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
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