Comments on: South African bush: beautiful and deadly

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:33:58 +0000

Hey, just doing a little research… What are your comments on a zip line down through this george. Would you be interested in abseiling down to the bottom in the future? or perhaps some rock climbing on those amazing rock walls… Let me know

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:05:06 +0000

Eric: Yeah, only some will call you back. Others (”… paging Dr. Liu”) may not. Ever. :)

By: Anastasia Laity

Anastasia Laity — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:41:22 +0000

My first thought looking at that picture was concern for the camera dangling off the edge, rather than the photographer…

By: echeng

echeng — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:26:37 +0000

Thanks for the note, Aaron. In the future, I will remember that all my doctor friends are, in fact, online, and that some of them will actually write or call me back should I contact them. ;)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:56:17 +0000

BTW, glad to hear that you haven’t actually contracted a rickettsial disease. It sounds like the onset of your symptoms was too soon after your possible tick exposure for that to have been the case. Usually, one doesn’t develop symptoms for several days to a week (or even longer). As long as you do a thorough tick check soon after all your outings, you should be OK. Usually, a tick must be feeding on you for many hours before a significant amount of the infectious rickettsiae are transfered to your blood stream. Interestingly, just a few days ago, I admitted a gentleman to Stanford Hospital who had traveled to Senegal a week prior to his presentation to me and had developed a symptom complex that made us consider African tick bite fever in our differential diagnosis!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:39:03 +0000

Eric: “But Mom! All the other kids are hanging their cameras off the edge of Magwa Falls! You never let me do ANYTHING!” :)

By: echeng

echeng — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:07:43 +0000

hi, mom! in the photo, it looks much more scary than it was. don’t worry about me too much. :)

By: shu

shu — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:11:57 +0000

I miss you too, Eric. Hope you feel better soon. The photo of you on the edge of Magwa Falls look too risky. You took risks for the shot. Please take care of yourself.