Well Spider you HAVE been through a lot. I wonder if you were in more of a hypervigilant state with all that illness you faced. And the shingles is bad stuff, thank god I haven't gotten that myself because it can be brought on by nerves and I did have the chicken pox when I was young. PTSD can affect ones health and it does reak havoc on the digestive trac as well so it is important to try to find good self soothing methods and try very hard not to feed into the emotional stress etc that comes forward.

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