Re: Does anyone have any advice for me? Sudden seize up of muscles, GI Tract?

[Guest guest]

sorry Live, seems to be a major problem. it took me awhile to realize

that neighbors redoing theri roofs from hail damage was makeing me

suffer. than I had that really bad hit outside which I know from the

effects was mycotoxins. makes sence that dry mold spores and myco's

are in all homes, just like dust, just waiting for moisture or

someone to stir it up and set it free in the wind again. only thing I

know is to try to make your place tight as possible from air drafts

letting it in and wipe everything down with vinigar or ammonia and

water.hope you get to felling better. you might also try a spray

bottle,mister with either to knock down dust and mold in your air.

sadly the symptoms cant get better until your air gets cleaner.

we all really do need our own island to live on so we can manage our

exposures. hard to warm up to neighbors when theri always makeing you

suffer from theri mowing,bbqing,remodeling,ect.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> I am wondering if anyone has any advice for me. The place where I

live

> has been pretty

> mold free for me until just the last few days when a building nearby

> has been undergoing a makeover and in the process they have been

> tearing apart the timbers of the building and

> I can feel that there is mold being released and thats effecting me.

> My muscles are just seizing up and I actually spent two days not

being

> able to walk and also my GI tract seems majorly screwed up but I

> suppose it could also be muscles masquerading as that. I made the

> mistake of trying to walk on the aching joints on Saturday and that

> made it really bad. My hip joints hurt tremendously. I can barely

> walk.

>

> I would use cholestyramine but the cholestyramine always gives me

> constipation which is not

> good when your GI tract is completely gummed up the way mine feels

> now. I'm in serious pain and I don't know what to do.

>

> Does anybody have any suggestions besides moving into a hotel room?

We

> can't afford that.

>

> Thank you.

>

[Guest guest]

I know this sounds crazy but how sealed is your house? As bad as you

described the building being torn down, I would take tape and seal up

the windows. I have used clear plastic and taped around my windows

when I felt something was really making me sick. I was getting ready

to do this with our windows last week when the pollen was so bad.

Thankfully it rained so I did not need to do the plastic and tape

thing. We did this to our fire place recently. For some reason, it

stinks like old burnt wood when there is not a fire in it so we close

the, vents and buck stove doors and seal it with plastic and tape. It

does not look like Better Homes and Gardens but it helps so much.

Someone on here suggested Magnesium for my asthma. I did a search on

it and found it helps with cramps as well as constipation. I have

been using it and find I am in a much better mood...LOL..I don't know

if the mood was because I might have winter depression and it is

spring or if the Magnesium helped. I do know from my search that it

aids in relief in cramps especially.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Hello,

>

> I am wondering if anyone has any advice for me. The place where I

live

> has been pretty

> mold free for me until just the last few days when a building nearby

> has been undergoing a makeover and in the process they have been

> tearing apart the timbers of the building and

> I can feel that there is mold being released and thats effecting me.

> My muscles are just seizing up and I actually spent two days not

being

> able to walk and also my GI tract seems majorly screwed up but I

> suppose it could also be muscles masquerading as that. I made the

> mistake of trying to walk on the aching joints on Saturday and that

> made it really bad. My hip joints hurt tremendously. I can barely

> walk.

>

> I would use cholestyramine but the cholestyramine always gives me

> constipation which is not

> good when your GI tract is completely gummed up the way mine feels

> now. I'm in serious pain and I don't know what to do.

>

> Does anybody have any suggestions besides moving into a hotel room?

We

> can't afford that.

>

> Thank you.

>

[Guest guest]

Live, I suppose it's the fibromyalgia but if you have it, exercise

makes you very,very sore and weak from CFS, I tried and I started

slow thinking that would help,I first tried just some arm exercises

and they became very sore right afterwards which is nothing like

normal ackes the next day from activity that normal people have. what

a bummer, fat and no muscles, I hate it. I could tell that if I kept

trying it would also get me to that 'run over by a truck' stage.---

In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Jackie,

>

> You know, I don't know. I have just been happily ignorant in that

up till

> now, its been far better than

> the place I had left, but I suppose nobody is immune to the effects

of

> neighbors work.

>

> Now it looks like the teardown work is done and the old wood gone,

as far as

> I can see.

>

> But my hips are still screwed up but I'm gradually getting better.

Does

> exercise help this kind

> of thing? I had realized after this just how badly I have fallen

out of

> shape in the last few years because of

> the fatigue and it makes me think that really it is an important

issue for

> me to get into shape even if

> its very hard because otherwise I won't have the ability to walk

when I get

> a big hit of mold exposure.

>

> Its really bad, I am using a stick to walk and I can barely stand

up.

>

> I'm just eating yogurt. I can't eat solid food, my stomach won't

deal with

> it.

