Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 thanks for posting that, kc..... v. [] Abbreviations - PIR > Barb & Members, > > Please do not even think for one moment that you are stupid, because > you don't understand something. As long as I've been on this board > there are times when new terms and/or abbreviation show up that I > don't understand or know. Please do not be afraid to ask. I > apologize that I have not made a file of abbreviations and hopefully > in the near future I will find the time to do it. I am constantly > being pulled in many different directions and if someone would like > to help with this, as far as compiling this information to make > things easier I will be more than happy to add it to our files. > > I am reposting Carl's post on the terminology and impact of PIR. > > KC > > Personal Impact Rating (PIR). > > PIR is a 6 point scale based on the overall impact exposures have on > your life, irrespective of what causes the problems, what type of > problems or by how much exposure. > > PIR 1 - No impact. There are no absolutes but some people insist > nothing affects them. The only time that is true is when you are > dead. > > PIR 2 - They recognize impact and a need to do something but they are > easily distracted. Besides, they can ignore it and it will go away. > And that what all of us should do, they insist, just ignore it. An > example for me was tooth after a filling was replaced. The gum was > sore and the tooth reacted to cold. I'd start to call the dentist but > the phone would ring or I had an appointment or I had to go out of > town. I just didn't get around to it. > > PIR 3 - It can't wait, you must do something now. But it is easily > remedied and you can (fairly) quickly get back to a routine. The > routine may have changed - get rid of the mold - but you have a > routine. For my tooth, it came and went for two weeks before it got > bad enough to stop my life and I had take care of it. All it needed > was a bite adjustment and I'm back to my routine. Slight > interruption. > > PIR 4 - You have no routine because you react to so many exposure > sources so strongly that you are almost always sick, recovering from > exposures or avoiding locations that have made you ill in the past. > You experience many complaints, many doctors, many diagnosis and > many treatment failures. The impact is disruptive and life altering. > The remedy is life altering. Many in this group are at this level. > > PIR 5 - Disability. You are too sick to work or take care of family > let alone yourself. Financial ruin is the rule. A number on this > group are a 5. > > PIR 6 - The dispossessed. They are the individuals - three or four > hundred estimated - who can get slight relief only by isolating > themselves from as many exposures as possible. They live outside in > tents or porcelan trailors, sometimes moving to high desert regions. > I've had 9 clients reach this point in the past 19 years. Some of you > have experienced this level. > > I will now add that once a 3 then always at least a 3 but it could > advance to a 4, 5 or even 6 if you don't reduce exposures and your > body weakens sufficiently. Not everyone will but there is that > potential. But a 3 can live as a 2, at least most of the time. Also, > once a 6 always a 6. But through self awareness, learning a few > management practices and with increased diligence you don't have to > LIVE as a 6. Even without a cure you might be able to reduce the > " impact " to a 5 or 4 or 3 with management. Yes, CSM and other > treatments can help tremendously. But they aren't a cure for exposure > anymore than there is a cure for preventing broken bones in a car > crash. > > Carl Grimes > Healthy Habitats LLC > > > > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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