Guest guest Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 felice wrote: > > My Pro-lab basement mold result were as follows: (I had pro mold removal done last year) 5 colonies each of, Aspergillus, cladosporium and penicillium. What do you think? After this testing, I had EVERYTHING that was left taken out and the basement washed with vinegar. Than a water line has to break on me! Can one EVER get rid of the mustiness?? > All I have to do is get one whiff and i'm a goner. Felice > Dr Marinkovich's reception room had been professionally remediated, yet I located the spot on the wall anyway. He said that he had never seen anybody do that before, yet now, there are a lot of us operating at that level of reactivity. We can do it with ease - and are constantly forced to avoid such " hot spots " . As I described on Dr Klein's website, once I got " hit " from just a pair of binoculars that had been washed underwater, I realized just how completely hopeless it was to even dream that I could remediate my entire environment and possessions. If scrubbing something underwater can't make one single item safe for me, how could I possibly deal with an entire house? Even if I could dunk the whole thing in a chemical bath, this test of one object showed that it wouldn't do me any good. Once you hit this point, it's pretty much " tent in the desert time " if you want to feel semi-human again. I spent a lot of years having everyone tell me how dumb and crazy I was for claiming that mold could harm anyone, and that someday this will be a vast problem, and now, within just a few short years, it has gone from being unknown and " impossible " to a scary prevalence in which I trip over new " moldies " almost every day. It's strange to now have two segments of society, one which says that it's crazy to say that mold is harmful, and a newly emerging one which says it's crazy to NOT know that it's harmful. Whatever is happening is happening awful fast, and the scientific community has been far slower than all the scammers, exploiters and opportunists to respond to this mold paradigm shift. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Felice, Wow, I am sure sorry to hear this. I don't know what your financial situation is but The first thing I would do is call a pro inspector. A.S.A.P. I would hope that just because those are " common " molds hopefully maybe the actual counts are low and will not cause you any health risks, BUT, since you have already been suceptable I would think you need to know if the actual counts are high enough to be a hazzard to you. That is just my opinion. Lets see what some of the others think and then you can make a decision as to what to do. I will be thinking about you. I know that has to SUCK..... Chris... felice <anupath14@...> wrote: My Pro-lab basement mold result were as follows: (I had pro mold removal done last year) 5 colonies each of, Aspergillus, cladosporium and penicillium. What do you think? After this testing, I had EVERYTHING that was left taken out and the basement washed with vinegar. Than a water line has to break on me! Can one EVER get rid of the mustiness?? All I have to do is get one whiff and i'm a goner. Felice Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 ERIK WROTE... " I realized just how completely hopeless it was to even dream that I could remediate my entire environment and possessions. If scrubbing something underwater can't make one single item safe for me, how could I possibly deal with an entire house? Even if I could dunk the whole thing in a chemical bath, this test of one object showed that it wouldn't do me any good. " , It is quite a shame but I am having to come to this reality about this myself. Somewhere in my mind I have believed that this would be the case but help some kind of hope that one day I would be able to clean at the very least my tools that are in storage so I could return to work. Each day that goes by I become more aware of that realization that this will never happen until I am able to replace them and every little screw, bolt etc. This has been and still is a very hard pill to swallow but I know there is no other option. Each time I get near any of these things I instantly begin to react making me a little more depressed about it each time... Chris... erikmoldwarrior <erikmoldwarrior@...> wrote: felice wrote: > > My Pro-lab basement mold result were as follows: (I had pro mold removal done last year) 5 colonies each of, Aspergillus, cladosporium and penicillium. What do you think? After this testing, I had EVERYTHING that was left taken out and the basement washed with vinegar. Than a water line has to break on me! Can one EVER get rid of the mustiness?? > All I have to do is get one whiff and i'm a goner. Felice > Dr Marinkovich's reception room had been professionally remediated, yet I located the spot on the wall anyway. He said that he had never seen anybody do that before, yet now, there are a lot of us operating at that level of reactivity. We can do it with ease - and are constantly forced to avoid such " hot spots " . As I described on Dr Klein's website, once I got " hit " from just a pair of binoculars that had been washed underwater, I realized just how completely hopeless it was to even dream that I could remediate my entire environment and possessions. If scrubbing something underwater can't make one single item safe for me, how could I possibly deal with an entire house? Even if I could dunk the whole thing in a chemical bath, this test of one object showed that it wouldn't do me any good. Once you hit this point, it's pretty much " tent in the desert time " if you want to feel semi-human again. I spent a lot of years having everyone tell me how dumb and crazy I was for claiming that mold could harm anyone, and that someday this will be a vast problem, and now, within just a few short years, it has gone from being unknown and " impossible " to a scary prevalence in which I trip over new " moldies " almost every day. It's strange to now have two segments of society, one which says that it's crazy to say that mold is harmful, and a newly emerging one which says it's crazy to NOT know that it's harmful. Whatever