God Bless you Sharon Re: The Downward Spiral

[Guest guest]

This is WHY you can't get medical treatment. They know how sick we are.

But it all has to do with the money.

Here is a portion of my declaration from the lawsuit that was filed in an

attempt to shut me up. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!

…. Prior to this incident, I had never been involved in a lawsuit.

Trying to educate myself and better understand the various aspects of the

mold issue, I began to do research. What I found were families, teachers, and

office workers from all over the U.S., whose LIVES WERE BEING DEVASTATED.

Yet, they were not able to find any regulatory or medical assistance. No one

seemed to understand how to properly handle the mold itself. The GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES WERE NOT ADDRESSING the issue. The PHYSICIANS WERE NOT TRAINED in

treating the illnesses. Most did not even acknowledge mold exposure from an

indoor environment could

cause serious illness.

As a result, PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY SICK AND FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS

AND OFFICES, WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND VIABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT. Instead, they

were having their SANITY AND INTEGRITY QUESTIONED for stating they were sick

from mold. This, while their lives were being turned upside down and THEY

FEARED FOR THEIR FUTURE AND THAT OF THEIR CHILDREN…

In the summer of 2003, there was a meeting at my real estate office. Based

on information provided by the Association of Realtors, the company manager

said there was a new study out that claimed mold in homes does not cause

illness. The source of this information was a paper called " MOLDY CLAIMS: THE

JUNK

SCIENCE OF “TOXIC MOLDâ€. It was also AUTHORED BY KELMAN AND HARDIN and

ended with the catch phrase. " Thus the notion that 'toxic mold' is an insidious

secret 'killer', as so many MEDIA REPORTS AND TRIAL LAWYERS WOULD CLAIM, IS

‘

JUNK SCIENCE’ UNSUPPORTED BY ACTUAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY.â€

" Moldy Claims: The Junk Science of 'Toxic Mold " , was a result of the

Manhattan Institute's payment of $40,000 to GlobalTox. Kelman refers to the

document

as a " TRANSLATION " or " LAYMAN’S VERSION " of the ACOEM Statement. Attached

collectively hereto as Exhibit 14 are true and correct copies of documents from

the US Chamber of Commerce and building industry websites. They, along with

the National Association of Realtor (NAR) websites are demonstrative, that in

the summer of 2003, the MANHATTAN INSTITUTE VERSION WAS DISSEMINATED TO

REALTORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER INDUSTRIES.

The effort to mass disseminate the GlobalTox defense argument was done with

the assistance of the US Chamber of Commerce and the Manhattan Institute. The

well organized and well funded effort to distribute the Manhattan Institute

Version was endorsed by EX-DEVELOPER, US CONGRESSMAN, GARY MILLER, (R-CA), who

at that time, also sat on the US CONGRESSIONAL SCIENCE COMMITTEE…

Not only were people being physically damaged by the ACOEM Statement itself,

by MY FELLOW REALTORS WERE BEING LEFT OPEN for possible liability from the

misrepresentation of mold related illnesses as it was stated in the Manhattan

Institute Version. This meant the FAMILES THEY REPRESENTED WERE BEING LEFT

OPEN TO HARM.

It became blatantly obvious that there was resistance to having physicians

trained and the public informed about the health risks of indoor mold

exposure. The perverted logic being, IF THE PHYSICIANS AND THE PUBLIC WERE NOT

INFORMED, THEN THE FINANCIAL LIABILITY OF THOSE WHO HAD NEGLIGENTLY MANAGED TO

EXPOSE OTHERS TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED. If one could

not

prove they were ill from mold exposure, then they also could not collect for

the health damages they had suffered as a result of a negligent exposure.

The CONTENTION IN OUR COURTROOMS AND FEAR OF FINANCIAL LIABILITY over the

mold issue WAS STIFLING THE MEDICAL UNDERSTANDING of the matter. People who had

never even seen the inside of a courtroom were affected and not able to find

proper medical help because of the contention.

