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Margo 3/6/2016 2:17:56 PM | Hi Everyone, I know I haven't posted much. I spoke to Mel a couple of weeks ago and he thought it would be helpful to the readers to know of my recent experience with a moldy apartment I was living in for 4 years. So, here goes. The problem actually started when I first moved to the Reno area almost 11 years ago, but the most recent rental was the worst one, I'll start with that. Four years ago in March, I moved into an affordable living studio apartment. It was a sudden move, because the place I was living in had flooded and the landlord refused to fix the fake wood floor that was buckling. There were noxious fumes coming up and me and my cat were getting sick. So, I moved into the new apartment sight unseen. I thought I would only be there for about 6 months, but it turned into 4 years! I have a lot of stuff and it was very cramped in the small apartment. I had boxes piled up along 2 of the walls. One was an outside wall which apparently developed condensation in the winter time, but I didn't know that until I started moving out. There was an old gas heater in the unit that was not working. Management refused to remove the heater. I had stuff piled up in front of and on top of the heater. Upon moving the stuff, I discovered the whole wall above and to the left of the heater was completely black! I scrubbed and scrubbed and could not get it completely clean...it was into the paint. Apparently, the heater did not have a good seal to the outside, and air was coming in. The old vents on the heater had streaks of black stuff coming out. Also, the apartment had an air conditioner/heater unit which the residents were instructed to use. There was basically no seal on that and there was air pouring through around the edges. In desperation, I had bungee corded old towels and rags around the edge of the AC to try to keep the air out and had piled boxes around it. Again, upon removing the boxes, and the towels and rags, it was completely black on the frame of the AC. I threw out everything I had used to plug up the holes because it was all black. Some of the boxes along the wall had gotten wet and there was even mold growing on newspaper used as packing in the boxes. I had to throw out some books that had gotten wet. I had to repack a lot of stuff and throw out the boxes. In addition to all that, there was mold growing around the windows. The stucco next to the side locking closure would get wet in the winter time it and it was turning black. I also found mold growing underneath the toilet tank on the back of the toilet. When I first moved in, the toilet tank had stuff growing in it, so I cleaned that out real good. It stayed clean when I put Chlorox in it. When I first moved into the apartment, my cat started itching again like crazy. He already had a weakened immune system because of vaccinations he had gotten that had nearly killed him. Then, in a couple of months, I found fleas on him! I don't know where they came from unless they were already in the apartment. And everyone says that fleas don't grow in Reno...it's not true. I could never get rid of the fleas. So he had to go back on Prednisolone for the itching and I was using Frontline for the fleas. I kept thinking we would move, but then I started getting sick. I was working full time and barely making enough money to support me and my cat with all his health issues. I started having digestive problems and got to where I could not even have a bowel movement without a laxative. I won't go into all the details here, but it took me 3 years to get all that straightened out. I nearly died during all that. In my ventures of trying to heal my intestines, I passed all kinds of parasites, tapeworms candida and ropeworms. When I saw the ropeworms, I figured I had Morgellons because stuff coming out in my cleansings did not look normal at all. I had been interested in and following Morgellons since 2005 and wanted to know all I could find out about it. I think a part of me deep down knew I would have to deal with it personally. During that time, I tried a variety of diets. I had already become vegetarian. Then I cut out wheat, sugar and caffeine. I was on a raw food vegan diet for a while and doing quite a bit of fasting, trying to starve out the worms. I got down to 77 pounds (I'm 5'2"). I really did not want to live. I felt like I was in a battle for my life, which I was...it was either me or the worms. With a lot of prayer and trying one thing after another, I finally got rid of the worms. All of this was in the toxic apartment. In the meantime, my cat was not getting any better. He kind of stabilized, but then he started getting worse. His teeth started rotting even though I was brushing them every night. Then he got this black discharge from his eyes. He started losing hair and getting sores. I took him to the vet and she didn't know what was wrong and prescribed antibiotics. He would get a little better and then worse. Then he started losing patches of skin. It was coming off like crazy. He was miserable. One day I had come home from shopping and he had licked all the hair off his butt and around it he was so miserable. The vet thought he might have a fungal infection but did not hold out much hope in curing him. She wanted to do a biopsy of his skin. Before I could decide what to do, he had stopped eating and just looked worse and worse. At that point, I decided to have him put to sleep to put him out of his misery. When I took him in, they could not even get a needle in his vein because his skin had turned to leather from his constant licking. They had to put him out with gas so he would not fight the needle. That was in Feb. 2015. By that time, I had started purging gritty stuff from my body, first coming out of my feet, between my toes and some from my eyes. I do have a genetic eye condition in which my corneas swell. It's called Fuch's Dystrophy. It was discovered when I had my cataract surgery. This condition affects females more than males and the symptoms start showing up in the 50's. What happens with this condition, the inner lining of the cornea starts