My ears have been hurting this past week. Well, not hurting exactly. They feel like I'm going to have a horribly painful ear infection in a couple hours, but it hasn't begun yet. It's remarkably less there today; I don't even notice it unless I'm thinking about it. However, I seem to have developed a runny nose. And for the past month or two, I've been having an allergic reaction, to one degree or another. It's responding a little to fiber treatment, but not much, and if I slack even a little, it reverts. Dietary deficiency? I'm seriously considering it. But there's not much I can do this time of year, alas. Cold-related? I've no doubt...at least cold-aggravated. Contaminated ingredients? It's the only thing that makes real sense, although we have been unable to find anything that even resembles a possible culprit. Ah well, maybe someday I'll feel better.