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retsoor's avatar

I too add fat to my coffee in the morning. Can't wait for the short stories!

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Michael Richmond's avatar

I have a similar battle going with allergies (mostly contact dermatitis, we think). Have tried for two years to resolve. Was offered a lifetime of injections but just not sure I’m ready to accept that yet. Fasting does seem to help, but I struggle to stick with it. Anyway, MCT oil in coffee is great.

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paula's avatar

Bud! I had insane sinus problems. And allergies! I know someone who had his sinuses stapled and he still had the sinus problems . I did acupuncture and took prescribed Chinese herbs and- I don’t have a problem anymore. It took like 6 months. That was 15 years ago. Did you try anti- fungals? basically treat yeast overgrowth. Sounds like you’ve tried everything and I wish you success with your sinuses. I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOUR NEW COLLECTION. Congratulations!

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Bud Smith's avatar

Oh and thank you so much about the new collection!

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paula's avatar

so excited!

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Bud Smith's avatar

Thank you Paula, I remember you mentioning this to me a few years ago. Acupuncture is something I probably will be doing before too much longer

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paula's avatar

I forgot I mentioned it! My brain is mush. The needling is one thing but the herbs are no joke - then you but the 2 together and whammo. Very excited for your collection! It's exciting to work with the same editor, too. A good editor is hard to find, to quote Flannery O'Connor.

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Bud Smith's avatar

I’m gonna put my current path of faith in immunotherapy and fasting for autophagy and we’ll see what the heck happens!

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paula's avatar

Yeah give whatever you are doing some time! Many ways to heal. I just try to avoid the knife! Ben Marcus, whose work I really don't know, wrote about having all these health things and he went on a supervised water fast and felt so much better. It was a good piece in (just had to look it up) in GQ-I must have been in an airport where I buy magazines if they still have them! Wow. It was 2013. Ha!

https://www.gq.com/story/six-day-water-fast-diet?fbclid=IwAR0fr3XdiWh5XWOCCLNThNPYKamLVcBJZpnBNZUIJJ6rdffb1EAs8yHQUAM

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