Guest guest Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I'm surprised, given that you worked so hard to get an old tolerable computer, that you thought new televisions would be okay... I figured if I get a plasma tv at some point it will be on craigslist, one at least a year old. But one has to make sure the tv is in a home that doesn't use scented candles, glade, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Since my initial mold exposure experience, I have made a surprisingly large number of stupid decisions, such as buying NEW T.V.'s after my long struggle to get a computer old enough to not be off-gassing. Hardly a week goes by, without my making at least ONE stupid decision. Maybe this is a residual effect of past mold exposures? My rapid evaluation of my initial mold exposure was only possible due to the exposure being at work. One day, my job took me to the middle of a forest, for an entire day. As a life-long asthmatic, I figured that the massive pollen exposure would finish me off, as I was already deathly ill, from what I did NOT yet recognize as indoor mold exposure. To my surprise and bewilderment, my suffering got BETTER, not worse, in the forrest. As I pondered why I was not dying from the combined effect of my undiagnosed illness and the forest pollen, I realized that what had been killing me, from the time I started the job, one month earlier, MUST be something at my place of work. The next day, with flashlights in hand, my boss and myself, took a tour of the rest of the building, outside of our own office space. We were the first and only tennant in a shipyard that had been abandoned for 50 years. What we found, will give me nightmares for the rest of my life. We saw FIFTY YEARS of slimey black mold growth, EVERYWHERE, from 50 years of rain having fallen into a building without any window panes. My only remaining decision, at that point, was to choose between quiting and driving home, or quiting and driving to the hospital emergency room. I drove home, where [surprise-surprise] everyone thought that I was crazy for quiting such a good job, because I was " delusional " about my being killed by a " building " . Since my mold exposure had been for only one month, I began recovering in about one week, and was fully recovered within a month. But, somewhere along the line, I became a little " stupid " , and find myself making many stupid decisions .................................................. > > I'm surprised, given that you worked so hard to get an old tolerable > computer, that you thought new televisions would be okay... > I figured if I get a plasma tv at some point it will be on craigslist, > one at least a year old. > > But one has to make sure the tv is in a home that doesn't use scented > candles, glade, etc. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 DONT FELL ALONE, hard to remember what you learn,hard to learn what you dont remember. hard to remember to look at notes to remember what you learned. hard to remind yourself to do something you dont remember you need to do. i could go on but I forgot the exact point. > > Since my initial mold exposure experience, I have made a surprisingly > large number of stupid decisions, such as buying NEW T.V.'s after my > long struggle to get a computer old enough to not be off-gassing. > Hardly a week goes by, without my making at least ONE stupid decision. > Maybe this is a residual effect of past mold exposures? > > My rapid evaluation of my initial mold exposure was only possible due > to the exposure being at work. One day, my job took me to the middle of > a forest, for an entire day. As a life-long asthmatic, I figured that > the massive pollen exposure would finish me off, as I was already > deathly ill, from what I did NOT yet recognize as indoor mold exposure. > To my surprise and bewilderment, my suffering got BETTER, not worse, in > the forrest. As I pondered why I was not dying from the combined effect > of my undiagnosed illness and the forest pollen, I realized that what > had been killing me, from the time I started the job, one month > earlier, MUST be something at my place of work. The next day, with > flashlights in hand, my boss and myself, took a tour of the rest of the > building, outside of our own office space. > > We were the first and only tennant in a shipyard that had been > abandoned for 50 years. What we found, will give me nightmares for the > rest of my life. We saw FIFTY YEARS of slimey black mold growth, > EVERYWHERE, from 50 years of rain having fallen into a building without > any window panes. My only remaining decision, at that point, was to > choose between quiting and driving home, or quiting and driving to the > hospital emergency room. I drove home, where [surprise-surprise] > everyone thought that I was crazy for quiting such a good job, because > I was " delusional " about my being killed by a " building " . > > Since my mold exposure had been for only one month, I began recovering > in about one week, and was fully recovered within a month. But, > somewhere along the line, I became a little " stupid " , and find myself > making many stupid decisions > ................................................. > --- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@> wrote: > > > > I'm surprised, given that you worked so hard to get an old tolerable > > computer, that you thought new televisions would be okay... > > I figured if I get a plasma tv at some point it will be on craigslist, > > one at least a year old. > > > > But one has to make sure the tv is in a home that doesn't use scented > > candles, glade, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 I wouldn't call you stupid, I do that to myself, too. We're sensitive and we live in a toxic world. We just can't totally get it through our heads that everything across the board these days has chemicals and we have to apply the same stringency to it all. Imagine how upset I was that somehow something in my sweater " poisoned " at least temporarily my washer. I got very upset at myself but why? I was tempted to buy new organic cotton clothing online but went to Patagonia as I mentioned and I don't like the smell of their organic cotton. I realized I have to try something or ask for a swatch before I buy it. I almost got " stupid " there. Who knows what's in the dye and how the cotton was treated after being grown. All I know is my body didn't like it. There is so much to learn. I was just reading about a guy who built an aluminum enclosure for his computer tower so it wouldn't offgas. It works. However, I can't imagine what would happen if you open it! I guess you have a friend open it for you, or you'll get a hit of chemicals. I also just discovered polyethylene, food grade, mattress covers. Didn't know those existed (although I'm happy with my ad-hoc bed now which is Thermarest camping mats piled up and velcroed together.) People thought you were crazy? Well if you stayed there you might be dead, then they couldn't think anything about you at all!!!!!! > > > > I'm surprised, given that you worked so hard to get an old tolerable > > computer, that you thought new televisions would be okay... > > I figured if I get a plasma tv at some point it will be on craigslist, > > one at least a year old. > > > > But one has to make sure the tv is in a home that doesn't use scented > > candles, glade, etc. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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