Probably you feel a bit confused about the title, but everything is about to make sense.

For the last few days I've been enduring some pain due to inflammation of the submandibular lymph nodes. Its basically like having a pebble in each side of my face, right were the neck and the mandible join. It's extending to my mouth as well as teeth, somewhat compromising my ability to eat properly, as well as other minor symptoms.

It's nothing new to me, as I've had a few episodes like this in the last year and a half. As someone whose immune system is compromised, such a change and with continuity in time definitely means something is amiss within me. So I asked my doctors and other experts about it and the conclusion is the title of the thread.

Due to being more vulnerable to infections like a cold, I usually caught them often and displayed its symptoms immediately. However, for the last couple years, my body is stronger and now it attempts to fight back these infections. It is the result of this ensuing war what's causing the inflammation and the pain, which means it will essentially go away when either side wins the battle (back to normal if my body wins, a wonderful cold or whatever I caught if my body loses).

Indeed, due to my health being at its best for the last 15 years, my body is able to fight back unwanted guests at the cost of side effects lasting for days or even weeks. Not to mention that, if my body loses, I can perfectly go a full month or more being ill by chaining these side effects with the main effects of whatever entered my body.

That's the main theory about this problem, but it could still be a rare case in which this is an extension of my disease. After all, the lymph nodes are organs of the immune system, the same system that my disease puts in jeopardy. But like I said, the episodes happen every few months and coincide with periods of seasonal infections so that's why I'm favoring the first theory, though I don't discard further exploring this one to truly rule it out just to make sure.

I'm sincerely not sure how to swallow this pill. Essentially I'm doing better at the cost of sporadic pain (and with the risk of eventually affecting my hunger, which would be a serious issue), which is a bit chaotic to handle while you're expecting the end result of this battle. And given how there are many factors that can influence my body like changing temperatures and stress at work between others, the situation doesn't get any better. All of this creates some sort of insecurity around myself and my general feeling, which isn't nice either.

Anyway, I just wanted to point out how being at the best point health-wise in your life doesn't potentially mean you're feeling the best you've ever been. Another paradox of life uncovered exclusively in the Land of V.