To Dr. Schaller

[Guest guest]

Hi Dr. Schaller,

May I be bold enough to put you on the spot? Too bad I am going

to.;^)

What would be the advantage of going to you over Dr. Shoemaker for

mold exposure treatements?(there I said it)

Dr. Shoemaker is some sort of approved " Blue Cross Blue Shield "

doctor I believe which may help those of us who are on it(I am not

sure if you are), but without trying to put too much of a wedge

between you two, are your treatments much different than his?

I think your web site is great and you and Dr.Shoemaker are offering

much hope for those with mold exposure problems.

I do have one bone to pick with you about your web site. One of

your articles states that a constant- full time air flow through an

air conditioner/heat pump is bad because it never allows the

condensor to stop and drain.(I can find it if you want)

I disagree and I never shut off my heat pump fan because I reasoned

that a wet condensor is the worst thing for mold growth. My heat

pump can slow down the fan to dehumidify the house, but when the

pump shuts off, I want to dry the condensor off as quickly as

possible so as not to promote mold growth on it despite the fact it

may add some humidity back into the house for that time the coils

are wet. I also want the ducts to dry off quickly it per change

they condensed moisture.

My DC-variable fan runs very slow unless it is not able to keep with

a certain amount of degrees of temperature. Its slow speed is very

quiet and I am sure drys the coils fairly quickly once the pump

shuts off. I am sure mold grows better without wind than with.

BTW, you recommended an IQ air cleaner to me and it is really a good

one (and as should be because of its high cost) -thanks.

There are companies that put the warm coils on the return side of

your heat pump/air conditioner to make a better dehumidifier out of

your heat pump(http://www.heatpipe.com/). Mine system does not have

that and last year I bought a big Santa Fe dehumidifer to keep the

basement below 50% humidity because we were so cool my heat pump did

not run long enough to keep humidities low enough. This year is

warmer and the heat pump is doing more of the work on humidity, but

if I had to do it over again, the warm coils being diverted to the

return side would be better than a separate dehumidifier.

I also believe if you have a Merv 15+ filter on your furnace fan,

the air is filtered better when running full time vs. part time.

I would ask you to reconsider these points I have made on home air

design on your web pages. If you disagree, please point out the

flaws in my reasoning as I am very much human and could be wrong.

I hope I did not offend you in any way as I respect your work very

much and appreciate your visits to this forum.

Many mold exposed people are weary of the many doctors we have seen,

or at least I have been, and you and Dr. Shoemaker different ideas

which seem to offer new hope. I am sure either one of you are fine

doctors and work very closely in treatments. If you can, could you

say what would be done differently between the two of you?

I took my son to a new local doctor this spring and gave him Mold

Warriers, but I am not sure if he ever read it. We went to another

at the same clinic on short notice who was still somewhat familiar

with my son from his discussions with the other doctor and this guy

spent the better part of a half hour telling me my son would have

had asthma without a moldy home. I liked his ability to spend time

talking, but in regards to mold, hey, I was there, I know the

timeline of the mold and my son's decline in health, and I know

better. For backup, by pure chance one day, I met a retired dairy

farmer who never had asthma in his life, claimed he had never been

sick, who cleaned out the top of his moldy silo on one day and ended

up in the emergency room that very night and today is a more mold

sensitive asthmatic than what my son is. When bored, he can not

even walk into his empty barn without paying for it with wheezing.

Thanks,

Fletch