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From: "Molly " <alamolly(AT)mindspring.com>
To: "JHarper33" <JHarper33(AT)aol.com>
Subject: Re: Immune system
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 00:35:51 -0600
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Barb...Since following TM for a short time, I am wondering if chronic=0Ac=
oughing can be related to this diseae....just a thought. And don't forge=
t,=0Aspleenectomies (SP??) Anyone out there with that in the equation? =
this=0Apain and it's insidious side effects have really made a difference=
in the=0Away I see things. I am the eternal optimist but have become ea=
ger for=0Aknowledge...something I lacked during the college years!! Anyw=
ay, I think=0Athis email system of sharing is great and the good, positve=
feelings from it=0Aare life savers!! Thanks everyone!! M=0A-----Origina=
l Message-----=0AFrom: JHarper33 <JHarper33(AT)aol.com>=0ATo: tmic-list(AT)eski=
mo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>=0ADate: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 12:37 P=
M=0ASubject: Immune system=0A=0A=0A>Hello everyone -- I have been ill sin=
ce the week-end after Christmas with=0A>first flu, then some kind of uppe=
r respiratory problem and pink eye (I=0Athink=0A>possibly bronchitis...my=
dr. had no appts. open but called in antibiotics=0Aand=0A>decongestant p=
rescriptions.) Then Sat. I broke out into hives all over and=0A>swollen l=
ips, feet, and hands. They don't know if it was a reaction to the=0A>anib=
iotic or the infection I had, or what. I'm on two different=0A>antihistam=
nines and steroids now for that.=0A>=0A>All this got me wondering....if T=
M is related to the immune system being=0Aout=0A>of whack (that's one the=
ory, anyway. The other that I'm aware of is that it=0Ais=0A>related to a =
virus that comes in, runs its course, does damage, then=0A>leaves)...but,=
anyway, if it is immune-system related, does that mean your=0A>immune sy=
stem is "down" or "low" and would it help to try to boost it back=0Aup=0A=
>some way? (I've read of some nutritional ways to do that -- not sure wha=
t I=0A>think about them yet.) If your immune system were down, wouldn't t=
hat mean=0A>you'd catch colds, etc., more easily? I haven't been this ill=
in years, and=0A>until this year seemed not to catch any more colds or a=
nything since TM=0Athan I=0A>did before, so I don't know if there is a co=
nnection or not. Or, if TM is=0A>related to the immune system, would it m=
ean something was just out of whack=0Aat=0A>that time, but not necessaril=
y that the immune system in general was low?=0A>Hope these ramblings make=
sense!=0A>=0A>Barbara=0A>=0A=0A
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