Re: Vickie's situation-future homes thanks!

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Hi all -

Thanks for the understanding and support - I was a bit shocked at the response

to my original post - about us being vigilant... The funny part is that I am so

used to the awkward and downright rude reactions from some people, that I tend

not to react. I actually had a neighbor say she'd rather own a mold home than

one someone had died in - little does she know.... live in the mold home long

enough and you will be the dead one!

As well - the weight gain is hell! I appreciate the input and am going to try

and have to detox. Isn't it funny that it seems we don't have the time to do

these things because we are so busy taking care of just surviving right now!

And the cost isn't small either!

As far as a future home - I think cinder block sounds spectacular compared to

black mold! I have visited Greece numerous times to visit family and their

bathrooms are all marble or stone or cement/cinder. I think the Europeans may

have one up on us on this! I already warned my husband that we will have

concrete floors!

Choosing to go public with our battle over the mold is interesting in itself -

it was scary! It was an emotional detox - it also did something for us that I

don't think would have happened any other way. I don't think Lowe's attorney's

would have ever gotten the real or whole story of what happened to us during

this ordeal. There were too many hands involved and nobody knew what the other

person was doing there at Lowe's.... they dropped the ball all the way around.

I think having this website allowed us to tell our story - not only to the

world, but, to our family and friends, and even more to Lowe's! It allows us to

show them - this is what you have done to US! This is our life now - this is

it! I have a 10 year old child with major emotional issues now - this is his

life.... he has health problems - they aren't made up, we live with them EVERY

day - this is HIS life now! It has been the best thing I have done in 3 years -

putting up that website!

Vicki

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> This speaks to the issue of mold victims future homes. I tried to build a

traditional home during my mold recovery. Did not work. Now I have a cinderblock

bathroom and laundry. It is a separate small house. All the pipes and

attachments are visible. I urge anyone thinking of re-building to forget about

what is normal in the US and build for your own health-including separate

buildings for all water rooms, no wood or celulose, and no watering and covering

of cement slabs, it causes a small amount of spore growth and subsequent

mycotoxin release. If you think this is a strange or outragouse idea you are

not a sensitized mold victim or have not yet run through all your resources

trying to find a safe place to live. I am willing to speak with anyone about

what I think works for sensitized mold victims-based on what has not worked for

me.

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> We could not move these machines or reach anything to turn off the water, it

isn't possible. We do have a floor drain, but it is only good in case of a

small leak. For 9 months, the water was being soaked up by drywall behind the

machine! There was NO way for us to know it was happening. We didn't see 1

ounce of it. When we did find out about it - we left immediately. I guess the

hardest part is that the repairman said... it was a twenty five cent plastic tie

that could have saved our home and our health. The installer " forgot " to clamp

down the water hose. We paid a big price for something that is such an easy

thing.

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