Posted by Ia Roy on March 02, 2015 at 19:42:44 from (72.171.192.61):
My wife has extreme "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity". Last fall in an effort to reclaim some transmission lube from my old case tractor, I boiled the water and transmission fluid that I had drained out of the bottom of the transmission. As water boils at a much lower temperature, it leaves the mixture. As my luck would have it, the fumes drifted toward and into the house. The windows and doors were closed, but still got inside. The wife got my attention before I was done, but the damage was done. It doesn't bother me, but it makes her skin crawl. I can't smell it and not sure she can at this time.
After female cancer surgery at Christmas time she became much more sensitive to it. I guess the worst room is her bedroom. Mine is on the same side of the house and it was less of a problem for her until I started to clean. She has been on oxygen now for three weeks, starting with a trip to the emergency room and a week in the hospital. There is a humidifier on the oxygen concentrator, but after a couple of hours she starts getting water drops up her nose. We have to disconnect and drain the condensation out of the oxygen tube. She has moved to the dining room and spends her time between a recliner chair and a hospital bed. To make matters worse, she has a tumor between her lungs that is making fluid and filling the cavity between the lungs and the ribcage. She has had one lung drained 3 times and another scheduled for Wednesday. They probably should do both, but I am not sure she will let them. She has no appetite and is getting sores in her mouth today. She is loosing weight and has no strength. She tried to get chemotherapy scheduled to start this week, but it will have to wait until next week as we had scheduled last Friday.
I removed all the curtains, the bedding and the clothes from the room. Then I shampooed the carpet using Borax as that does not bother her. I washed the walls and ceiling also. That did not help and seemed to spread it into more of the house. I had a professional cleaner come in and he checked his different chemicals with her before he started using them. After he got done, there was an odor that bothered her. Why it didn't before he used it I don't know. He did use an ozone generator for a little while after he shampooed. We have two bathroom exhaust fans that have been running continuously for 3 weeks. I have an ionizing HEPA air filter running in her bedroom. I have been cracking open the front door a little to get some fresh air. That helps some, but also has it's limitations. We have a small humidifier that helps a little to keep from drying out her mouth.
I don't know where to go next. I threatened to pull out all the carpet from the house, but am sure it will stir everything up and make it worse. We live in the country and she is affected by herbicides, pesticides, insecticides and fungicides. With aerial spraying and all the road dust from traffic, our house is pretty well polluted. I also work in the office of a factory and the heavy metals from welding smoke and petrochemicals follow me home. I could paint and seal everything, but those chemicals are also forbidden. Years ago there was the story about the boy in the plastic bubble who didn't have an immune system. She is starting to feel like that, and her defenses will be compromised when starting chemo. Does anybody have a solution to these issues. Thanks, Roy
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