This is truly mold hell

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Date: 8/8/2005 7:49:13 PM

Subject: Mold

Hi ,

I may have found the source of most of my mold problems in my

trailer. This was my mother's trailer and I don't really know much

about how they are built. You know they are set about three feet

off of the grown. I was concerned that my air ducts had come loose

from the floor and maybe mold spores from the ground were getting in

them so I crawled under my trailer Saturday. There was a lining of

insulation covering the entire bottom of the trailer and the air

ducts were not visable. It looks the ground side of the insulation

was a black plastic. It is all flat against the trailer but I notice

a part drooping real bad back toward where the a/c would be, so I

crawled over there. The outside was wet and when I took my hand and

pushed up on the drooping part, I could tell it was full of water.

The only thing I could figure it was water from the a/c withdrawing

moisture from the trailer's inside air. I got a knife and stuck

several holes and water poured out. I would guess there was 20+

gallons of water in there. when I smell mold, it is like the smell

of a match after you blow it out. I use to smell it in the trailer

but now it is much stronger. I am crawling back under tomorrow to

see what I can do to maybe cut the drooping part of insulation off.

Since water has been standing in there for probably over 10 years,

the trailer is 12 years old, would you suspect mold growing on the

part of insulation I cannot see. The air ducts are above the

insulation so I cannot tell yet if they are secure to the bottom of

the floor.

There is not much crawl space but I would think I am going to have

to have the old insulation removed and let things dry off then have

new insulation put up. what is your take on all of this?

Bob

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wrote:

You don't know what you are messing with!

I've seen people die from doing exactly the sort of thing you are

contemplating.

Nobody believes it until it is too late. Survivors like me try to

warn others and it is mind boggling to see people give themselves a

life destroying exposure after they have been told in the strongest

terms to contact people who've been through this experience.

Join Sickbuildings and tell your story there before you dare cut

another hole or crawl under that trailer.

I am completely serious about this.

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Mold

,

I am not exxagerating that I felt like I almost died last night and

this morning. Last night the burning odor became much more intense

and I should have went to a motel but I didn't. I kept dreaming all

night like I was on LSD. I kept trying to get out of bed but I still

felt drugged. I finally was able to get to the shower and then went

out and laid down in my car for about three hours but now it is too

hot. I don't know what to do. I guess I really stirred the

mycotoxins up when I drained the water. I have the a/c off with the

windows open. I feel to bad to try and go anywhere. Do you think I

should go to a motel or what?

Bob

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Bob,

Yes, you stirred up the spores. Yes I think you should go to a motel

right now and take absolutely nothing into the room with you except

wallet/keys and even these should be put in a NEW plastic bag far

away from where you sleep. Don't park your car too close, a car can

throw off an amazing plume that can still hit you at hundreds of

feet. Buy a new change of clothing and put them in a plastic bag

when you buy them so they aren't cross contaminated by you and your

car. When you find a place to stay, immediately drop your old

clothing outside the door in a plastic bag. Don't touch anything

until you shower. The object is to get yourself into another

environment without dragging any spores along with you at all.

There's a weird " denial " kind of inertia that will try to take you

over and want to just lay down and do nothing. I know what you mean

about feeling too bad to even try. It's part of the neurological

symptoms. Very hard to make yourself act in a manner consistent

with the necessity. It's time to get the Hell out.

If you break out in hives and your ears turn red, it's too late and

you've already " Hit the Wall " .

Whatever you do, don't let anybody give you Prednisone or any type

of Cortisol, that's how people wind up with the worst type of

chemical reactivities. All this is described in Mold Warriors.

When this happened to a friend who stirred up the mold, I had to

literally carry her out of her house and take her to the desert.

Even at the most extreme level of avoidance and with all the tricks

I've learned, it still took months for her to recover.

This is truly mold hell.

I hope you are already out of there.

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