![]() ![]() Now it is the beginning of 2010, and I look back at the goals I have set myself in the past. So even though, in all likelihood, I don't have a life-threatening virus, I know that this life hangs by a thread which can snap or be cut at any time. I now know the disease can linger in your body for almost a year before showing any symptoms. Though my boyfriend and medical professionals tried to assure me the monkey was not rabid, you cannot help but worry. Not knowing the ins and outs of rabies, it not being so common in Australia, I thought I was going to die in the next few days and never make it home to see my family. A recent trip to Vietnam saw me bitten by a monkey on a remote island, which caused me to reflect on my own mortality.Ī searing pain, I looked around to see an orange monkey hanging off the back of my leg by its teeth and I thought simply, “I'm dead”. I'm not planning to have a good year, hoping for one – I'm going to have one.Īfter all, it may be my last. THIS new year is going to be a big one for me – a great one. ![]()
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