I'm just popping in for a min.
I've got some chemical sensitivities, one unfortunately being pesticides of all sorts & wouldn't yu know, we live in a condo complex that figues the only way to have good lawn care is to weed spray x3 every summer.
It bothers me quite a bit so I've just been going out during the day when it's worst. Wed am. I was sitting here & began to smell & taste it really strong & looked out to see the guy very liberally spraying everywhere ! both bedroom windows [on either side of where the 'puter is were open] & there was a strong breeze in.
Yuck, gag, anyway I rushed to go out & sat in the library for a couple of hours. My lips & nose felt cold & numb & light headed so went on to the mall & noticed that even my brain/perception was rather weird/unusual. That night could still smell it, both son & I woke with puffy eyes - he didn't sleep well at all, most unusual, my eyes looked as if I'd been crying for a week & a cough.
He was heading off on a wks much deserved vac. & he left me his car so when I got back after a few hrs/errands - I said this is going to really bother me, so I threw a whole bunch of camping gear in the car & went to the mtns (one & a hlf hrs drive at most) Am so thankful I went ! It was beautiful, got a good spot, a couple of good hikes, etc. got back yesterday aft & now have to clean up the house-wipe down everything & put away. The short of it all: my eyes were 80% the first am in the mtns & improved !
I'm rushing now to get out of here as If've errands & also need to get away from this Damned 'cide residue I can feel my mouth getting weird etc, makes me sound like a royal mental case, but most likely not -
Today: Friday 09/01: This is upsetting, to say the least
I've been systematically making an effort to clean everything inside, but have to leave after awhile to get fresh air & stay out until supper time. Wednesday I went out & throughly hosed down the sundeck, walls windws & the lawn - ugg, the stuff was so intense out there
Does anyone have any good cleanses to get this stuff out of the body ??? Uggg, it'd been a week & it's affecting my planters which had been really beautiful & some other potted plants I'd been keeping outside. The spray from the hose got on my feet & ankles & inspite of thorough washing they still feel sort of a numb coldness. I woke yesterday am with a very sore raw feeling throat, a little better today. The weird perceptual stuff sort of remains - mostly short term memory decline, lousy multi tasking - grrr ....
Also, Shaun got home Wed aft. - he'd had a good break, for which I'm happy, tho very glad to be home. He said his eyes he had been thinking were feeling scratchy-tired-he'd called it. Thurs am, his eyes puffy tho not as bad as mine - said he's noticing it too. He had a U. course assgnment deadline so was in most of the day & this am got up saying he's feeling it too tho not as much. [so I wasn't on the 'puter at all yesterday]
My eyes are getting bad again, looks like eczema or psoraisis, but if it clears up with away one day & o/n, then that's some sort of allergic reaction type thing.
I'm still working at the cleaning, just am not able to go through like I used to & get things done. It's going to take me a few more days to get most everything done !
The condo board's take on this issue at beginning of summer was " ohh, that's only for 2-3 days out of the year, nothing to worry about"
I think I'm the only person in this building who's on the main floor & generally home 24/7............
Sigh ......... He was planning to move in the next few months, but it feels as if it just can't come soon enough, and once winter comes it won't really be an issue, which doesnt help right now.
I've always been very much a person to take the outlook "Life is what you make it" but this exceeds my capacity to explain my body's reactions, by a good bit !
Sooo, this is not a short way of saying, I'm outta here once more ..........
Ohh, and does anyone have any good cleansing herbal approaches to getting some of this stiff cleansed from the body ???
Saturday:
Just checking in briefly.
So far I haven't got to the sub-contractor who has done the spraying [some post what used, but these are sort of sneaky - use a tiny little sign that's easy to miss & not detailed either], however that is on my list of things to do.
Yesterday Shaun was available to help with some of the cleaning, took all the curtains down for me to wash, did an extra good job with the vacuum, & so on, I've washed a lot down with vinegar & water & it's getting better, but they still really overdid it with that spray ! And I still have more to do.
He's put in a call to the landscapers, but on a long w/e no reply. Yes, the combos are a concern too........ On the plus side, I didn't realize quite how much it's been affecting him for some time - sore throat for ~ 2 mos, me the same, stomach queasy, etc. his eyes are more red & puffy. I'm finding my self dizzy a lot & have been for several months, thought it was the FM, & am also noticing tinnitis ` ringing in ears much louder...
Yuck. I'm not about to let this pass quietly, I just want to make sure I look after my self - short term & then go after the standards-etc. I know he'll stand up & be counted in what ever action unfolds from this. And we use filtered water, get organic or pesticide free foods as often as sensible to, too. We do have reasonably prices on many thankfully ! Ironic, then this happens !
Any way the sun's bright on everything now, so I'm out of here for the day once more !
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