TeeJF
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Bit of a word of warning here folks, and this has really shocked me a lot!
I fell into a flooded inspection pit in the train garage down that Madge fort I recently reported, not anything like a full immersion, just with one leg up to my knee. But the short exposure to the contaminated water gave me an infection in that leg which has taken over a week to fully appear and when it did it gave all the symptoms of a DVT. It's literally only two hours ago that the doc has finally decided what it is that's wrong and put me on antibiotics. In addition to the excruciating pain in the muscle of the back of my lower leg I also got all the symptoms of meningitus on Monday night almost 10 days after the exposure and had to go into hospital at 9 PM.
And the pit appeared to have nothing worse in it than rusty, oily water.
I suppose urb-ex is a learning curve but I hope no one else has to learn this mistake in the same way that I have.
TAKE CARE even around what might appear to be the most benign of hazards.
I fell into a flooded inspection pit in the train garage down that Madge fort I recently reported, not anything like a full immersion, just with one leg up to my knee. But the short exposure to the contaminated water gave me an infection in that leg which has taken over a week to fully appear and when it did it gave all the symptoms of a DVT. It's literally only two hours ago that the doc has finally decided what it is that's wrong and put me on antibiotics. In addition to the excruciating pain in the muscle of the back of my lower leg I also got all the symptoms of meningitus on Monday night almost 10 days after the exposure and had to go into hospital at 9 PM.
And the pit appeared to have nothing worse in it than rusty, oily water.
I suppose urb-ex is a learning curve but I hope no one else has to learn this mistake in the same way that I have.
TAKE CARE even around what might appear to be the most benign of hazards.
