Previous Next  Photo by Pedro Klien  The travel doctor is in the
house, and it’s time to treat some of those common traveling
maladies.  TRAVEL TODAY MAY NOT BE fraught with such old-school
perils as scurvy and the possibility of kidnap – unless you have
paid too little attention to your diet and choice of traveling
companions. Yet the further off the comfy track you put
yourself, the greater your likelihood of encountering one of the
following travel tortures. So let the consultation begin.  Would
you like a sweetie?  Long Distance Bladder  LDB can manifest
during long-distance bus rides, where the bus in question lacks
the facilities for onboard ablutions and makes few or no stops.
The patient has typically drunk too much beforehand (tea and
coffee are particularly evil), and finds himself pining for a
bathroom as every bounce and jiggle of the bus threatens his
increasingly delicate bladder. In later stages, the affliction
may pass beyond mere discomfort to take on an altogether
metaphysical dimension as t