Between days three and five after inoculation, the larvae have made their way over to my lungs and are waiting for their trip to my gut. This can cause respiratory symptoms, like coughing. From day six till the end of the second week, nothing new usually happens. You just keep having (or not having) the symptoms you've had. For some lucky people, though, there is "a bounce" between the end of the first week and then the end of the second. This bounce can be a period of feeling extraordinary health - most autoimmune symptoms simply vanish. This never lasts long, though, and most symptoms return again after a week or so.
So, I'm sitting here a week after my inoculation trying to figure out what's going on with me. On day five, I woke up with a terrible sore throat. Right on schedule, I thought. Other than the sore throat, I felt really good. No joint pain and the rash on my face was almost gone. Oh, I thought - the bounce? Could I be getting the bounce? Everyone hopes for one, but no should really ever expect it.
As the day went on, I started getting other symptoms of my seasonal allergies. Yes, despite being on quadruple doses of antihistamines and double doses of nasal steroids, I still get seasonal allergies, and this year it's really bad. Sneezing constantly, violently. Eyes burning and pouring water. Hard to breathe, hard to stay awake. But I have to wonder if it's really allergies, or if it's normal respiratory symptoms of the worms combined with a bounce. I mean, I just don't know.
I guess it's also possible that I have a cold. I haven't had one for years, but when I used to get them, they alleviated all of my autoimmune symptoms for days. So, it could be a cold. That would fit. But I'm really only miserable in my head, and not anywhere else. I remember that colds kind of make you feel miserable everywhere, not just in your sinuses.
So I really don't know what's going on with me. And people who have been doing this worm thing for a while say to not overanalyze every symptom you have, assuming it's a side effect of the worm. People will still get colds and flues, etc, so it's best to just assume that's what's happening. I guess so. I'm just so curious about what's happening! I want to know what causes what. I think this is the natural progression for me after years of not ever knowing what disease has been making me so sick. Anyway, for now, I'll just be over here, sneezing on my couch.
So, I'm sitting here a week after my inoculation trying to figure out what's going on with me. On day five, I woke up with a terrible sore throat. Right on schedule, I thought. Other than the sore throat, I felt really good. No joint pain and the rash on my face was almost gone. Oh, I thought - the bounce? Could I be getting the bounce? Everyone hopes for one, but no should really ever expect it.
As the day went on, I started getting other symptoms of my seasonal allergies. Yes, despite being on quadruple doses of antihistamines and double doses of nasal steroids, I still get seasonal allergies, and this year it's really bad. Sneezing constantly, violently. Eyes burning and pouring water. Hard to breathe, hard to stay awake. But I have to wonder if it's really allergies, or if it's normal respiratory symptoms of the worms combined with a bounce. I mean, I just don't know.
I guess it's also possible that I have a cold. I haven't had one for years, but when I used to get them, they alleviated all of my autoimmune symptoms for days. So, it could be a cold. That would fit. But I'm really only miserable in my head, and not anywhere else. I remember that colds kind of make you feel miserable everywhere, not just in your sinuses.
So I really don't know what's going on with me. And people who have been doing this worm thing for a while say to not overanalyze every symptom you have, assuming it's a side effect of the worm. People will still get colds and flues, etc, so it's best to just assume that's what's happening. I guess so. I'm just so curious about what's happening! I want to know what causes what. I think this is the natural progression for me after years of not ever knowing what disease has been making me so sick. Anyway, for now, I'll just be over here, sneezing on my couch.