Re: Allergies: Chemicial Sensitivities and other stuff

April 23, 2002

In a message dated 4/22/02 10:37:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

divina27@... writes:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms of

> allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and enviornmental

> sensisitivities.

> Sound familiar?

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean to

> sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my feelings

> hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood. I spent most of my 20's

> crying about something. Literally. So I am just wondering.

>

YES! That;s me!

April 23, 2002

In a message dated 4/22/02 10:37:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

divina27@... writes:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms of

> allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and enviornmental

> sensisitivities.

> Sound familiar?

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean to

> sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my feelings

> hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood. I spent most of my 20's

> crying about something. Literally. So I am just wondering.

>

YES! That;s me!

April 23, 2002

In a message dated 4/22/02 10:37:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

divina27@... writes:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms of

> allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and enviornmental

> sensisitivities.

> Sound familiar?

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean to

> sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my feelings

> hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood. I spent most of my 20's

> crying about something. Literally. So I am just wondering.

>

YES! That;s me!

April 23, 2002

Robin wrote:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms

> of allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and

> enviornmental sensisitivities.

No, I don't have any allergies per se, though I am rather sensitive to

strong smells and chemicals. I don't have any physical reaction, I just find

them very unpleasant and hate being exposed to them. wrote about her

problem with people who wear perfume - I have several coworkers who must

bathe in the perfume every morning (I assume). On top of everything, I

wonder why anyone would choose such heavy perfumes, but I suppose that

something to do with personal taste (or a lack of).

Our office used to be on the 4th floor and everybody thought I was a fitness

fanatic because I never took the elevator. It had nothing to do with

fitness - in the morning, the elevator was saturated with a mixture of all

possible perfumes (and let's not be gender-biased, some aftershaves are

just as bad) and there is mouthwash, toothpaste, etc. .... argh - I

preferred to walk the stairs.

We moved into another building (newly built) - one of those hermetically

sealed environments where you cannot open the windows - here, they must be

spraying the carpet with some stuff because there is light powdery smell

every morning (funny thing is, nobody else can tell, they can't smell it). A

plant care lady comes once a week and sprays or washes the plants with

's Oil (or is it 's Soap? not sure) and I am trying to eliminate

that. That smell is horrendous and it is like a blanket , it takes hours for

it to dissipate.

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

I have a very stressful job - I am not quite sure what you mean about the

stress in the eye of the beholder - but I am second level of technical

support. Technical support is generally recognized as a very stressful line

of work and we deal with productions systems being down or a least major

part of their functionality being affected (most of our customers are large

corporations) so there is a lot of pressure on us.

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean

> to sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my

> feelings hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood.

Yes, this definitely sounds very familiar. (unfortunately). :-)

Alena

April 23, 2002

Robin wrote:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms

> of allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and

> enviornmental sensisitivities.

No, I don't have any allergies per se, though I am rather sensitive to

strong smells and chemicals. I don't have any physical reaction, I just find

them very unpleasant and hate being exposed to them. wrote about her

problem with people who wear perfume - I have several coworkers who must

bathe in the perfume every morning (I assume). On top of everything, I

wonder why anyone would choose such heavy perfumes, but I suppose that

something to do with personal taste (or a lack of).

Our office used to be on the 4th floor and everybody thought I was a fitness

fanatic because I never took the elevator. It had nothing to do with

fitness - in the morning, the elevator was saturated with a mixture of all

possible perfumes (and let's not be gender-biased, some aftershaves are

just as bad) and there is mouthwash, toothpaste, etc. .... argh - I

preferred to walk the stairs.

We moved into another building (newly built) - one of those hermetically

sealed environments where you cannot open the windows - here, they must be

spraying the carpet with some stuff because there is light powdery smell

every morning (funny thing is, nobody else can tell, they can't smell it). A

plant care lady comes once a week and sprays or washes the plants with

's Oil (or is it 's Soap? not sure) and I am trying to eliminate

that. That smell is horrendous and it is like a blanket , it takes hours for

it to dissipate.

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

I have a very stressful job - I am not quite sure what you mean about the

stress in the eye of the beholder - but I am second level of technical

support. Technical support is generally recognized as a very stressful line

of work and we deal with productions systems being down or a least major

part of their functionality being affected (most of our customers are large

corporations) so there is a lot of pressure on us.

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean

> to sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my

> feelings hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood.

Yes, this definitely sounds very familiar. (unfortunately). :-)

Alena

April 23, 2002

Robin wrote:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms

> of allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and

> enviornmental sensisitivities.

No, I don't have any allergies per se, though I am rather sensitive to

strong smells and chemicals. I don't have any physical reaction, I just find

them very unpleasant and hate being exposed to them. wrote about her

problem with people who wear perfume - I have several coworkers who must

bathe in the perfume every morning (I assume). On top of everything, I

wonder why anyone would choose such heavy perfumes, but I suppose that

something to do with personal taste (or a lack of).

Our office used to be on the 4th floor and everybody thought I was a fitness

fanatic because I never took the elevator. It had nothing to do with

fitness - in the morning, the elevator was saturated with a mixture of all

possible perfumes (and let's not be gender-biased, some aftershaves are

just as bad) and there is mouthwash, toothpaste, etc. .... argh - I

preferred to walk the stairs.

We moved into another building (newly built) - one of those hermetically

sealed environments where you cannot open the windows - here, they must be

spraying the carpet with some stuff because there is light powdery smell

every morning (funny thing is, nobody else can tell, they can't smell it). A

plant care lady comes once a week and sprays or washes the plants with

's Oil (or is it 's Soap? not sure) and I am trying to eliminate

that. That smell is horrendous and it is like a blanket , it takes hours for

it to dissipate.

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

I have a very stressful job - I am not quite sure what you mean about the

stress in the eye of the beholder - but I am second level of technical

support. Technical support is generally recognized as a very stressful line

of work and we deal with productions systems being down or a least major

part of their functionality being affected (most of our customers are large

corporations) so there is a lot of pressure on us.

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean

> to sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my

> feelings hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood.

Yes, this definitely sounds very familiar. (unfortunately). :-)

Alena

April 23, 2002

That's almost me. I'm pretty emotional now, and I was a hell of alot worse

as a child. Everything fits except that I really do have allergies, as my

immunotherapy has been helping alot (but not my red cheeks). My stress level

is alot lower these days too, but maybe the damage has been done... On

another note, is how bad rosacea looks in the eye of the beholder as well?

For mild cases (like mine) I have a persisent pink flush, but some people I

talk to never notice, and some of the people I date actually think it's

cute. Personally I hate them and tend to get self-conscious very easily,

which makes me flush worse - perhaps our worst enemy is in our head?

P. Retford

Carrara Extensions

www.losthorizonsoftware.com

Message: 18

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:05:10 EDT

From: tevythecat@...

Subject: Re: Allergies: Chemicial Sensitivities and other stuff

In a message dated 4/22/02 10:37:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

divina27@... writes:

> I would like to know how many ceans suffer from the following:

> Allergies... particularly Vasomotor rhinitis which is all the symptoms of

> allergies without the actual allergies. It is chemical and enviornmental

> sensisitivities.

> Sound familiar?

> What about stress factor? Remember stress is in the eye of the beholder?

> Finally, how many of you are emotional people in general? I don't mean to

> sound weird. But I was always a cry baby as a child and I had my feelings

> hurt very easy in the early stages of adult hood. I spent most of my 20's

> crying about something. Literally. So I am just wondering.

>

YES! That;s me!

April 23, 2002