THE STIFLING OF MEDICAL UNDERSTANDING OF MOLD RELATED ILLNESSES FOR THE

PURPOSE OF WINNING COURT CASES AND LIMITING LIABILITY WAS ACTUALLY CAUSING THE

MASS IGNORANCE AND SKEPTICISM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAWSUITS AND

UNTREATED ILLNESSES IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[Guest guest]

Sharon - thank you so very much for posting your experience. This is EXACTLY

what have been going through the last year. All the same symptoms, so many

useless tests, so many doctors who could find and knew nothing ....The

coughing up *junk*, blurred vision, numbness, hair loss, ringing, nuttiness,

forget doing math ! The crying easily - like your nervous system is reving

at 1000 RPMs but you are going nowhere.

Plus I was tested for brain tumors too ! Ct scans of this and that and

everything. It was a nightmare. I would think " Please let them find

SOMETHING this time, I can't go on like this. "

I could just hug you. I'm nearly in tears. I'm relieved to know I am not

crazy. Mine ended up being systemic yeast and mold. (The mold killed my

immune system and the yeast took over.)

Hugs,

Angelika

Re: [] Re: The Downward Spiral

>

> In a message dated 7/27/2005 7:24:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,

bbw@...

> writes:

>

> Sharon,

> So you had a 'systemic fungal' infection then, or, did you take the

> antifungals for lung infection?? I don't know if they Rx antifungals for

> lung infections.

> Thanks

>

>

> I was coughing up some pretty nasty thick white stuff.( sorry for graphic

> detail) I lost 30 lbs in a month and a half. I was continually

belching. I

> had blurred vision. Some of my hair fell out. I had numbness in my arms

and

> legs. Slurred speech. Ringing in my ears. And a feeling of something

in my

> lower left lung. And I was flat out nutty. Couldn't remember anything,

> couldn't do math, was scared out of my mind. Cried easily.

>

> My daughter, got it in her lungs and her sinuses. And other organs. But

not

> the nutty part. She is on Sporonox for the rest of her life. She has CF

and

> so mold was really not a good thing. But she is doing great, now.

>

> I don't know if you call it a systemic infection or not. I would think

> probably so. I was diagnosed with a severe form of HP. Which is

farmer's lung.

> But farmer's lung doesn't just affect the lungs. It is a Type III

reaction

> that mimics autoimmune diseases. Got tested for MS, brain tumor, AIDs,

carpel

> tunnel, had tons of useless blood work. Had I can't even remember how

many

> xrays and CT scans. What an incredible waste of money. Wish I could go

> back and say " Um, don't need those tests, but can I have the money you

are about

> to waste to give to some people who really use it? " It is sickening how

> much was wasted.

>

> Some, who have had the same symptoms I have had are diagnosed and treated

> for a toxicosis. They have success with that, too.

>

> Whether one is treated from an immunological aspect or a toxicological

> aspect, the key component in both is that one has to be removed from the

antigen

> that is causing the illness in the first place. If you stay in a moldy

> environment, no amount of any kind of medicine is going to make you

better. And as

> I understand it, the longer one waits to get treatment and stays exposed

to

> the antigen, the tougher it is to treat and get your health back

completely.

>

> Sharon

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've had the EXACT opposite experience, noone testing for anything, just

telling me I'll be okay, nothing wrong and I'm very sick. I had to go to a

dozen doctors to finally get some testing. My experience was I was

wondering if they felt they would have to pay for the test out of their own

pockets, so stinky with the testing. At least your doctor listened to you

and was trying to find " something " . Good for them, lucky you. At least you

ruled out some things.

----- Original Message -----

From: <moldhelp@...>

> Sharon - thank you so very much for posting your experience. This is

> EXACTLY

> what have been going through the last year. All the same symptoms, so many

> useless tests, so many doctors who could find and knew nothing ....The

> coughing up *junk*, blurred vision, numbness, hair loss, ringing,

> nuttiness,

> forget doing math ! The crying easily - like your nervous system is reving

> at 1000 RPMs but you are going nowhere.