I am commiserating a bit, but honestly, I have so rarely been sick during backpack season that I have not had this dilema before. The trip has been planned for months, costly reservations already with set dates, and two friends committed their vacation time. If it were a solo trip, I would just wait until I was sure I was fully better. I am just mildly sick- no nausea- no true diherea -just stomach ache when I eat and lack of energy- swear I have slept 12 hours the last two days. I was a bit achy but that is now better. Hard to say if the aches were not just from all the unusual lifting of the 1-year old and bending, etc that comes with playing "pirate" with the 3-yr old. I am actually terrible at judging sickness since I rarely get more than typical head colds. I plan on going, but good idea to take some extra stuff to settle my stomach just in case. I do not even know what over-the-counter medicine I should take with me. Luckily, one of the friends going with me is an ICU nurse.