Question from Lisa
I am chemically sensitive and live in an old building. Have lived there fine and healthy for a year until they installed new carpeting in the common halls of the building in December (not in my unit, just common halls. All the units have hardwood floors). I know for a fact that formaldehyde in my downfall.
Within two days of the installation I was sick and had to move to a friend’s house. My partner (who is not MCS) did a zeolite treatment, an AFM Safecoat sealer, and two rounds of AFM Lock-out. He did this at night when no one was around.
I returned to the apartment 5 weeks later and could tolerate a few days back in the unit with all my fans going and windows open (in the dead of winter!) I have good days and bad days and it’s not as bad as it was when they first installed. However, I had to leave again this week because I became really sick again.
I’ve moved so many times that I can’t bear to move again. I don’t understand why it’s so bad and the carpet isn’t even in our unit and we’ve sealed all the doors up. No one else in the building has complained.
The very odd thing is that my office had new carpeting installed a year ago and I had no reaction. I also go to meetings in a building with brand new carpet and have no reaction.
Can anyone help me? Would one of those dry steamers help? Any other ideas for getting this thing off-gassed and done with it? I’m desperate. Am getting a carbon mask soon. Am taking magnesium and panothetic acid. Doing saunas to detox. Everything!
Debra’s Answer
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