from Chiapas

Just a quick note. I have been back in Chiapas for over a week now. I am working in Belesario, where I will stay until April. We still have a high patient load, and I am seeing them alone, which means playing doctor, nurse, registrant, and that nameless person whose job consists of escorting them into the consult room.

Most recently, I have been rented out by my group to a small community called Honduras (the town, not the country) that is somehow 7 hours from here. I will be there all of next week, living on little more than beans and tortillas I believe. Thankfully, I have chocolate to take with me. And maybe I will pick up a box of corn flakes so my american palatte can go untainted for at least one meal per day.

Most patient complaints these days consist of the basic fungal infections, coughs, cold-like symptoms and muscular pains. I have started giving some injections to the adults who seem interested in receiveing them. I still refuse to give them to kids.

All of my photos thus far from Chiapas, as well as Ines and my photos from Germany and Norway are now on Ofoto. If you would like to see them, please e'mail me at any of my accounts and I will add you to the list.