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that was some great participation. very good answers, i chuckled. someone got incredibly close. she's not on vacation, they're not worms, and weren't causing any REAL ploblems, only blocking the digestion of some things being eaten. more of a diet really. There WERE some parasites hanging out in my belly. the face meant, "i know a fly just flew into my coffee, but i've already got giardia, so i'm gonna drink it anyways". that's what is fun about parasites. once you've got em, who cares? eat what you like. it's rather liberating. i did buys some pills, there's four of them, you take them all at once (i like to think of them as "depth charges"). luckily they don't cause any adverse reaction in the good ol' intestinal tract, just kill the giardia.