Worms to my Rescue!

Thanksgiving with my new buddies was delicious. I tried a little bit of everything, including some stuffing that had a little beef in it. (By accident. For those who don’t know me, beef is the reason I carry an Epipen.) Oops. Luckily, that only resulted in mild nausea. I consider it a huge success!

I’ve also achieved another big worm milestone - my first major illness since inoculation. I caught a pretty rough cold that I think my body tried valiantly to fight off for about a month. I think I finally threw enough alcohol and sleep deprivation at it, and it got me. Now I’ve got symptoms of bronchitis, but things are slowly on the mend.

I think there are two things to note in my illness experience. First, I don’t think I knew I was getting sick because “feeling kinda bad” is a normal state for me (before the worms). So it wasn’t until I felt *really* bad (and was coughing up bloody stuff) that I knew I was sick. When it didn’t go away completely, I didn’t really notice - again, because I didn’t feel all that bad. Not any worse than a year ago’s “normal”.

Secondly, I do think I got over this second wave much more quickly once I took it seriously and actually rested. Of course, there’s no way for me to know if it has anything to do with the worms, but I wanted to share my thoughts on it, anyway!