Cleansing Reactions?

Well, I haven't posted for a while, partly because I had a couple of bouts of being less than well.

First, I got this vomiting stomach bug again...it's one I've had every 10 weeks for the past 6 months. It comes with these disgusting eggy burps and I reckon it's an Argentine bug since I've never had anything like it in UK or Europe. This time, I dealt with it by eating only grapes for nearly 48 hours, these delicious black grapes of a variety called "Alfonso". They are as good as a glass of wine! Anyway, that finally cured me and I wonder if I am retracing, i.e reliving past illnesses as I cleanse myself. It felt like my body was finally trying to purge the bug!

Then a few days later, I went to my first "milonga" after a year of not dancing tango due to pregnancy and baby. A milonga is the name for both the dance hall and the tango evening, as well as the name of a fast type of tango which has a more upbeat rhythm and melody.
It was great, I danced about four sets or "tandas" of tango and managed that whole etiquette of letting the man catch your eye if you want to dance. If you do, you glance at him to make sure, he gives a questioning look, you nod slightly, he may nod to check (!) and then finally he walks over to your table and leads you to the dance floor. It felt a little strange at first, with my husband back at home with our baby!

Anyway, I had worn a bra marginally tighter than usual to make sure the straps didn't keep falling down when I danced. That night, I came down with mastitis and a blocked duct. I was panicking for a couple of hours but finally managed to burst the blockage which appeared as a white blister in the nipple. I was sore for the whole of the next day, with a slight temperature, but by the evening things were improving. Another cleansing reaction? I hadn't had mastitis since my son was born, so maybe. Or just a bad bra!