Susan McBride Update

I just found you via a Time mag blog. I have a number of friends with ‘chemical sensitivity’ so your blog interests me.

Rhea -
Welcome to the blog. I hope you come back often - and invite your friends.

surely

Congrats!

Unfortunately they claim “sensitivities” are merely enough to make you miserable. I have many that are life-threatening.
That’s why the term “sensitivities” really bugs me, because it doesn’t come close to conveying what can actually happen.

A great resource:

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

I was glad to see this topic finally get coverage in the mainstream news. It’s like they feel it’s acceptable to link to a blog about it, but not take a stand on their own, which might offend sponsors or readers.

I too am living this nightmare. It use to be
that my throat would close up and I’d get
a pain in my chest like someone was sitting on it. But after months of having to have I.V. treatments with other patients who had
on lotions. laundry soap etc. Even tho I was
using oxygen. I moved to a new level . Now my eyes swell shut. That blew my theory of holding my breath when I moved around in public when confronted with a strong fragrance. I now must leave as
quickly as I can before I swell up and
can’t breath. If I sit in a seat that someone with heavy fragrance has sat I must throw those clothes away. No manner of washing, vinegar,borax,will remove it.
And I don’t have to smell it first to react. People don’t realize it is the chemical not necessarily the odor that
causes the reactions. I am now
isolated in a room by myself because even
the doctors were horrified by my face. Yet still I react because it gets in the air system. I have been told by the place I’ve lived for 10 years that the can’t handle people like me. and have refused to renew my lease. A clear disability violation. Yet I can get no lawyer to handle my case, even tho I have several
doctors who will confirm this. I live in florida if anyone can help me. Please post a comment. I am battling mycroplasma pneumonia which makes my reaction to fragrance and chemicals even more severe.
The added stress of trying to find a “New” place that has not been smoked in, had fragrance etc. Is tremendous. Please post comments . thank you.