Guest guest Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 She needs to get out of that environment and start breathing clean air every day. Hopefully the fatigue and brain fog will go away but it doesn't always. I thik t depends on how long she was exposed and how bad it was. Unless she gets more exposure, even low level exposure, after a few months of being completely away from mold it probably wont get much worse. A lot of the symptoms should get better immediately, as you said, shortly after she leaves the building. However, the memory issues and fatigue are much more difficult to get rid of. I speak from personal experience. The cruelty of mold illness is that it makes you hypersensitive after you have it to mold conditions that one encounters not infrequently, such as in big box stores and many workplaces where they use chemicals. Those conditions would not make other people sick, but her lifetime tolerance 'cushion' may have been all used up by her current situation. So she may find many other workplaces or homes to be too moldy. If thats the case, she may need to move to a dryer climate and find a workplace that has clean air and which does not use chemicals and which tolerates her setting her own schedule (so she can work when she isn't tired.) That may be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 who is right, you need to get tape lift samples on clean clear scotch tape in new ziplok bags and send that to a good lab so you can find out what is in that dust. Have a disinterested third party do the tape pressing and fill out the chain of custody form and send it in to the lab with the sample and check. Take a photo of the sampling location at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I obtained sterile swabs from a pathology lab as I was advised that when taking samples of suspected mould that the swab should be damp. They provided swabs with a jelly like substance that dampens the swab and also keeps the specimen in optimum conditions for transport. They were then taken to a laborotory in Brisbane. Due to the secure nature of the workplace the person in question had to take the samples however I am a liscenced private investigator so I took the samples from her immediatly she left the room and then completed all relevant Evidence movement registers relating to the samples. Lets see what they bring us. Thankyou for your interest and support. Regards LiveSimply <quackadillian@...> wrote: who is right, you need to get tape lift samples on clean clear scotch tape in new ziplok bags and send that to a good lab so you can find out what is in that dust. Have a disinterested third party do the tape pressing and fill out the chain of custody form and send it in to the lab with the sample and check. Take a photo of the sampling location at the same time. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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