Fw: Mold/Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia Connection

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From: " Donnelly " <mdonnel@...>

" Barbara Herskovitz " <bherk@...>

Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 10:23 AM

Subject: Re: Mold/Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia Connection

> Hi Barbara,

>

> Can you reach those other people who are being treated for mold-related

> pain by your new physician? If everybody storms loud and hard, the medical

> world will eventually have to get serious.

>

> I think we need a LOT more media coverage, more scientific in

> content. Make it as sadly familiar as school shootings -- that might

> get the legislation moving. When I say " toxic mold " to people, inevitably

> they invoke " that 48 Hours thing a few weeks ago " . It must have made an

> impression. I have mentioned mold as a possibility to people who describe

> some of the symptoms that we have all discussed. Usually it draws a

> blank. They think I'm weird. But when I say " that 48 Hours thing a few

> weeks ago " , the lights seem to flicker on.

>

> It kills me to read ongoing accounts of how persistently the medical

> world attempts to dodge the devastations of toxic mold. You would think

> this male-dominated institution would be muscling and competing to see

> who could create the most effective solution first -- and name it

> after themselves. I'm finding that even TOXICOLOGISTS are in a fog --

> possibly an intentional one -- about the whole thing.

>

> To be fair, I must say that I have a very dear veterinary internist

> who is going to great lengths to try and find some answers for my

> pets. He has even written to Dr. Johanning. I've told him that he may

> some day be the Eckardt Johanning of the animal world. If anyone else out

> there is struggling with strange and chronic pet syndromes due to mold

> exposure, we would love to hear their voices. Reading your story, I

> realize I'm one of the luckier ones, with symptoms not nearly so severe as

> yours. But I think I could heal completely if I could know that my

> creatures will one day be well, and no more will die from this. This

> day-to-day, hour-by-hour battle between life and death is exhausting.

>

> I was beginning to think of myself as an unwilling " mold scientist " , but I

> rather like being called a " mold friend " ! Thanks for the post. I wish you

> a happy and pain-free day, and some progress in making the contacts.

>

> D.

>