THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MASK Hello world!

Welcome to my page!  Are you sick?  Have you been to several doctors with no relief?  Do you have multiple allergies?  You just might have an environment illness.  I’m starting this blog to offer insight on the issues of environment illnesses and the effects on the body.   Five years ago today, January 10, 2018, I was in the emergency room in severe muscle pain and spasms.   I was itching all over and my body was completely locked.   That was the last day I was in a building that was toxic on my body.   This building is believed to contain mold, asbestos, chemicals and/or other environmental pollutants.   I was told in September 2012 by an Environmental Physician that I was being exposed to mold.  If I continued to work in this environment it could be detrimental or even cause death.  Because of my genetic make up my system could not tolerate such pollutants.    I became allergic to everything (i.e. food, beverages, clothing, leather, fragrances, etc.).   I never thought I would ever have a normal life again.

I wear the charcoal filter mask to protect me from smells that cause me to have anaphylactic reactions.  Some people stare and others run from me.   They don’t realize they can make me sick.   My immune system was comprised because I was breathing air that was not good for me.   The exposures caused other health conditions as well.   We have spent thousands of dollars on my health.  I’m like the woman with the issue of blood who spent all she had.   This woman was sick and tired of the issue she had.  So she reached for the hem of Jesus’ garment.   I reach and am reaching every day for the hem of His garment.  I believe by His stripes we are healed.  I was exposed for thirteen years.  The last five years were the worst.   When I left the building I couldn’t walk, I was wheeled out in a wheelchair.   Months after I needed a cane or walker but refused them.  I was determined I would not be like that forever.   I have gotten better with much prayer and the help of my doctors.

As I look back on all I been through the last five years, I am grateful that I found doctors who could identify what I was going through.   I never would have thought breathing pollutants would destroy me from the inside out.   I had no idea what my body was going through being exposed to mold and asbestos.  We often look at mold in our homes or workplaces and think, “Oh, its just mold.”   Mold is toxic!  Mold can cause death and many health issues which I will discuss in later blogs.  I was sent home three months prior to January 10, 2013.   Being out of the environment for three months put me in total shock when I returned for the last four days in the building.   I thought I was going to die!   I looked like I was going to die.   Thank God I’m alive today to tell you I made it through, I’m making it through, I shall live and not die!