Re: Chemical Sensitivities

January 9, 2005

I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.

Artistic Grooming Hurricane, West Virginia

January 9, 2005

I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.

Artistic Grooming Hurricane, West Virginia

January 9, 2005

I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.

Artistic Grooming Hurricane, West Virginia

January 10, 2005

Hey !

I have the same reactions to some of the irritants you're

describing. A lot of new furniture is made from MDMA (I think

that's what it's called.), which is a chemically compressed wood made

of extremely unpleasant chemical compounds. My husband, a

carpenter, has to wear a full ventilator when he works on the stuff;

he avoids it like the plague. Even if the rest of the furniture

is oak, some of the smaller, hidden pieces could be MDMA materials.

New houses also have a lot of MDMA components, which is why I

will never live in one. Also, new houses are built so air tight

that the house itself cannot breathe, which is a breeding ground for

mold.

Best wishes--

Courtenay.

We just set up our beautiful new bedroom furniture yesterday and I

got so short of breath last night that I had to go sleep on the

couch :-( This furniture (good quality) arrived in boxes from

the

warehouse. I'm wondering if it was sprayed with something that

I'm

sensitive to? Or the fumes from the stain just built up from

it

being trapped in boxes? I hope it wears off soon! Sheesh.

Anyone

else have this trouble? On bad air days in San I feel

just

plain gross too, with more fatigue and shortness of breath than

usual.

January 10, 2005

Wow! Perfumes too? It's good to know I'm not the only one.

Sometimes after using certain household cleaners I'm also gasping

for fresh air. Pneumonia from bleach? Bless your heart! Thanks

for sharing.

> I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can

find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very

cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten

pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or

cough my head off till it is gone.

>

> Artistic Grooming

> Hurricane, West Virginia

January 10, 2005

Good to hear from you Courtenay! I've been wondering if you're

feeling okay, you've been quiet! Thanks for the info. I don't know

what MDMA is. This furniture is supposed to be made from solid

Russian pine and assembled in China. But who knows what kinds of

chemicals are in the finish, the stain, the verethane (sp)? Whew.

We looked at new mobile homes many years ago and they all had

warning sheets about dangerous chemicals! (Didn't buy one, but a

house about 100 years old -- didn't have much insulation but I

always seemed to feel okay but a little cold -- that was in Montana!)

Oh yeah, and the mold thing? My daughter is renting an old Ray

Ellison house (YOU know) and there is visible mold growing on the

windows. I got very short of breath over there on Christmas day as

well.

> Hey !

>

> I have the same reactions to some of the irritants you're

describing.

> A lot of new furniture is made from MDMA

January 10, 2005

Goodness gracious. I wonder what would happen if you aired

out the room where the new furniture has been placed. Another

tip that might work: when my husband paints, he cuts up a bunch

of raw onions and places them around the painted room to absorb the

chemicals and kill any remaining smells from the paint. It works

in that case, and might draw out some of whatever is in your

furniture. I will ask him later if he has any other tips to

recommend.

I've been okay. I started the first of my new medications--

a DHEA compound, which is still making me kind of tired.

Overall, I've seen a good ten percent in energy improvement since I

changed my diet. Hope that holds true for awhile-- I could use

the break from being sick. I'm still doing meditation, and I've

begun the sketches for my next photography show, which I hope I will

be well enough to do-- the deadline is July. I also started

seeing a new therapist, who is a vast improvement from the person I've

been seeing for the last 11 months.

What is your daughter doing about the mold thing? Is she

keeping the windows open at all?

Best wishes--

Courtenay.

Good to hear from you Courtenay!

I've been wondering if you're

feeling okay, you've been quiet! Thanks for the info. I

don't know

what MDMA is. This furniture is supposed to be made from

solid

Russian pine and assembled in China. But who knows what kinds

of

chemicals are in the finish, the stain, the verethane (sp)?

Whew.

We looked at new mobile homes many years ago and they all had

warning sheets about dangerous chemicals! (Didn't buy one, but

a

house about 100 years old -- didn't have much insulation but I

always seemed to feel okay but a little cold -- that was in

Montana!)

