This entry comes in near the halfway point of my roughly-four-month semester off from college. Two months have passed- I came to Taiwan on September 10th, it is now November 14th, and I’m planning to return to the U.S. on January 10th. This trip to Taiwan was a forced situation (refer to the post “Taking a Year off from College”) because of severe infections and skin complications that aren’t curable in the U.S. Since I was forced to take this semester off, the hope was that much progress could have been because Qigong treatment works slowly at first and needs a longer healing period to kick into gear. Although I did make progress the past few summer and winter vacations when I came to Taiwan, the month or two of treatment didn’t seem sufficient to, for instance, reduce the number of foods I’m allergic to. Read the rest of this entry »