((hugs)) to all, especially snowgirl - that sounds scary!
I know that asthma and allergies have been found to be more common in gifties. And I do wonder if some of the reason they are more common is that we notice more and complain more intensly.
I tend to get more 'colorful' symptoms, and have learned through experience to 'lighten up' when talking to medical doctors and try to duplicate 'what a ND person would say.' DS12 has always spent a good deal of time in the nurses office, and sometimes it's a way to get out of classroom dullness and sometimes more fiber in his diet really helps a lot! Everyone in our house has Asthma, Nasal Allergies. DS and I seem to have 'sensitive stomach and GI track' and I have acid reflux that makes me think I'm having a heart attack if I forget to take my purple pill. We also have 'empathy' symptoms, so that if one is sick, others may also.
If I didn't know 'how gifties naturally are' I would suspect that something was really wrong in this, but happily I just see it as 'the way we are.' OTOH, we've checked out everything just to be sure that the problems are nusance-grade rather than illnesses.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