Oh yeah, and the mold thing? My daughter is renting an old

Ray

Ellison house (YOU know) and there is visible mold growing on the

windows. I got very short of breath over there on Christmas day

as

well.

January 10, 2005

Most pefumes make me very ill, likewise, scented laundry products, especially fabric softener. wrote:

Wow! Perfumes too? It's good to know I'm not the only one. Sometimes after using certain household cleaners I'm also gasping for fresh air. Pneumonia from bleach? Bless your heart! Thanks for sharing.> I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.>

> Artistic Grooming> Hurricane, West Virginia__________________________________________________

January 10, 2005

Most pefumes make me very ill, likewise, scented laundry products, especially fabric softener. wrote:

Wow! Perfumes too? It's good to know I'm not the only one. Sometimes after using certain household cleaners I'm also gasping for fresh air. Pneumonia from bleach? Bless your heart! Thanks for sharing.> I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.>

> Artistic Grooming> Hurricane, West Virginia__________________________________________________

January 10, 2005

Most pefumes make me very ill, likewise, scented laundry products, especially fabric softener. wrote:

Wow! Perfumes too? It's good to know I'm not the only one. Sometimes after using certain household cleaners I'm also gasping for fresh air. Pneumonia from bleach? Bless your heart! Thanks for sharing.> I do! I find if a car is leaking exhaust, LONG before a garage can find it I will be falling asleep in it. I also have to be very cautious with using cleaning products. Bleach I can and have gotten pneumonia from. Some people's perfumes make me instantly ill or cough my head off till it is gone.>

> Artistic Grooming> Hurricane, West Virginia__________________________________________________

January 10, 2005

Jeez. How the heck did I get those two things mixed up?

I suppose it's because I've been taking a DHEA compound and I was

determined to throw an " a " in there somewhere.

Whoops. MDF. That's it.

Thank you !

Courtenay.

--- Courtenay

wrote:

> Hey !

>

> I have the same reactions to some of the irritants

> you're describing.

> A lot of new furniture is made from MDMA (I think

> that's what it's

> called.), which is a chemically compressed wood made

> of extremely

> unpleasant chemical compounds.

do you mean MDF? MDMA is the chemical compound known

as " ecstasy " on the street.

rachel.

January 10, 2005

Jeez. How the heck did I get those two things mixed up?

I suppose it's because I've been taking a DHEA compound and I was

determined to throw an " a " in there somewhere.

Whoops. MDF. That's it.

Thank you !

Courtenay.

--- Courtenay

wrote:

> Hey !

>

> I have the same reactions to some of the irritants

> you're describing.

> A lot of new furniture is made from MDMA (I think

> that's what it's

> called.), which is a chemically compressed wood made

> of extremely

> unpleasant chemical compounds.

do you mean MDF? MDMA is the chemical compound known

as " ecstasy " on the street.

rachel.

January 10, 2005

Jeez. How the heck did I get those two things mixed up?

I suppose it's because I've been taking a DHEA compound and I was

determined to throw an " a " in there somewhere.

Whoops. MDF. That's it.

Thank you !

Courtenay.

--- Courtenay

wrote:

> Hey !

>

> I have the same reactions to some of the irritants

> you're describing.

> A lot of new furniture is made from MDMA (I think

> that's what it's

> called.), which is a chemically compressed wood made

> of extremely

> unpleasant chemical compounds.

do you mean MDF? MDMA is the chemical compound known

as " ecstasy " on the street.

rachel.

January 10, 2005

The really dumb thing is that fabric softener is not good for

your clothes in the first place. (I studied fashion design for a

year in college, and spent a semester on textiles. Woolite is

not good for your clothes, either!) The best things available

are the biodegradable detergents available at your local health food

place. I have a friend who owns a vintage store who swears by

those detergents, and her clothes are soft, undamaged and very clean.

I used them as well on my own clothes, but my husband's job requires

he use an industrial strength detergent, like Tide Free, which

contains no scenty stuff.

Most pefumes make me very ill, likewise, scented

laundry products, especially fabric softener.

January 10, 2005