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    Day 4

    By Brickeens,

    Well, guess what's back. While I'm on the diet I can't take a sort of Omega-3 oil, which is what prevents me from suffering from the aforementioned syndrome. I can get some in the salmon I'm eating, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
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    Continuing from here, things have changed yet again. The good news is, the yeast is busted. Apparently I've been on such a strong dose of medication there can't possibly be any left. The bad news is, I'm still not better, so there are further problems. My doctor says it's quite likely that the yeast infection caused me to develop allergic reactions to foods. This isn't as terrible as it sounds, because if this is the case the allergies will be curable, unlike some other food allergies I have.
     
    In order to establish what foods I react to, I have to go on a 6 week exclusion/diagnostic diet, starting tomorrow or Thursday. Here's an extract from the form I have detailing the first stage of the diet:
     
     
    You get the idea. It's very strict. I don't know what the diet starts adding after the first 8 days, but yeah. Apparently the first few days are kind of awful, because you get withdrawal symptoms.
     
    Bring it on.
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    Day 3

    By Brickeens,

    Well, halfway through the third day and... Still no sign of withdrawal symptoms? My head is still fuzzy, and I feel tired, but I felt like that before I started the diet. I'm slightly underwhelmed really, because so far nothing's changing. I don't feel any better or worse.
     
    I suppose it's still early yet though.
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    All I really want to do here is describe some environments and atmospheres that I really like and that really give me feelings. (I can't be the only one.) Get away while you still can.
     
    I'll start with fog. When I see fog... I just want to go off and get lost in it, hide in it, run in it, explore in it. It can bring mystery and beauty anywhere. An ideal fog situation for me would be in a large, grassy, slightly wooded, cold, rocky area at dusk. Exploring that with friends would make me so happy.
    An alternate ideal foggy environment would be an urban one in the middle of the night lit by streetlamps in freezing temperatures. That would be great too.
     
    Next up is autumn environments. I love it when there are dry leaves on the ground because they look so pretty in their red and yellow and brown colors. An ideal autumn environment for me would be one with a really heavy amount of leaves on the ground, so you could sort of wade through them and roll around in them and throw them around the place and what have you. It would be even better with a lot of wind, because leaves flying all over the place would be beautiful and would also make me happy.
     
    Related to the above, I also really like wind, because I think it feels nice and it makes a soothing noise rustling grass and leaves and trees. I don't think I can say much more there than that I particularly like a good cold wind because it's refreshing and it means I can wear a nice warm coat. But I won't get started on coats. (Or gloves or scarves.)
     
    The next thing is grass. Dry, long grass. Particularly brown grass. The best sort is the sort that is a really light tan, so light that it's ghostly. I would run around in grass like that and then just lie in it and look at the sky and I don't even know...
     
    Snowy and icy environments go without saying. Ireland rarely gets snow, and when does it doesn't get much, but in the few times in my life that it has come, it has been amazing. Everything has quite a beauty when transformed by the cold. It's wonderful, and I think I love just about any snowy/icy environment.
     
    Going on from cold, I also like fires. Especially bonfires after midnight. They make a lovely sound and the great heat is very pleasant, as is the orange glow. I love the crackling of twigs and sparks flying up out of sight. Also, marshmallows. (I think I'm straying from environments here.)
     
    And I think I'll stop now. I'm pretty sure I could add to this list for a long time - I feel I'm only getting started, but it's nearly 3AM. This is probably all very silly, but this is who I am and what I like, and I feel like sharing it. <3
     
    There is one more important thing I need to add - none of these environments or scenarios would be complete without one or two good bros to explore with.
     
    And what I really want to know is, how many of you know how I feel here?
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    Fog

    By Brickeens,

    I've said this before, but I really love fog. In fact, I guess I love anything that makes things mysterious or beautiful. I think I'm going to have to write a separate entry about types of environment that give me lovely feelings.
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    Day 2

    By Brickeens,

    The day's only starting, but so far I don't seem to be experiencing any withdrawal symptoms. I have a bit of a headache, but that was happening every day before I began. I could be one of the lucky people who doesn't get withdrawals and just starts to feel better after a while. I dunno.
  13. Brickeens
    Better late than never.
     
    There are a couple of things missing from the picture (A Brickfair t-shirt and a small system set which I both got from the bling desk) but whatever.
     

     
    -Brickeens MOC
    -I can't remember the name of the yellow thing (Or whether it's a Slizer, a Throwbot, or a Roborider)
    -Two big red cement mixer tanks
    -Lots and lots of clip tiles
    -A bunch of white claws and EF arms
    -Prototype Tarix helmet
     

     
    Thank you very very much, Deevs. <3
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    Health And Things

    By Brickeens,

    So a lot has changed this year. I'm much stronger than I was in 2010/2011. I still feel a long way from being normal, but some headway is better than none and at the moment things are looking more hopeful than they have in a long time.
     
    Earlier in the year one of my doctors put me on antifungal medication on the hunch that I might have a yeast overgrowth in my digestive system. Lo and behold, the medication made me feel significantly better. In June, I started running, and by July, I was running 1.10 Kilometres five days a week. I know that's kind of pathetic, but I hadn't been well or strong enough to exercise like that for years. I continued that on through August.
     
    In September, I started back at school part time. While that's good news, it sort of turns into bad news. School itself is good, but my body is reacting quite badly to the early mornings thanks to sleep issues. My immune system isn't taking it at all well, and on doctor's orders I haven't been running for a month and I'm starting to feel weaker.
     
    So that's life now. Not brilliant, but there's hope. I've started on further, stronger treatment for the yeast infection which is the most likely root of the sleep trouble I'm having. In the meantime I just have to hold together until the medication works.
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    You've probably seen it already because it's Sumiki's avatar. I kind of like it, but it seems that when I colored it, the scanner brought out the texture of the paper which made it seem very grainy. It looks much better in person.
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