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Hurricane Ike - Update
psy:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Sounds like mold spore allergies. You need to get out of there.
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That's what I've been telling her. My mom feels lethargic and miserable around her sister's house (which she has no problem with) because of all the mold. Some people it bothers. Some people it's completely toxic to. If you're allergic to mold, and you're living in a moldy enviornment, get out of there. You'll feel like shit and have a hard time getting anything done otherwise.
iamartsy:
My place is fine. The outside world is unbreathable. I am want to take a vacation and get out of here, but I spent my money on the mold remediation. Unfortunately, mold in the air has always been a problem in Houston. I am looking in Austin but mold is a problem there too . My lungs have cleared out since my apartment was done. I am also running one of two HEPA machines and need to get more.
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "psy" ---
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Sounds like mold spore allergies. You need to get out of there.
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That's what I've been telling her. My mom feels lethargic and miserable around her sister's house (which she has no problem with) because of all the mold. Some people it bothers. Some people it's completely toxic to. If you're allergic to mold, and you're living in a moldy enviornment, get out of there. You'll feel like shit and have a hard time getting anything done otherwise.
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It's serious and insidious. Any cold or flu that's going around, you will get, and you will get it worse than anyone else, and it will somehow never go away until you get out of that environment. It saps all of your energy because your body is constantly fighting the "invaders" and mounting an exaggerated immune response.
--- Quote from: "iamartsy" ---I am also running one of two HEPA machines and need to get more.
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I highly recommend Vornado, whichever model you can afford; even the smallest one, the #15, is a little work horse and will last you for years. The thing that usually breaks first on this kind of machine is the fan. Vornado got their start in this business making fans for WWII aircraft; can't get get much sturdier than that. I still have every single Vornado fan, humidifier, air cleaner, and heater that I ever bought (and some were bought used) and each is still fully functioning (of course, I also take them apart and clean them once every year or two as well). The only drawback that I can think of regarding these products is the filter cost and availability. My solution is buying them on eBay in multiples, and storing them until needed.
iamartsy:
Do you know about this one. http://www.natlallergy.com/prod/1638/iq ... ation.html
The only thing they have found in my lungs is candida albicans (fungus). Believe me i have had a few lung biopsies this year. Fluconazole helped but it is hard on the liver. The lupus is in my lungs mostly. My choices of meds are methotrexate and Humira. All of them scare me. I already had reactiions to Cellcept and Imuran and Prednisone (I am pretty heavy from it). I have always weighed 105-110 and now weigh 125. I hate it. I am a small person so that is alot of weight. I am going to move to a place without a swamp cooler. My A/C bill will go up but so be it. I also won't have as much space to do art in. That will stink, but I like the neighborhood and it is smaller and quieter. My complex was bought out and is going downhill.
I keep wondering how the hell I got the lupus. Was it the TC, or something in my home, the extra MMR shot in Grad school. Who knows. All i can do is fight it and travel to cooler places as much as possible. I love Denver and would like to move there, but don't know it well. Anyone here know it?
iamartsy:
I am quite depressed over my living situation. It is hard to live here day in and day out. The condition of my apartment complex has really affected me. Hearing the tarps flap and the carport crunch day in and day out is very hard to deal with. Also the crime against me (I was almost attacked or harmed in some way 2 months ago) has left me quite agitated. I don't know my place in with this world when no one will rent to me due to my limited income. I have a decent credit score but it does not matter to the apartment complexes. They just care about my damned income. So I am stuck in this depressing hellhole. It has become very hard to deal with. I really see very little hope anymore. I can't deal with spending the rest of my life in this apartment. I am not going to do anything drastic so don't flip out, but I have lost all the hope I have ever had. There is really nothing left to enjoy or make me happy. I want an expensive camera, but I would be too scared to carry it. Additionally, my family criticizes me when I want to buy a 2000.00 camera. Am I not allowed to get joy out of something in this damned world! I am back in that hellish place, I go, like before I got sent away. I will never allow that to happen again.
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