Ever
been overwhelmed by the gal with perfume pouring out her pores in the
elevator and get an annoying head ache because of it? How about
man-made sweeteners? You know, aspartame, Sweet and Low and so forth?
Do they give you a headache that would stop a horse in its tracks?
Here is a good one, the Dollar stores. Ever walk in one and feel
like your eyes are being rubbed with sandpaper? Does the “New”
smell of carpet, or cars, or furniture, or clothes bother you? Air
fresheners make you catch your breath? Especially the sprays? The
laundry soap isle in a store, does it make you kind of queasy?
That
was me for years, actually for most of my adult life. It seemed to
get a little worse each year and then a few years ago it got down
right rude! In fact, I am currently living in my van because living
in just about any of today's housing means I am participating in
chemical warfare. With me as the target! If it has a chemical in it,
you can be pretty sure I will have some kind of bad reaction to it.
Don't forget, when I say bad, remember I have moved past annoying and
entered the land of down right Rude!
Now
here is the interesting part. Chemicals are everywhere today. In
our buildings, clothes, cars, soaps, shampoos, cleaning and laundry
products, even the food we eat and often the very air we breathe may
be filled with all kinds of man made chemicals. In some cases even
our forests have been sprayed with fire retardant, so don’t think a
walk in the woods is safe and I mean seriously, who knew a fabric
softener sheet could be considered dangerous! Did you know that one
of the chemicals they use in those innocent looking sheets is the
same chemical used in Anesthesia? No kidding, oh yeah, don’t
forget, they put fiberglass in there too. I know, crazy isn’t it?
Did
I mention my cell phone yet, or your cell phone? Or just about
anybodies phone? Especially a Smart phone. Oh yes, even my phone is
a problem, it is not just all of the chemicals that are used today
but it is also the electromagnetic fields that are created by some of
our new technology, like smart phones, computers, WiFi hotspots, cell
towers and even electric lines on telephone poles. They have all
declared war on this ole gal. So more questions. Have you ever
freaked out your computer, or watch, or phone? You know made the
computer screen jump and do strange things, or caused the LED lines
to disappear on your watch? When you go into the grocery store do
the doors seem to hesitate when you try to go inside? If you
answered yes to any of these questions, well, you just might be
allergic to the 21st century!
According
to the specialist I am now working with, the chemicals in our world
today are harmful to everyone. Most people just don't get as sick or
even very sick at all, and many times don't even know why they are
sick. Just like those who are allergic to say, peanuts, some get a
little sick and may not know why, then there are those who know, that
for them, peanuts are deadly. Like me, there are many people, with
a specific genome, that cannot release toxins the way the rest of the
population can.
Because
of that I became very ill, to the point where several of my doctors
did not believe I would still be alive to make it to my next
appointment. They did not share that little bit of, what I would
think was important, information with me until after I started seeing
Dr Michael Gray and my health started to improve. Trust me, there is
no doubt in my mind, and theirs, that he has saved my life.
There
is so much to this that it is hard to comprehend or even realize just
how deep it goes. For instance, movies are my favorite entertainment
at night. I was hoping to find a DVD player to take on the road with
me, but when I checked with my friends on the Yahoo Group called the
Green Canaries, a chemically challenged support group, (that is
right, there are a bunch of us out here!) they all told me that every
player would have to off gas for months before I could safely use
one. (Off gas:essentially that means they have to release the toxins
that are strongest when they are new)
Clothes
are another issue. I can now only wear cotton and so much prefer
organic cotton. But organic cotton is very expensive. I simply
cannot afford that, so I wind up washing and rewashing used cotton
clothes to try and get all of the chemicals out of them. I know one
gal who washes new cotton 36 times with vinegar, baking soda, and
peroxide, in an attempt to clear all of the toxins. Another lady
prefers to use a pressure cooker to get all of the nastier chemicals
out. The goo that gets poured off after she is done cooking the
clothes is enough to scare me silly.
What
toxins could be in clean, brand new clothes? I am glad you asked!
There are all of the pesticides
that they
use to get the cotton ready
to go to
the market,
then there are the silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners,
heavy metals, soil retardants, ammonia, and formaldehyde-just to name
a few of the chemicals
needed to get the cotton through
the machinery in
order to
manufacture clothes. Then of course, there is the fire
retardant
required on
some clothes and all
motor
homes, cars, bedding, and even your mattress. There are
additional
pesticides sprayed on each shipment to keep the critters out
before and after they get to the store. Want to know more, read here
to learn
more about our
childrens
clothes or
here
for a
list of the chemicals used on cotton and
then there is this
site,
which tells
you about the known cancer causing chemicals that are used on cotton
in the USA. So, are
you starting to get a picture? It
is not pretty, is it.
