I readthis article(language / disgustingness warning ! ) long ago but never shared it here :
“ If I were a mountebank , ” Jasper Lawrence narrate me , “ I would be flogging blossom center or herbal supplements . ” He would not , I opine it is fair to say , be examine to market over the net “ blood line - sucking parasitic dirt ball that live in your bowel for five years ” . And neither , he argues , would he have lately leave behind his dwelling in California , his children and his friends , and sound on the discharge from the American government in society to abide out of prison and in business ( for the 180 clients who rely on him ) . If Jasper Lawrence is not a charlatan , then , he is at least a man on a high - risk mission .
As one of the proofs of that mission , Lawrence – an intensely articulate and bright - eyed 46 - yr - older – has only to point to the fix of our interview . We are sitting in a bungalow garden on the southerly edge of Dartmoor , and in the good afternoon sun the atmosphere is thick with give pollen . In old years , Lawrence says , he would not have been able-bodied to blab out out here for five hour without succumbing to the chronic hay fever and seasonal asthma attack that have afflicted him nearly all his liveliness . The only reasonableness he can now , he hint , is that out here on the patio we are not alone . Also in attending , in Lawrence ’s little intestine , are 50 hookworm disease ( Necator americanus ) , which are , he believes , not only his support but also his saviours .
Basically , this fellow deliberately infect himself with hookworms to treat his allergy – and it exercise . I ’ve had allergies for most of my living . Cats , pollen , a huge mixed bag of fruits – but I ’ve just dealt with it . And the frustrative affair about allergic reaction is there seems to be no real cure . They ’re just moderating the symptom .
Lawrence get hold a handling , as disgusting as it is . Allergies are a case of the body attacking itself . hookworm disease give it something else to worry about .
But there ’s no way I ’m going out and take in hookworms anytime soon .
I think I ’d rather just ( ACHOO ! ) deal with the devil I lie with . For now .
If I one day become supersensitized to spicy cheese free fall , it ’s off to Africa for me .
Jasper Lawrence is still continue his work – you willfind his site here .
