Ana Harris on “If You’re So Healed, Why Do You Still Have to Avoid Mold?”
Ana Harris wrote an article on her blog called “If You’re So Healed, Why Do You Still Have To Avoid Mold?”
From the article:
I like to think of it like a bank. When I spend a lot of time in really pristine air, usually away from civilization, I am saving money in the bank. When I go into the city (some cities are worse than others) or visit a moldy building etc. I am spending that money. If I have a lot of money in the bank, I can spend it and maintain my health. But… if I spend too much, too fast (without replenishing the savings) I can find myself in a really bad place. I don’t know why it works this way, but this is just how it is for me and for countless other patients I know who have achieved remission though avoiding mold.
It’s okay if you think this is weird or hard to believe. I think so too! I’m always doubting how all of this could be true… But I don’t have the luxury of doubting for very long because I keep running into the brick wall of reality over and over again: this is how my illness/recovery works whether I like it or not.
Maybe someday when there is more research there will be another solution. For now, this is how I have to play the game if I want to be healthy and happy.
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