Food Poisoning

The world championships was horrible, I got food poisoning. It really sucked, I spent 5 days lingering near by the closest WC, and only managed to do half of the official training, then on the first race day I got too sick and too weak and ended up in the local hospital 4 kg lighter. I was in hospital on a drip for 5 days. They think it may have been salmonella, but I'll have the test results sent to me in NZ. What ever little monster it was that I ate, I can say that was the sickest I have ever been. I am feeling much better now, just a bit too skinny. I am flying home today. No money left for racing. I'm going to miss 3 world cups, in 6 seasons I have only ever missed 2, so I am not too happy about having to head home and not race, but it has got to be done. The main goal of the season was achieved, that was to get the shoulders working and driving the sled after having surgery.

The shoulders are great and work properly on the sled now, and I was sliding extremely well in Igls before I hurt my ankle, I feel like I am getting close to being back on track after the shoulder/trampoline incident derailed me.

Homeward bound Hanover to Frankfurt to Hong Kong to Auckland to Queenstown (then a 3 hour drive to Burkes Pass), with a 10 hour stop in Hong Kong I am going to be a jet laggede wreck when I get there.