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Pete,
I just saw your blog and I too had oral surgery in Nov. 2008, I had a tooth
pulled. After the oral surgery I started to notice red dots on my arms and legs.
I was very weak and sick. I could not figure it out. At first I thought it had
something to do the oral surgery. But before the surgery I had been having head
aches and feeling bad....but after the oral surgery is when it hit me. The bumps
turned into lesions which did not itch. Not long after that I noticed a
springtail in my bath water. I would soak in the bath with tree tea oil trying
to heal myself. There would also be black specs in the water. I started saving
them and I called an exterminator. He took a sample back to his office and told
me they were springtails...he came back over to spray and went up underneath the
house and came back and told me I had springtails because they were attracted to
"all the mold underneath the house." From there I called in a licensed state
home inspector to
take samples and we had
Chaetomium Cladosporium Penicillium/AspergillusThe cladosporium isn't so bad but
we had so much of it, the inspector said it's levels were way too high and then
of the Chaetomium and the Penicillium/Aspergillus of course are mycotoxin
producing and our indoor levels were way higher than the outdoor levels. about a
week after moving out and not realizing yet that all of our things were
contaminated...my son turned on a portable heater that had been in the old house
to keep warm. The next morning he woke up and came to me and told me he could
not see out of his left eye. I took him to the eye doctor and they immediately
sent us over to have an MRI done. That day they found eight lesions on his brain
and shortly there after diagnosis him with MS. I quickly realized the extent of
damages not only to our health but also to our personal property. So then I had
to replace our furniture, clothes, books etc...on top of having the expenses
associated with a move
and now new medical bills. Looking back my son had eye problems the entire
time we lived there and one year after living in the moldy property our cat
died.

It is almost Nov. again and I still have some red dots but nothing like what I
had living there. I still feel weak but at least I do have some "ok" days. I am
always short of breath and my teeth are decaying at a rapid rate. I did not know
that the mold could cause tooth decay. I was just at my dentist and she is like
what are you eating? I said nothing....much...really. I weigh 100lbs and I do
not have an appetite. Could you explain the connection between mold and tooth
decay. My son is on medication for MS and is also doing better. He is in college
too. But I wanted to tell that you did a fantastic job on your blog! And to tell
you ....you are NOT crazy. I hope you keep up the good work....but don't stay
out of college too long. Trust me I know its hard to study when you feel so bad.
I had gone back to school myself at age 43 when my son left for college. And I
was about dead trying to finish out the semester and being sick from mold. But
you are very
talented and passionate and you cannot give this the satisfaction of keeping
you from your college classes. One semester off is ok....but get back in there
as soon as possible. Again "thank you" so much for doing what I wish I had had
the energy, knowledge and talent to do. Thank you for helping people sick with
mold poisoning... you did a really good job.
sincerely,
leslie