water damage

[Guest guest]

I just thought I would remind everyone to try to prevent water damage

particularly at this time of year. Do the necessary things to protect outdoor

and basement pipes, etc. from leaking. And after one of my friends' water

heaters exploded on Christmas EVE and gushed for 45 mins. thru the 1st and 2nd

floors, leaving 3 inches of standing water on top of hardwoods (they will never

get the water which ran down the walls or under the wood flooring out) check

your hot water heaters. As it turns out, her hot water heater was a 1988 model

and just rusted through and exploded. Apparently you could see the rust on the

bottom of the hot water heater but not many of us check things like that on an

on going basis. As I stated earlier, now suddenly my asthmatic " antics " are no

longer comical to them. Both of them are now afraid to re-enter that house.

orldnet.att.net> wrote: You have to do what you have to do to protect

yourself. I think that

it is hard for people to remember how sick we are b/c unless your lips

are turning blue they can't see the effect that it has on you. If you

had a full arm cast you'd get more sympathy b/c the " injury " would be

obvious rather than invisible and silent.

We have one office in our complex that had extensive water damage

following Tropical Storm Ernesto. My boss, who adores me, didn't take

the effect it was having on me seriously until I actually missed work

(which I never do) and I brought a note from my doctor documenting my

mold allergies and threatening to take me out on temporary disability

or medical leave. Shortly thereafter the damaged part got sealed off

until the insurance companies finish arguing out who has to pay to

correct the damage. My health started to improve not long after they

sealed it off (including sealing it off from the HVAC system).

Here's to a healthy 2007!

Addy

Group co-owner

>

> Merry Christmas to everyone.

> My name seems to be mud at my office now. We're moving to a new

> building. 11 years of dust and mold has been stirred up in the last

> week. It triggered my first attack in 10 months. I started on the

> nebulizer Thursday night. I told my office manager this morning that

I

> can't come back till the move is done. To say that she and some co-

> workers aren't happy with me would be an understatement. I can't take

> steroids again so I'm fighting this with atrovent and albuterol.

> Xolair has helped alot; I can tell. It's just frustrating when people

> think you're lazy and don't understand you are trying to breathe/stay

> out of the hospital. I should be dead from the damage steroids caused

> and these are the same people that watched me then. They just forget

> so quickly. I don't; I learned that no job is worth getting dying

for.

> I'm just ticked at their attitude. Thanks for letting me vent. becki

>