Okay yeah so I am sick, with something shitty. Not so much my sinuses, but full body aches and feeling so fatigued regardless of how much I sleep. I guess this cold sore decided to flare up because of my weakened immune system, plus I have my period as well 💀

So weird tho, that’s it’s flared up now when I’ve had COVID three times and never had a cold sore then, or 8 years with an abusive prick and no cold sore. The body is so weird and interesting.

On the subject of the body and it’s myriad of intertwining systems, I recommend the following YT channels for more cool body science:

• RoanokeGaming: a biologist who discusses horror/sci-fi films and whether the stuff portrayed in them is biologically viable, or discusses how they could happen (such as how a zombie virus might actually work).

• Chubbyemu: a clinical pharmacist and toxologist who discusses real cases (whether it’s one case, or one case that’s a combination of multiple for storytelling purposes), and talks about the biology of what happened.

• Phy the Neutrophil: biology instructor that focuses more on the microbiology of pathogens (his animations are awesome)!