Lung Gas

The gassing attacks continue at a very low level. I estimate that level at about ten percent of the pre-blog level. The pre-blog level was about ten percent of the pre-fan level. Therefore the current intensity of the gassing attack is about one percent of the 1998-2003 level. In those days and especially during those long nights I several times counted my peak coughing rate at about 600 coughs per hour (faint boom). Things are improving.

This 'lull' has allowed me to study the gas effects in detail. I can now recognize very low concentrations of gas by the small effects they produce. It is now clear to me that they could have been gassing me for years at this low level (tap) before they began to make it obvious with high concentrations (faint boom). By way of illustration, a minimal attack may cause (depending on the type of gas and the 'dosage') a 'catch' in the throat, or a slow buildup of mucus which results in a need to 'clear the throat,' or in some cases an unnoticable buildup of mucus which partially evaporates and becomes thick. This last case might be discovered when I attempt to speak.

By contrast, a heavy attack causes (in the case of 'lung' gas) a sudden burning sensation in the upper bronchial system, watery eyes, running sinuses, and violent coughing which produces large amounts of thin watery mucus with each cough; a literal fine spray (boom). Even if I evacuate the area immediately, the symptoms persist (except for the cough) for five to ten minutes.

They use several types of gas. I don't know the 'names' or the chemistry of those gases but I can classify them by the symptoms they produce. I noticed the lung gases first. There are two kinds of lung gas: right lung gas and left lung gas. That is to say, one gas is felt initially or exclusively in the right bronchial system, while the other gas is felt initially or exclusively (depending on 'dosage') in the left. Sounds bizarre. Gas is gas and both lungs should react the same (boom) to either. I think the difference may be due to 'sensitization.' The theory goes like this: I sleep only on the side. About 60 percent of time I sleep on the left side. The weight of the internal organs tends to compress the left lung, leaving the right (top) lung to do most of the breathing. As a result the right lung gets most of the gas and becomes 'sensitized' to that particular gas. Same process with the left lung. The theory is somewhat suspect, but will have to do until a better one comes along. Mucus production is assymetrical with these gases depending on which type is being 'applied.'