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Nottingham’s Trial Notes

Friday, January 23, 2009

Just found the on-line protocol for the Crohn’s study at Nottingham University. For those of you with Crohn’s experimenting with hookworms, though most of the immune blood tests will be unavailable to us, it might be nice to follow some of the other protocol. The CRP and SED rate are taken at baseline, then at [...]

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Week 4: Nottingham Trials

Thursday, January 17, 2008

I just got an email from Nottingham. Inviting me to be in their Crohn’s disease trial, though they realized that distance could be a problem. The English was so proper: “Whilst we would be delighted to have you participate in our trial, the tyranny of distance seperates us.” I don’t think I’ve ever used the [...]

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Day 1: No Itch

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

I am back at my sister’s house and my two girls stand around my bandage as I slowly unroll the gauze to examine my rash. I never felt an itch. After the initial larvae burrowing through my skin, I’ve felt nothing but the tightness of the bandage. I guess 10 larvae does cause little reaction, [...]

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