New and full of questions

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Almost five years ago my husband and I purchased our first home.

Within a month of living in this new home I became ill and have not

been healthy since then. At first my doctor said I was just having

a " bad flu year " . I was getting one virus infection after the next

not to mention a huge list of other symptoms that started up. My

main complaints have been the headaches & extreme fatigue. I have

neurological problems that no doctors seem to have answers for. I

have tremors, visual problems plus more. I am under 30 and taking

daily heart medicine for arrythmia and chest pains. The list goes on

and on. I will not bore you with all of the details but after

looking at the list of toxic mold symptoms the answers are just

screaming at me.

The sad thing is I suspected it was the house immediately but

never did anything to test it. I have been accused of it being in my

head so therefore I just kept quiet about it. When we moved into our

house we noticed mold up the walls that we simply primed with Kilz

and painted over it. We also had a bathroom and kitchen that had dry

rot. We had the house inspected prior to buying it and everything

came back as being fine and repairs were made in the bathroom prior

to our purchase. It was our first house and we really didn't know

what we were doing.

We have since lost this house because of my inability to work

because of being so sick. Which of course also led to me being home

a lot more. We have moved out of our house and into another house

that I think may be plagued not to mention we brought all of our

stuff with us. Not knowing. This house had some type of flood from

the bathroom upstairs to the living room downstairs. There is a huge

patch spot about the size of a bath tub in the living room ceiling.

The living room has a damp feeling and an odd area in the carpet

which rusts when our furniture is on it. The area in the carpet is

also a large area and is almost directly under the spot in the

ceiling.

As for the others in the household including my five year old

daughter they too are starting to show some outward signs. None as

severe as mine but syptoms are present. My daughter has allergies

that we can seem to pin point, asthma & she frequently gets sinus

infections. I figured it wasn't mold because as a toddler she would

have been more vulnerable and sicker than I have been. But from

reading I am finding this is not the case.

Sorry for the novel. I just need to know where to turn next. We

have not had the house tested at this point. Other then a little

mold in the bathroom and in one bedroom I don't see any visable

mold. How do we go about testing? Also what steps do we need to

take? Financially we can't just pick up and leave everything and buy

a new house. This has already created a financial strain on us

because of the fact I haven't been able to work for over three

years. We live with my parents at this point and pay them rent but I

just found out their insurance company excludes mold. We have

renters and I haven't checked that out yet. But with the damage

being done prior to the home purchase can you go back on the previous

home owners or the home inspectors. I hope someone can help me.

Thank you,

Corrie