is happening is happening awful fast, and the scientific community has been far slower than all the scammers, exploiters and opportunists to respond to this mold paradigm shift. - Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 -chris, i would try a metal bucket, outside full of hot water and ammonia on tools before i gave up on them. do they have a sticky film on them? I did this with several things. I just let them soak in it a few days. when I washed down my books they got real sticky and than the color started coming off. used old rags to dry them. did everything outside. didn't save much but glad I got some things out when i did. the longer something sets in a contaminated environment the more contaminated it gets. I stoped by a aution one day, something i hadn't done for a long time. I was felling desent. until I came apon the objects that had came from the basement of this home. it was bad, I quickly got upwind of it, was haveing a bad reaction. they were starting to sell these things and I watched as the betting went high for these antiques. a few noticed my caughing fit and was watching me haveing my reaction with a curious look. no one seemed to notice the smell. Im sure they had to smell it but maybe to them it was just a little irritating.I watched long enough to see these old infested wooden antiques go high like usuall, I could tell from the smell and my reaction that these itims had soaked up the mycotoxins big time.there was some old leather suitcases that seeed to put off the worst of smells, must of been something in the leather reacting to the mold toxins.when I went around the house to leave the smell hit me again, it was radiating from the basement.the home sold that day too. I bet that with your tools theres a extra reaction going on where the oils and grease chemicals react with the mold/myco's, akeing a very strong off gasing. -- In , Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote: > > > ERIK WROTE... > " I realized just > how completely hopeless it was to even dream that I could remediate > my entire environment and possessions. > If scrubbing something underwater can't make one single item safe > for me, how could I possibly deal with an entire house? > Even if I could dunk the whole thing in a chemical bath, this test > of one object showed that it wouldn't do me any good. " > > , > It is quite a shame but I am having to come to this reality about this myself. Somewhere in my mind I have believed that this would be the case but help some kind of hope that one day I would be able to clean at the very least my tools that are in storage so I could return to work. Each day that goes by I become more aware of that realization that this will never happen until I am able to replace them and every little screw, bolt etc. This has been and still is a very hard pill to swallow but I know there is no other option. Each time I get near any of these things I instantly begin to react making me a little more depressed about it each time... > Chris... > > erikmoldwarrior <erikmoldwarrior@...> wrote: > felice wrote: > > > > My Pro-lab basement mold result were as follows: (I had pro mold > removal done last year) 5 colonies each of, Aspergillus, > cladosporium and penicillium. > What do you think? > After this testing, I had EVERYTHING that was left taken out and > the basement washed with vinegar. Than a water line has to break on > me! Can one EVER get rid of the mustiness?? > > All I have to do is get one whiff and i'm a goner. Felice > > > > Dr Marinkovich's reception room had been professionally remediated, > yet I located the spot on the wall anyway. > He said that he had never seen anybody do that before, yet now, > there are a lot of us operating at that level of reactivity. > We can do it with ease - and are constantly forced to avoid > such " hot spots " . > As I described on Dr Klein's website, once I got " hit " from just a > pair of binoculars that had been washed underwater, I realized just > how completely hopeless it was to even dream that I could remediate > my entire environment and possessions. > If scrubbing something underwater can't make one single item safe > for me, how could I possibly deal with an entire house? > Even if I could dunk the whole thing in a chemical bath, this test > of one object showed that it wouldn't do me any good. > > Once you hit this point, it's pretty much " tent in the desert time " > if you want to feel semi-human again. > > I spent a lot of years having everyone tell me how dumb and crazy I > was for claiming that mold could harm anyone, and that someday this > will be a vast problem, and now, within just a few short years, it > has gone from being unknown and " impossible " to a scary prevalence > in which I trip over new " moldies " almost every day. > It's strange to now have two segments of society, one which says > that it's crazy to say that mold is harmful, and a newly emerging > one which says it's crazy to NOT know that it's harmful. > Whatever is happening is happening awful fast, and the scientific > community has been far slower than all the scammers, exploiters and > opportunists to respond to this mold paradigm shift. > - > > > > > > > Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. 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Guest guest Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Felice, ProLab should have given you an opinion. I bet they say normal conditions exist. Look under test results for their conclusion. If you left it out for one hour, and they cultured it for 6-8 weeks, that isn't bad. I've read that for people with mold problems, allergies, and illness, to strive for 5 spores or less per hour so perhaps you want to work to improve this but from these tests I wouldn't run out of house unless you have that feeling of being sick at home but not when you are out. --- felice <anupath14@...> wrote: > My Pro-lab basement mold result were as > follows: > (I had pro mold removal done last year) > 5 colonies each of, Aspergillus, cladosporium > and penicillium. > What do you think? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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