| | High cortisol levels, as a result of adrenal cortical release in
response to stress. I find it more than coincidental that the last case
study the past week focuses on such a mechanism as this, as I think it
would apply very well with my current physiology, or that of the last
week.
With the Victorian Students' Aid Project launch week, the Apollo Health
Music Society concert, and other little things thrown in to spice up my
week, compounding on top of a load of to-do study, my relative levels
of stress hormones including cortisol should be quite high.
Furthermore, some effects of cortisol apart from helping cope with
stress are depressed immunity, and slower wound healing. To reflect
this, I re-injured my right knee, which when last I saw a doctor and
physio, got no answer to. My knee still hurts and it has been almost a
week now. In addition, yesterday I developed flu like symptoms which
seem to have progressed to today, despite drinking ridiculously
excessive amount of water, and keeping warm.
With exams looming in less than a month, I need to recover from any and
all of these injuries, ailments. I hope I won't have to rely on my
adaptive immune system to get rid of this cold, else it may last longer
than I would like.
On the bright side, although that is a little hard to see with a
different set point for my hypothalamic temperature regulator, a
blocked nose, a sore throat, sore joints and a headache... many good
things have happened this week, thanks to good old cortisol for helping
out with the stress load.
For VSAP, we raised more than $1000 in a week, for Apollo we had a
marvellous turnout to the concert, which was a brilliant success. Many
other things have happened which have made this week very worthwhile.
I'll end off with a quote from Grey's Anatomy, which I'm currently addicted to:
"Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that
way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't
feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself
with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop." |
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