From about ages 12-21 or 22 I caught nothing. I consistently had a ~36hr period of very slight sniffles about once a year, and nothing else at all. Never bothered with flu shot, took no precautions, ate absolute garbage.

Then I started having 2-3 serious illnesses—very bad colds, the flu, sinus infections (I'd never had either of those last two)—every single year, and my nose is a little bit stuffy 100% of the time. 360 days a year, before, I couldn't blow my nose at all even if I wanted to—nothing would come out—but now I can a couple times a day, every day, when not actually sick.

Aging sucks and/or HGH is a hell of a drug.

Sounds like you have allergy problems, or maybe a deviated septum, or something else causing sinus infections.

That's definitely not just a result of being over the ripe old age of 22.

I anecdotally concur. I never had allergies until my early to mid 20's, despite living in a very high allergen area. Now every other year or so I end up with bad allergies for a few weeks, and a persistent post-nasal drip that makes me cough and sound sick for extended periods of time.

You should try eating a spoonful of raw honey everyday— something which I'd just learned about myself! I'm usually not much one for holistic remedies, but I was surprised at how effective this was at alleviating my own allergies. Although I suppose this cure is a far cry from crystal healing; it's basically just sugary syrup and pollen, and you can imagine how this method works.

I've heard of that (but also with the suggestion to get local honey), but haven't remembered to try it when experiencing allergies, and it's just more sugar the rest of the time...

I wouldn't blame aging. I got sick normally (e.g. once per year) until my 25's or so when I started getting tonsillitis and related symptoms every 1-2 months.

After a year of that I had my tonsils out and suddenly I just didn't get sick anymore. I think in the 15 year period since I've maybe been sick twice (and not nearly as heavily).

> A study in 2011 infected 17 people with live active flu virus, and only half developed any symptoms at all.

That's fascinating. Do you have a link to the study?

I can't find a link to it with a quick google search, but I remember it was done at the University of Michigan if you want to search further.