Re: Clean up question - Books

[Guest guest]

Dr Klein was forced to dispose of his entire medical library.

I remember buying a book at the flea market in Santa Cruz about five

years ago that was so bad that the presence of one book completely

overwhelmed my " safe zone " .

One book!

This is an amazing illness to have.

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[Guest guest]

I have written alot of my experiences trying to clean my things over

the last year- you can read my archives- or back channel me your

Tel# and I will call you to discuss my sucesses and failures- little

too buzy this week

>

> I was recently diangosed with mycotoxicosis (thanks for the useful

> term, Serena), and have the apparent misfortune of a dual 4-3-53

> genotype. I'm currently on CSM and will soon begin treatment for

> CoNS.

>

> I'm also preparing to clean up my current environment. I no

longer

> live in the house where the original mold exposure occurred, but I

> still have many of the things that were in that house with me (for

a

> total of 3 years). I'm trying to figure out what needs to be

thrown

> away and what can be cleaned and kept. I know the mattress needs

to

> go, as well as any upholstered furniture, but I'm going to try to

> keep wood furniture, keeping in mind that cleaning isn't always

> successful (it's frustrating to have only one's subjective

reactions

> for guidance on whether cleaning works or not, but I guess that's

> just how it is).

>

> My question for those of you who've been through this before

> concerns books. Are they effective harbors for mycotoxins? Have

> any of you suspected that exposure to books was initiating

symptoms,

> and if so, were you able to clean them or did you ultimately have

to

> get rid of them? I'm an academic and have a good-sized library;

> losing my books would be grossly unfortunate. On the other hand,

I

> get ill sitting in my office, and I have to get rid of whatever is

> causing this, whether my wood desk or the books.

>

> Thanks,

>

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