Re: Allstate rates to increase, looks like a hole in the logo again

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---it's very sad that these peoples needs are being ignored right

along with ours.

PTSD is a symptom of toxic mold exposure,I can tell you that almost 7

years of stachy exposure took me from anixity and depression with

first symptoms, to PTSD and beyond to the point that I though I had

lost all my marbles, add in a little memory loss and its not hard for

people to think your ready for the nut house. and I cant tell you how

many times I just wanted to die and end my suffering. I dont have to

go there or see these people to know that if their being expososed

their PTSD is being magnafied greatly.Im not a doctor,and I dont need

a doctor to tell me what I know. haveing been through 8 years of mold

exposure,has told me the truth of its poison. like all of us here, we

know. why isnt someone asking people like us? you cant tell me that

doctors cant get on line and do some research, weigh out the evidence

and see. I believe that once again, people are being sacrficed for

the sake of money and political rewards. I think we are giving

doctors a easy out. isnt it their jobs to keep up with new diseases?

this one is not even new. I waved several print outs under my doctors

nose and he refused to look at them or even take them. it seems to me

like doctors are picking witch side of the fence is greener for their

fat wallets, and many lawyers are refuseing to take these cases if

one is lost in they have heard about it. I am discusted.theres

something really wrong when movie stars can settle their mold claims

out of court and go on, while other people are left to suffer.I guess

they could afford expert medical help too. and how is it that these

people got fast timely info. that it was mold makeing them ill, while

others get ignored and misdignosed until the point they are ill

beyond recovery or die. I think many doctors know more than they are

welling to admit,and most are ignoreing symptoms and misdignoseing on

purpose. but a movie star comes along and what better way to keep

them quite. if one of them had to suffer through long term exposure

and misdignoses, they would be here with us, and would be makeing

theri voise heard. thank god there are a few doctors out there that

take their oath seriously, but theres not enough. Im ready to go camp

out on the white house lawn. where are the studys of us? our symptoms

and illnesses, our lenght of exposure and which molds we are/were

exposed to. hasn't anyone stopped to think that we may have some

answers. the proof is right here. I see it everyday that I come to

this site. all of us, from different parts of the world, strangers

yet friends, because we all have something in common. why isnt

someone listening to us. we need to make a stand. we have experts on

our side that are winning court cases, no one should lose theri case,

yet many have, no one should be made to suffer or die from lack of

medical treatment but they are. we need to all come together and make

a stand. our illness is our enemy. this is a silent plague, we are

the worriors. if we dont fight for our rights, no one will fight for

us. just knowing that kids are part of this suffering makes me want

to scream at someone. how many of us have to suffer. people, we need

a plan to take action. we need help. the people who are being exposed

now need us to do something, weather they know whats makeing them ill

yet or

not.

In , bobbinsbiomed@...

wrote:

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> Having worked in the psychiatric field for over 20 years I can

state the

> following: People in crises, experiencing PTSD in survival mode are

going to be

> more concerned with basic survival needs at a cost to their own

physical health

> needs. The comparison of measurement of respiratory problems

experienced by

> Katrina survivors with the general population through emergency

room visits

> will as everyone here already knows, create a misconception that

mold exposure

> has not created health problems.

>

> The types of cases this can be a measurement of are those in acute

extreme

> distress unable to breath, stricken with severe asthmatic attacks

and or types

> of respiratory distress that would require immediate action.

Unfortunately,

> because of the increase of numbers of individuals especially with

children who

> are all to frequently ending up in emergency rooms for various

types of

> respiratory problems, there is no true comparison.

>

> Recently, I got a call from a desperate mother of three small

children under

> the age of 5, all with asthma and numerous bouts of pneumonia. She

called me

> in response to her 6 month old being hospitalized a second time

with

> pneumonia and being diagnosed with asthma. I was stunned when she

told me the number

> of times she has had to take her children to the emergency room for

these

> respiratory problems with increasing visits.

>

> When she asked her children's doctor if the respiratory problems

could be

> related to mold, he told her no, that asthma was genetic. Neither

the mom or dad

> or any family member had any history of asthma and this was made

known to

> this doctor. This pediatrician would not even consider mold

exposure as a

> possibility of the cause to her children's respiratory problem. He

just simply

> accepted this as a problem without exploration of a cause, or

source of the

> problem.

> Not even a suggestion of an air purifier.

>

> He justified this by saying this is a very common problem for

children these

> days.........And we continue to pick up the cost of all of this in

every way.

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 4/23/06 7:21:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> tigerpaw2c@... writes:

>

> > `Katrina Cough' myth disproven

> >

> > Despite claims that there have been more coughs, sore throats and

> > runny noses since Hurricane Katrina, a new state health

department

> > study has found that the effects of the storm do not include an

> > increase in respiratory problems. A check of more than 56,000

local

> > emergency room visits from October through March showed that

rates

> > of respiratory sicknesses were similar to those found nationwide.

> > Researchers did find a slightly elevated risk of respiratory

> > problems among people living in damaged, mold-ridden homes, but

> > there was no conclusive finding among people such as construction

> > contractors and mold specialists who worked in such environments,

> > and no long-term consequences were seen.

> >

> >

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