>

> The day before yesterday I was unable to walk

> at all except to go to the bathroom and I thought I had some kind

of serious

> disease but the fact that I

> got a little better yesterday helped quite a bit.. at least now I

can see

> that its not permanent..

>

> But s***. What an eye opener...

>

>

>

> On 4/4/07, jackiebreeze <jackiebreeze@...> wrote:

> >

> > I know this sounds crazy but how sealed is your house? As bad

as you

> > described the building being torn down, I would take tape and

seal up

> > the windows. I have used clear plastic and taped around my windows

> > when I felt something was really making me sick. I was getting

ready

> > to do this with our windows last week when the pollen was so bad.

> > Thankfully it rained so I did not need to do the plastic and tape

> > thing. We did this to our fire place recently. For some reason, it

> > stinks like old burnt wood when there is not a fire in it so we

close

> > the, vents and buck stove doors and seal it with plastic and

tape. It

> > does not look like Better Homes and Gardens but it helps so much.

> > Someone on here suggested Magnesium for my asthma. I did a search

on

> > it and found it helps with cramps as well as constipation. I have

> > been using it and find I am in a much better mood...LOL..I don't

know

> > if the mood was because I might have winter depression and it is

> > spring or if the Magnesium helped. I do know from my search that

it

> > aids in relief in cramps especially.

> >

> >

> > >

> > > Hello,

> > >

> > > I am wondering if anyone has any advice for me. The place where

I

> > live

> > > has been pretty

> > > mold free for me until just the last few days when a building

nearby

> > > has been undergoing a makeover and in the process they have been

> > > tearing apart the timbers of the building and

> > > I can feel that there is mold being released and thats

effecting me.

> > > My muscles are just seizing up and I actually spent two days not

> > being

> > > able to walk and also my GI tract seems majorly screwed up but I

> > > suppose it could also be muscles masquerading as that. I made

the

> > > mistake of trying to walk on the aching joints on Saturday and

that

> > > made it really bad. My hip joints hurt tremendously. I can

barely

> > > walk.

> > >

> > > I would use cholestyramine but the cholestyramine always gives

me

> > > constipation which is not

> > > good when your GI tract is completely gummed up the way mine

feels

> > > now. I'm in serious pain and I don't know what to do.

> > >

> > > Does anybody have any suggestions besides moving into a hotel

room?

> > We

> > > can't afford that.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Live,

What is so bad about having been ill from mold in the past, it seems

we have a tough time getting our immune system up to a healthy

standard again.

As far as exercise, it can't hurt if you are able to get out and walk

a little. Over doing it may make the musles hurt worse. I was

pretty much doing no exercises for 3 years after I got mold. Plus,

the neighborhood we moved to excape the mold was was as toxic as

mold, crime wise, so there was really no where to walk. Right now I

live a few acres so I can walk more. I do tend to hurt and this is

still going on 3 months of walking up and down hills daily. But, I am

doing a lot of walking now. I guess I was so out of shape it will

take awhile to take the walks with out hurting from the muscles

having exercise in several years. I guess what I am trying to get

around to, exercise is important and I wish I had not allowed myself

to get so out of shape. Being so sick it was hard to do anything and

the bad neighborhood did not help either. Now I wished I had made an

attempt to walk around the house a few times during the past few

years.

I do think walking will help you in the long run, especially if you

can get out doors in a different area than you live in, like a

walking track or other out door place. I would stay away from

exercising in the area of the building. But, I don't know..I am just

a person with no professional experence.

How long have you felt like this? You may have a bad virus making

you feel so bad..that's another thing mold does to us. We are always

so ill that we can't tell the difference between mold illness and if

we have a virus, flu and etc!

It is all a drag! I hope you get better soon!

Jackie

> > >

> > > Hello,

> > >

> > > I am wondering if anyone has any advice for me. The place where

I

> > live

> > > has been pretty

> > > mold free for me until just the last few days when a building

nearby

> > > has been undergoing a makeover and in the process they have been

> > > tearing apart the timbers of the building and

> > > I can feel that there is mold being released and thats

effecting me.

> > > My muscles are just seizing up and I actually spent two days not

> > being

> > > able to walk and also my GI tract seems majorly screwed up but I

> > > suppose it could also be muscles masquerading as that. I made

the

> > > mistake of trying to walk on the aching joints on Saturday and

that

> > > made it really bad. My hip joints hurt tremendously. I can

barely

> > > walk.

> > >

> > > I would use cholestyramine but the cholestyramine always gives

me

> > > constipation which is not

> > > good when your GI tract is completely gummed up the way mine

feels

> > > now. I'm in serious pain and I don't know what to do.

> > >

> > > Does anybody have any suggestions besides moving into a hotel

room?

> > We

> > > can't afford that.

> > >

> > > Thank you.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>