losing cells and the cornea starts swelling. In the beginning stages, it is controlled with eye drops and ointment. The cornea can actually develop blisters which burst. Eventual blindness is the prognosis unless one decides to have a corneal transplant or a corneal lining transplant done. So, I'm dealing with all that too. My eye doctor has recommended I get the surgery sooner than later, but I'm holding out. I'm using a lot of drops and ointment. Anyway, the gritty stuff started coming out of my eyes and face. I have held off on going to the eye doctor because I didn't want to tell him about Morgellons. I wanted to deal with this and get the grit cleared up. Well, it just got worse and worse. I've had it coming out of my whole body at different times. I was laid off from my job last July. I thought I just needed to rest and it would go away. So, I took about 2 months of mainly resting and I wasn't feeling better. I was feeling worse in fact. I was dizzy much of the time, had brain fog, anxiety, couldn't sleep and was waiting for guidance from within. I found Mel's website last year sometime. I started on the MMS in October and noticed great improvement. I started feeling better and having more energy. In the apartment I only had a shower. I found a small soaking tub that I got online and started using that for baths. Then, I heard on an old conference call where Mel mentioned that if you wake up with slimey stuff on your face, you probably have a mold problem in your environment. So, I started really looking at my apartment and that's when I figured out I had a mold issue going on as well. I have recently moved into a new apartment - senior housing - it's very clean and I have my own washer and dryer. It's also a studio, but larger. It has no visible signs of mold and I can breathe in here. I have also returned to full time work this last week. I was very tired, but I made it through the week. I'm feeling so much better getting out of the mold. I'm convinced that my cat's fungal issue was from the old apartment. I feel bad for him that I didn't know what to look for and that I didn't get us out before he died. I feel bad that I was not a better housekeeper and didn't find much of the mold until I moved. So, I'm in the new place and getting another chance to move forward now. Oh, as for my weight and diet, I've added back cooked foods and I'm up to 98 pounds. In my recent research I've done on mold, I found that most of my symptoms could have been mold related, even the gritty eyes. So, if you suspect you might have mold in your home, please look closely and if it can be fixed, get it fixed. If it can't or won't be fixed, move to a better place. Apparently, once you're exposed to it, you're sensitive to it and can't be around it at all. I'm still purging, but it has decreased significantly. I've broken out on my neck, face and back with some red pimples that I've had in the past when toxins were coming out. I know this too shall pass. Thanks for reading this long post. I hope it helps some of you out there. Margo |
Margo 3/21/2016 11:48:05 PM | Thank you Peter and Nan for your kind words and encouragement. I'm writing with an update. I've had a setback because of my work environment. I'm exposed to all kinds of allergens, toxins and pathogens that I was not aware of when I interviewed and took the job when it was offered to me. I have gotten quite sick. I'm in the process of going to the doctor to see what my diagnosis is and what recommendations could be made to help me at the work place. However, I don't believe enough accommodations could be made, especially with my extreme sensitivity to these toxins, especially after the moldy environment I just came from. Fortunately, I'll be going to Mel's doctor who is sensitive to our special needs and understands our plight much better than most. I'll know more in a couple of weeks as to what is going on. I'll post stuff as it comes up. My purging has come back with a vengeance with my eyes and face especially. That had almost stopped completely. I've been very dizzy, had brain fog, some pains that I had not had in a while and extremely tired and completely overwhelmed. I finally felt better by this afternoon. I've been taking lots of baths - MMS, vinegar, sea salt (not all together), and trying to rest as much as possible. But, I went grocery shopping yesterday and that about put me over the edge with all the different smells and stuff. So, even if we have made great progress, we still need to be aware and careful of environments and everything else. I realize this is a condition we must continue to "manage" - as it will probably never go away completely and we can always be susceptible given the right circumstances. Plus, as Mel and I recently discussed, the world is getting more toxic every day. Take care until next time everyone, Margo |
Peter 3/10/2016 2:17:25 AM | Margo Hello. Thank you for sharing in your post. It is honest and heartfelt. What really matters, is that you have re mediated the mold issue. Because of this, I am certain that you will feel noticeably better over time. I know I did after I discovered and eliminated mold behind my refrigerator. Let your tears for your beloved cat be because you had him so long instead of because he is gone. I really believe that when God takes something precious from us it is because he has something even better to put in it's place. I hope this is the case for you. My condolences on your loss. You have told everyone that the MMS made a big difference. That is something that is very important for people to understand, so I thank you. It is clear to see that you have put some major obstacles behind you. Let that alone persuade you to have no doubt that you are winning! Now you can expect to now see some noticeable gains. Be fully persuaded in your faith. Trust in the proven science behind the Logos products. And be wholly confident that, through nutritional healing combined with lifestyle changes, this protocol does bring remission. Through Mel, God has delivered this gift of truth! Do not doubt that. Stay the course. Blessings, Peter |
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