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Who’s chirping about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?

Posted on Dec 29, 2008 by Susie Collins in Blog, MCS

Leslie blogs today at The Oko Box Blog about her wacky project to seal off the adjoining door between her and her new roomie to keep her safe from contaminants. Please note that her new roomie is a dear friend and we should all be so lucky to have a friend like this who would go to such extremes to keep us safe! But GADS, the things we have to do to keep ourselves protected!

When dealing with chemical sensitivities even the most mundane tasks, plans and events become an olympic style obstacle course to get through…and due to economic breakdown I am getting a housemate. Anyone reading this who has MCS will understand this is the kind of event that can put the shake in the rattle and roll of fear, because other people bring things into your safe home that you normally can not tolerate. If you don’t have chemical sensitivities you may find the following project completely insane, but tell the Gulf War Veterans who are now officially declared to have MSC/GWS from chemical exposure, the still sick rescue teams from 9-11 who didn’t have protection going into the disaster, and my good friend Lou Cheese who was chemically injured on the job that their medical & government documented affliction is insane.

Jeanne at Jeanne’s Endo Blog tells a story about her trip to the dentist and the literally nightmarish aftermath of the nitrous oxide:

Anyway, nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas) was no laughing matter for me!! It gave me zero effects during the dental appointment. There was nothing positive or negative. [But] while it appears to be a less common side effect of nitrous oxide, I am not the only dental patient to have had nightmares after nitrous oxide.

With nitrous oxide (at least in my case) you do stay awake during the procedure but it is supposed to make it easier for certain patients than just having Novocaine alone.

I am NOT one of those certain patients!! These nightmares were really bad. I am so glad to be awake. I’m so glad they were just nightmares and not really happening. (One example of a nightmare I had was a scene that was similar to but far, far scarier than a very, very graphic Grey’s Anatomy episode where everyone is standing around in scrubs and then bad things happen).

Let’s just say I am not one to be phased too much by the sight of blood but this nightmare was more than I could take without getting really upset before waking up suddenly.

I never want to go through that again!As I said, most people who have nitrous oxide (apparently) find it helpful and pleasant. I had no reaction at all when I needed it and the nightmares afterwards (just now) were just plain awful.

Hang in there, Canaries, it’s a crazy, dangerous world for us. Take care out there!

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Tags: MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Happy Birthday, Ruth!

Posted on Dec 29, 2008 by Susie Collins in Blog, Healthy Living, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

Get out your birthday hats and get ready to boogie– we have another Canary Birthday today!!

Today is Ruth’s Birthday! For those of you new to The Canary Report today: Ruth is one of our regular comment contributors. Thanks, Ruth, for all you bring to our discussions!

Okay Ruth, here we go, all for you: *Puts on party hat* and then *Dance, dance, dance, twirl around, skip, jump, throw hat in air, catch, do another twirl, side step, sashay, scoot and dance, dance dance!!*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUTH! All the best in the world to you!! *Cuts cake, pours hot chocolate, and passes around to everybody!!*

xoxoxoxo