A quick apology to everyone who asked a question in the past … crap, like 6 months. Tumblr was sending me notifications via email when I got questions, and I guess it stopped doing that a while ago. I’ve answered a lot of questions this afternoon, so I hope that’s helpful! I will try to fix the notification issue and be more on top of sharing my progress.
It is true that no news is good news… I’ve been feeling quite well so I haven’t thought about posting here. I inoculated with 50 more larvae recently and getting some increased improvement. I’ll wait a few more months to see if things continue to improve or level out.
Asked by Anonymous
Hey Anon,
The hookworms ultimately live in your intestines, so there won’t be any problems of them showing through your skin. The images you’ve probably seen are either of another parasite, or they are of the hookworms squirming against an intestinal wall, not on skin.
When you inoculate, they will burrow through your skin and leave a rash, but they’re microscopic at the time of inoculation, and the rash will go away after a few weeks.
Asked by Anonymous
Hey Alan!
This is a great question. I’ve actually noticed that I get sick much *less* often since inoculated. In the last year I’ve had one cold and it was the mildest cold I’ve ever had. I don’t think the worms suppress the immune system, I think they modulate the production of T-cells in a way that makes autoimmune malfunction less likely - that’s my impression from the literature I’ve read.
I’m doing really well, thanks for your question!
Asked by Anonymous
I think the typical dose is somewhere around 30. I have a friend who just inoculated with 35 a few months ago, and they were pretty flu-y until just recently.
I think no matter how many you take, the first time you take them it’s going to make you feel like crap. But once you get over the hump, it gets much, much better!
Asked by Anonymous
Hey Gerry,
What I can say about my own experience is that my problems with food seem to be both intolerance and classic allergic reactions. They were also much more obviously allergic reactions the more I encountered a food. I didn’t have an Epipen until last January even though I’ve felt like crap and been generally sick since the 1988 or so.
If I were in a position of being generally sick and didn’t really have many good options, I would try the worms all over again for sure. They do make things worse for a couple months, but then it’s a slow climb to feeling a lot, lot better.
I’m sorry you’re so sick. I hope you get to feeling better somehow, very soon!
Asked by Anonymous
Hey Terry!
Thanks for sharing your blog. I’m going to check it out, and I’m answering this question in order that the URL will get posted to mine.
Today I ate a breakfast burrito with eggs, hash browns, cheese and salsa inside a real wheat tortilla. And I had 2 cups of coffee! :)
Asked by omegagx
I just got my D tested for the third time, and I haven’t seen the numbers but my doctor said they were “borderline high” and I should cut back on supplementation. Finally! After a year and a half of 10,000 IU a day I’ve gone from 24 ng/ml to I’m guessing ~75 ng/ml. I think it has definitely helped me.
On the whipworm, I’m hesitant to add them in because I’m having such good results with the hookworm and if whipworms don’t agree with me I’d have to kill all the worms and re-inoculate with hookworms. That would be a big hassle. But if I don’t get what I feel is “full” remission from the hookworms in the next year or 18 months I probably will add them on.
Asked by omegagx
Wow, I guess I stopped getting emails when I got messages here! I apologize to anyone else who wrote to me - I will get back to you all as soon as I can.
I inoculated with 50 more larvae about 6 weeks ago, and I’m starting to get some more improvement! I accidentally ate some banana bread a few weeks ago and nothing happened at all, that I could tell.
It’s clear to me that I do better during some parts of my hormonal cycle than others, but all things seem cyclic with the worms, so that’s not too surprising. I will see about getting a few more larvae next year if I think there’s still room for improvement.
Asked by deborawade
Hi Debora!
I’m doing well - So well, I guess I’ve neglected my blog a bit (oops).
I wouldn’t say I’m by any means “cured”, but the treatment has allowed me to live a nearly-normal life. My joint pains are gone! I can eat in any restaurant with minimal if any reaction - the reactions that I do have are mild and short-lived (usually similar to hay fever - fatigue, sneezing, etc.). I have a truly unbelievable amount of energy, and the fog in my brain is gone as long as I eat what I know agrees with me, the list of which has expanded greatly. I don’t take Benadryl anymore (I used to take it every day) and rarely need Advil (I used to take that almost daily for the joint pain).
I’m going to get a second, smaller dose of hookworm larvae here, soon, so we’ll see if I can attain an even greater response. If not, I am still happy with how much they’ve helped me! I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
Thanks for checking in. I’m still keeping up with you and the others on the forum, even though I rarely post!
Take care —
