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To: ChildOfThe60s

Oh yeah, I already do the other things. I was just shocked by the bleach. I had come down with bronchitis, then was exposed to bleach right in the middle of it. Took me about 8 more weeks to get over the bronchitis after that.

But, yeah, no perfumes, we are using Arm & Hammer detergent for the clothes (had to get rid of Tide, etc a decade ago), no makeup. No hairsprays, shampoos can get to me too. Oh yeah, no kitties (and I love kitties). To make it all better, we have a basset hound with environmental allergies; he is allergic to the very air around us it seems. But he gets nice meds.


39 posted on 09/20/2006 9:22:35 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Well, good luck.

Two things that helped me a great deal when I was at my worst (still do them).

Stay well hydrated. Dry lung tissue will make you wheeze more than you may realize. My wheezing decreased considerably when I drank a glass of water at least every waking hour. Kept my bladder pretty flushed out, also /grin

If your heat is running, you should be running a *steam* vaporizer. Excessively dry air causes your mucus membranes to be dry and that makes you much more susceptable to airborne viruses.

Both of these suggestions were given to me by MDs.


40 posted on 09/20/2006 9:37:18 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit
Strong smells have always bothered me now even faint smells will choke me up. I had lunch with a friend yesterday, her perfume choked me up across the table from her.

I used Wisk detergent until it started giving me hives as well as asthma. Now I use All Free and have no problems.

I don't have many colds but when I do get one it always leaves me with a sinus infection. Now I wash my sinuses out with salt water and I never have a sinus infection and the colds don't last long either.
47 posted on 09/21/2006 6:47:14 AM PDT by Ditter
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