Not just for surfers!
You know the feeling: happily surfing along, whistling as you ride. A quick wipeout, luckily you come up for air….. right in the middle of a floating toilet, complete with tampons, condoms, and pooh.
After politely informing all your surfing compadres by shouting ‘sh*t’ and texting the SAS sewage team (?!), you might be pondering just how much of that sewage is lingering on, and in you and trying to guess which nasty illness you might come down with.
Great news though. Even though surfing in pooh is never going to float anyone’s boat, there are a few steps you can take to reduce the chance of you getting ill.
First, don’t panic. Stress lowers your immune system, so try to laugh it off, literally.
Next, don’t try to cheer yourself up with a cake or sweets. Sugar is what bad bacteria need to grow, and if you’ve got some of that bad bacteria inside your guts already, you really don’t want to provide growth hormones on a plate for it.
Instead, if you can, get your hands on some acidophilus. Huh? A pro-biotic. Get to a health food shop and ask for a probiotic. Pretty much any kind will do. Just take some, every day for at least a week, and you’ll give your belly a good chance of fighting off someone else’s dumps.
Also, drink lots of water. Flush it out.
Eat, if you can possibly bear it, a salad containing lettuce or other green veg. They act like a broom on the inside, sweeping out all the crap that you swallowed, and maybe even some that was already there. The quicker you get it out, the higher your chances of surfing another day!
You still might get ill – who knows what might be in that big ole pooh slick anyway. But, anything you can do to lower your chance of getting ill is worth a try.
By the way, this isn’t an excuse for water companies to fill our lovely seas with plop.
And if you need any more info on getting into pooh-fighting ship-shape, I’m always here! Check out my ‘what I can do for you, and how much does it cost‘ page for more info.
So, you want to be the very best you can be, as naturally as possible? It is possible, and easy, when you know how!