Re: I'm upset that landlords keep getting away with it

[Guest guest]

I have solved my mold sensitivities, to the extent that I practice total mold

avoidance and total chemical avoidance. If you have not already realized it,

your mold sensitivities have probably made you react to chemicals, in ways that

you never had, before your mold exposure. Naturally, since it is impossible to

totally avoid unexpected mold and chemical exposures, I am, from time to time,

still hit with terrible symptoms, from these unexpected exposures.

 

What I did, and what YOU must do, is " live and work " in a totally mold-free

environment, so that your body can detox and heal up from a state of CONSTANT "

reactivity, so that you can cope with the periodic reactivities from unexpected

exposures. To do this, without spending money that you don't have, you may have

to resort to many despicable actions, such as I had to, when I was in your

financial position. One time, when I was broke, to escape from a moldy

environment that was killing me, I moved into the home of a woman who had the

hots for me, even though I was not attracted to her. Leaving out the details,

let me just say that the results were not pretty. Always remember, that

" survival and self-preservation " must be your primary goal, and morality has to

take second place, because we are, BOTH OF US, talking about a matter of

" Life-Or-Death " , when talking about our reactions to mold exposure. I know that

many Board members will disagree with my

sense of priorities, but, in my defense, you should know that it has been over

15 years since my first mold exposure, and now, at the age of 67, I am still

alive, and able to share my experiences with you.

 

I would like to focus on the issue of your mother thinking that you are crazy,

as you mentioned in your posting, below. I had the same exact experience with my

father. When he and I were sharing the use of the same car, I realized, after a

few months of mold reactivity, that the source of the mold was in that car. So,

I stopped using it, for a few weeks, and noticed that my health was improving.

When my father started complaining of many seemingly unrelated symptoms, I

recognized the causation as being mold exposure, and told my father of my health

improvement, not using the car, and suggested, to him, that he should stop using

the car, to see if his symptoms would improve. Naturally, he said I was " crazy

for thinking that. " Every time I would walk over to him, when he was talking

with his friends, he would say to them: " this is my crazy son, who thinks that

my car is killing me " . As his mold exposure did it's damage, he would become too

sick to drive

his car, and during those car-free periods, his health would improve, with

medications, and I would point out to him that he was feeling better, without

the car. As soon as he was feeling well enough, he would resume driving his car,

and start getting sick, all over again. This cycle repeated itself, for a year

and a half, until, for HIS own reasons he bought a new car, and got rid of the

moldy car. By that time, the degeneration of his body, caused by the mold

exposure, had left him too weak to drive, and I became his chauffeur, driving

him, in the new car, to a never-ending round of doctor appointments, and

hospital emergency room visits.

 

I buried my father in October, 2008, a victim of " undiagnosed " mold exposure. He

never admitted that I was NOT crazy. All of my relatives, including my son,

think that I am crazy, on the subject of mold-avoidance, especially my darling

niece, whose " spotless " home I have not been able to enter, since I realized I

was getting a mold-reaction when there. I love them all, and they love me, but I

will always be " crazy uncle Joe " in their eyes.

 

I am not sure what you mean, when you use the word " trust " ? You have to, like

all of us " old-timers " had to, accept the reality that, until there is a shift

in the public awareness of the damage done, TO US, by mold, our loved ones, like

every other " sane " person in our world, will consider us to be " crazy " . Focus on

the important issue of your " life-or-death " survival. When you are living in a

mold-free environment, instead of a tent, you can devote some of the energy you

will gain from being away from mold exposure, to the long-term battle for

recognition of our illness, and respect for us, as sufferers of an illness.

 

Good Luck, and God Bless,

" Crazy " Joe Salowitz

 

 

 

 

Posted by " research 1844 "

The worse thing is, my mother does not believe me. She says I just have the flu.

She thinks it's " crazy " that I'm sleeping in a tent. Gee guys, maybe it's all

just in my silly little head. Even after explaining that when I lived in a new

house without a leaking roof, I had none of these problems, she still insists on

prefering to think there's something wrong with my head, than to think there

might be something toxic about the obvious leak in the roof. To me, the worst

part about the whole situation is that I want to be able to trust my mom, but

how can anyone trust someone who comes to such a conclusion?

[Guest guest]

The biggest problem are the judges who hear these cases (more like DON " T) in a

court.  They always are siding with landlords and care not about the renter who

is being abused, neglected, made ill and more. 

 

This week we were poisoned by Mosquito Control.  We are on their call LIST. 

The sytem failures were : 1. NO one called.  2. They broke the block radius

and fogged us.   We are ill.  My baby (puppy is urinating brown.   I have

respiratory problems, a lot of pain in my lungs, my extremeties are swollen,

fluid retention, my muscles hardened.   The kicker they are spraying again

Tommorrow (monday).  God help us ALL !!

 We practice avoidance and then they do this to us.  !!

 

My family too thinks I am nuts and now my mother too is being exposed due to

thier willful ignorance.  However she does believe me and tries to practce what

I am trying to explain to her.  Very hard and difficult situation. 

God Bless !!

dragonflymcs

Mayleen

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From: Joe Salowitz <josephsalowitz@...>

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Sent: Sun, May 9, 2010 2:40:31 PM

Subject: [] Re: I'm upset that landlords keep getting away with it

I would like to focus on the issue of your mother thinking that you are crazy,

as you mentioned in your posting, below. I had the same exact experience with my

father. When he and I were sharing the use of the same car, I realized, after a

few months of mold reactivity, that the source of the mold was in that car. So,

I stopped using it, for a few wee