Overcoming Barriers to Healing from ME/CFS, Mold Illness, MCS, and Other Chronic Illness

There are a number of key factors involved in healing that some may be prevented from doing, for a while.

Sweating. Some of us just don’t sweat well UNTIL IN GOOD ENOUGH AIR. (It usually takes me 2 months in good air to begin sweating again.)

Exercising. Some of us have extremely high PEM, and exercising can be injurious UNTIL IN GOOD ENOUGH AIR. My air had to be nearly pristine (mold AND chem) for me to overcome PEM. Then when my house got contaminated with powdered/crystalline insecticide, it had to be cleaned before I could exercise again. We ended up doing at least five MAJOR cleans as well as normal keep-up, AND treating my liver. I do not know how effective liver treatments are in “bad” air, but it might be worth a try. Likely most won’t have to do as much as I did to my environment (because my MCS was just so bad), and hopefully most won’t get such a bad, accidental contamination.

Eating. Some of us cannot tolerate the good foods our bodies might need (fruit, fiber, veggies, a variety of fermented foods, whole grains, etc.) UNTIL IN GOOD ENOUGH AIR. Although it is true I was able to have both yogurt (probiotics) and whole grains in the mold house, and I think that prevented me from getting Mast Cell Activation Syndrome along with my MCS and ME/CFS. My variety of fermented foods is much greater now, though, and I notice (in a bad way) if I reduce them.

Sleeping. Some of us have terrible issues with insomnia. I have had sleep trouble since I was 7 years old, but I also already had symptoms of Du Pont poisoning and pesticide poisoning by then and more symptoms by age 27. Sleep got even worse in the mold house. I had to have nearly pristine environment/outside air/low-tox house for good sleep following the mold house for this to get any better. But this issue can resolve also, for deep, restorative sleep, IN GOOD ENOUGH AIR.

Get the drift? LOL

Don’t give up, friends! Keep trying. Hang in there. I know how hard this is for some of us.

Let me know if you want tips on getting better air. There are three major components: outside air/location, house air, and bedroom/sleeping air which is needed for overnight detox.

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About Christa Upton

I am a wife and mother of three children ages 11, 14, and 18. I used to be a stay-at-home mom (teaching piano & dance, volunteering, etc). From 2007 to 2010, I suffered accidental Toxic Injury (also called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or MCS). MCS has had major impact on our family, but the forced time in bed has given me time to write. So far, I have published 4 children's books (2 in e-book format on Kindle, one in Print-on-Demand at CreateSpace, and one printed by a local printer). Sometimes I miss my old life, but I love writing for children!
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