Feeling a Bit Better
Nov. 18th, 2017 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peristaltorWhich is good. Throughout this ordeal, though, I noticed something.
My allergies disappeared. I mean nothing. No sneezing, no coughing up stuff that snuck behind the nose (post-nasal drip, which I have constantly).
Years and years ago on LJ, I dipped a toe into a smattering of research that was looking into the connection between allergies and parasitical infestations. It turns out, for one remembered example, that residents of Borneo don't sneeze when flowers pollenate. Like ever. They also have a pretty constant but mostly benign population of various critters making homes in their bodies.
I wonder if the initial infection (whatever the fuck it was; it has yet to be diagnosed) somehow reminded my body that there are worse things to fight than cat dander, and took a break from doing so while I was wracked up in bed for damned near a month.
And now, this initial unknown pain in my ass/ear is nearly healed, and the body is bored again and keeping me up coughing and sneezing.
I must say, being able to breath normally for weeks on end (without doping pills and drops and the like) was a refreshing treat I would welcome back.
My allergies disappeared. I mean nothing. No sneezing, no coughing up stuff that snuck behind the nose (post-nasal drip, which I have constantly).
Years and years ago on LJ, I dipped a toe into a smattering of research that was looking into the connection between allergies and parasitical infestations. It turns out, for one remembered example, that residents of Borneo don't sneeze when flowers pollenate. Like ever. They also have a pretty constant but mostly benign population of various critters making homes in their bodies.
I wonder if the initial infection (whatever the fuck it was; it has yet to be diagnosed) somehow reminded my body that there are worse things to fight than cat dander, and took a break from doing so while I was wracked up in bed for damned near a month.
And now, this initial unknown pain in my ass/ear is nearly healed, and the body is bored again and keeping me up coughing and sneezing.
I must say, being able to breath normally for weeks on end (without doping pills and drops and the like) was a refreshing treat I would welcome back.
no subject
Date: 2017-11-19 02:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-19 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-19 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-21 01:35 am (UTC)There are exceptions, like using the maggots to clear gangrenous crap. But it's too slow.
I want a doc to say "I'll just slip this into your [whatever] and the sneezing should stop." I don't want to wallow in an African crap midden (as one dude did).
no subject
Date: 2017-11-19 03:00 pm (UTC)Immune systems are weird, and not well-adapted to modern conditions.