Aaaah, the hookworm high. I feel like a heroine addict getting her fix. About 1/2 an hour after skin entry, I felt a little giddy – laughing over nothing. This went away, and nothing really happened until the next day, except immediate cessation of nausea, more energy, and an appetite for specific foods. (Thai food, sushi. If only I could actually afford eating out, I’d be very, very happy. If anyone wants to send funds for financing the first woman with Crohn’s disease to write about hookworm therapy – please contact me. 
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How to describe the hookworm high? It’s not dramatic. It’s a feeling of “aaaah”, like something you’ve been missing has been added. I feel calm and grounded. The best way I could describe it is for regular meditators – that feeling of calm and peace, energy balanced, after you’ve done a good meditation or long, relaxing prayer. Or exercised at the beach, swam in the waves. I just feel more at peace and one with the world.
My bowels still hurt, and there are no improvements – I’ve never been the kind that their symptoms go away for a week. And I know this feeling’s not going to last.
But for now, I’m milking it for all it’s worth. I think I’ll get infected quarterly just for my dose of wellness. Or perhaps before an important event, if I need a boost of calm. Who needs Lexipro when you can have hookworms?
Hookworms: the next Prozac. Line up, folks. I know this sounds bizarre, but mmmm, worms swimming in my bloodstream = happiness.
Update: soo relaxed, but very, very tired. I just want to lie down in the dirt. Is this mind control by the parasites? They don’t know my dirt is practically sterile. I want to be next to the chicken coop. I want to melt into the earth. I wish I could sleep.
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