If you're familiar with any of my other stories, journals or questions, you may know I have a large helping of allergies, as well as some IBS-related issues with my stomach. Since I've been reading Eating Right for a Bad Gut, I've been trying to incorporate some of the advice, albeit in small chunks. One note the author has is that you should in…[more]

I come from some interesting stock. It seems like everyone in my family is allergic to something. My mother has it worst, with a slew of food, pollen, dander and mould allergies that make you wonder how she gets by and feeds herself. I was built in largely the same fashion, I'm discovering. I've long known that I have allergies to certain tree pollens, grass …[more]

Hold Your Horses Last we spoke, I recounted Seth's diagnosis of MS. It's funny how you'd think someone else's illness wouldn't change your plans. I mean, it's not like you're sick, right? Oh, but the flawed logic of that...My plan for the months leading up to diagnosis had been to get a job in Seattle and move there. I'd run into a few roadblocks, as anyone who …[more]

Purple Haze My brother sat with a grimace. Not that this was anything particularly new—I've seen my share of pained looks on his face, though mostly in reference to the latest idiotic thing I've said. When he started to rub his temples, I asked if he was alright. "Oh, my eye has been giving me some pain. You know how your vision gets a littl…[more]