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I didn't realize that half the soles of my shoes were not attached until today when I walked in the rain and through many puddles after work. It made me thankful for socks, because as uncomfortable as that was (and who am I to be comfortable?), it would have been worse if for some reason I wasn't wearing socks. Now if only I had some superglue...

ALSO this:

I was just reading in (wiki wiki) Wikipedia about gluten and how a gluten-free diet is recommended for folks with autoimmune diseases, so I then I clicked on the autoimmune disease link, and was presented with a short description of Crohn's disease (among many others). The two sentence blurb contained a reference to the possibility of Crohn's being an infectious disease (WHAT?!) and cited the bacteria MAP ("Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is a pathogenic bacteria in the genus Mycobacteria.[1] It is often abbreviated Map, M. paratuberculosis, or M. avium sub. paratuberculosis.") as "being suspected as a causative agent" in Crohn's! What?????! Let me add, it does note that this connection to Crohn's is controversial.

Then it says that this same Map bacteria (all Crohn's patients are destined to be cartographers, is all I can think) is what causes Johne's disease. "Johne's disease (pronounced "john-knees") is a contagious, chronic and usually fatal infection that affects primarily the small intestine of ruminants."

"Map, like most mycobacteria, is difficult to treat. It is not susceptible to anti-tuberculosis drugs (which can generally kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis), but can only be treated with a combination of antibiotics such as Rifabutin and a macrolide such as Clarithromycin. Treatment regimes can last years."

-all wiki.

I realize how so very scholarly (!) the infamous wikipedia is, but all I can say is, good thing I have hands and not hooves (as do ruminants), lest the Map do me in.

Off to look at Tim and Ginny's indoor herb garden with Mary and some hot beverages.