I
have been doing some empirical testing over the winter. You
know, try this on the ole gal, or see how sick I get when I do that,
and if I try this, Oh My! Wont do that again. The
electromagnetic fields emanating from my phone are not only causing
problems for my body, but neurologically as well. When
I have been exposed to my phone for any length of time,
especially when it is charging, my balance,
my thought
processes, all
get affected. Even simply
sentences become difficult to formulate or
understand and
I will start to stutter and
cannot find simple words.
Which
makes sense if you think about it. The good Lord created our minds
to run
on very finely tuned electrical energy. If we introduce a second
rate man made electronic
device, then it is going to cause our own system to short circuit.
The more exposure we have, it stands to reason that the effects would
continue to increase as well. Some online
sites walk a fine line about the dangers. Some try to present
specific
facts while others are clearly determined to find someone
culpable. This has been around for awhile. It is not new news.
Lawsuits
of all kinds
have been filed for a variety of reasons concerning the impact EMF
has on the human body.
But
it is certainly new to me. Well at least this side of it. For most
of my adult life I have had an impact on electrical equipment, like
I listed above. Technically speaking, I
would freak them out, (Got to love those technical terms) I could
erase the lines in a LED watch by wearing it for a few minutes. I
could cause my computer to do things it should not be able to do.
Things that made the IT techs say “Hmm it should not be able to do
that!” Unfortunately, at this point, those same electronic devices
are causing me to freak out! Okay,
sometimes ya just gotta try to
find the humor in this. Granted
it is a little twisted at
times, but hey, it is humor. :)
Quite
seriously for a moment, there
is increasing evidence that we should all be concerned. One
experiment conducted by school
children still makes me wonder why more people are not alarmed by
this. I mean if our kids have figured it out? Hmm.
For
me, I am learning the hard way, that there are some things I just
should not do. Even when I try to avoid what I know will be an issue, I still can get in trouble it seems. I wound up accidentally sleeping by some small electrical lines
one night when I was in Quartzsite. I did not realize they were there until the next morning. Don't ask me how I missed it, because I have no idea. All I can tell you is that it was a mistake. I was
fighting to make sense when emailing the next day. I would have to
read the email over and over again and keep correcting mistakes
before I could send it out. One I sent to a friend was a mess, but
they knew the problem I was having, so I just let the mistakes ride
and hoped they could figure out what I was saying.
Another
aspect of this is that it also hurts my hands and face too much to
keep using the phone after a while. Sometimes it only takes a few
minutes for it to become very painful. Driving through town can be a
challenge, then my whole body gets involved. Any town is bad for me
these days, but some seem to be much worse. As to why? Beats me, I
just know for me, certain places are harder than others. The fact
that some of those towns I went to were heavy into farming and you
could see the layers of pesticides in the air... Well I don't know
for a fact, if that has anything to do with it or not, but my doctor
has asked me to avoid any towns on the Colorado river since
pesticides are high on my list of no no's.
I
had mentioned in an earlier post that I was trying to find ways to
keep the computer from hurting me. It was actually the phone that
was the real problem. The computer is an issue if I am on it too
long or if I try to use it in my van, then the length of time I can
use it gets much shorter. All of that metal in my van causes those
electronic fields to bounce around and can even create hotspots
within the van that can be very dangerous for anyone, but especially
for me, since I am already so sensitive to it. I do not have the
funds to have a separate WiFi hotspot and keep a phone too, so, with
the help of a couple of great tech friends, we found a way to tether
my computer to my phone and keep the phone as far away from me as
possible.
My
post called Bits and Pieces now takes on new meaning when you realize
that I would not have been able to use almost any of those gifts if
they were new. So cast-off items were a blessing to me in so many
ways. I could not afford to buy most of that, and was simply doing
without. Even if I had the money to buy them, the toxins they would
release would have made me horribly ill or it would have taken months
and months before I could use them.. That old saw 'One man's junk is
another mans blessing” is certain true for me!
So
what about you? Any of this ringing a bell? Are you mildly allergic
or are you already heading down the path I am on? Something to think
about for sure! I try to buy all organic food, I filter all my water
with my Big Berkey and I am boondocking in the boonies, with as few
trips to town as possible, so I can continue to regain my health. I
don't know about you, but I think I can safely say, that I am definitely
allergic to the 21st century.
