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I have been ill with CFS since August of '75. I am very sensitive to

odors and found out last summer, very allergic to molds. I live in

southeastern Oklahoma, about 75 miles north of Dallas. I moved to an

apartment in Dallas last summer and became very depressed. It

continued for over a month. I told the complex manager that there

must be mold in my apartment for me to be ill that long but she would

not let me out of my lease. The deep depression continued and after

10 weeks, I entered a psych ward for the first time in my 27+ year

illness. I felt well enough to leave after 4 days but the depression

returned after going back to the apartment. The manager still

wouldn't let me out of my lease. I went to the Dallas health

department and told them my story. I couldn't believe it but the city

made the apartment complex to pay for a mold specialist to come to my

apartment to check for mold. It was in my air ducts. I was finally

let out of my lease and moved my furniture back to my place in

Oklahoma. Ever since though, I have been slowly going downhill. I

recently read that mold spores can blow out on my furniture and other

belongings and this could be causing my health decline.

I checked for mold and thought someone on your list can

answer these concerns. I cannot afford more furniture and I live in a

mobile home. It belonged to my mother before her passing. She had a

cat & dog and I tried to shampoo the odor out of the carpet but

couldn't. I started tearing it up in my living room yesterday and

parts of the particle board was soaked & rotting from when my mother

had it. I had planned on replacing the carpet with tile but there are

warning signs on the wooden floor that it contained small amounts of

Formaldehyde. The warning said it passes government standards but for

someone with respatory (sp?) illnesses, they should contact their

docs. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I thought formaldehyde

was outlawed years ago. My furniture may be contaminated and now my

floor in my mobile home also. Any ideas on what I could do? I was

thinking of trying to find a Dallas, Tx attorney to sue the apartment

complex to buy me new clothes and furniture. I also need to replace

the carpet and maybe the wooden floor.