Kilimanjaro Challenge, please email John at johnharris@pjs-speakers.co.uk or telephone 01600 729180
You can also make a donation to John's Kilimanjaro Challenge through the Just Giving page at:
https://www.justgiving.com/
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