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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12 Responses to “Who’s chirping about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?”

Leslie

29. Dec, 2008

I hadnt thought about laughing gas in so long… way before i knew i had MCS or had the symptoms as bad as i do now I was given laughing gas to have wisdom teeth removed. As soon as they put the mask (stinky plastic smelling mask) over my face and began the gas inhale i actually has a heart spasm and nearly fell on the floor. Then I almost threw up. A very small percentage of people die from exposure to that gas each year and I was told that if it gives a bad reaction like i had to never use it again, because it can give a heart attack.

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Susie Collins

29. Dec, 2008

Leslie, that’s a real life nightmare! BTW, is there anything that hasn’t happened to you?!

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Leslie

29. Dec, 2008

no!
i think when my spirit decided to be born it said “let’s do it all!”
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I could pass on some of these, but it makes a person extra understanding of what others go through if you have been there too!

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Jeanne

29. Dec, 2008

Susie,
Thanks for mentioning my blog today.

Leslie,
I’m so sorry you had such a terrible experience with nitrous oxide!

Jeanne

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Mokihana

29. Dec, 2008

Yup, yup, yup the stuff we go through. Thank the gods for Denny-Foil, ha Leslie, we have it all other the place(s) in my world. I read the things everyone here goes through and feel what i feels like today … and go yikes, TURN UP THE MUSIC.

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Yaya

29. Dec, 2008

Wow, scary. I’ve always reacted poorly to things such as anesthesia and I’m always told ‘redheads react worse than others’….but now I’m wondering if it’s really chemical sensitivity?

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Ruth

29. Dec, 2008

I’m due to start having some amalgams removed/replaced sometime in the near future….I’m concerned about the anesthetic for that, even though we had the materials tested with kinesiology…I still worry. Anyone have reactions to that sort of thing?

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Susie Collins

29. Dec, 2008

Redheads? Oooo, Yaya, and you would be in so much trouble because that hair is so RED! So beautiful!

Yaya and Ruth, as with the nitrous oxide, even people without Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (the condition of having adverse symptoms from exposure to low levels as well as high levels of toxic chems) might have a bad reaction to local anesthesia. But we are all different. I have MCS and had NO reaction to the local given at the dentist for recent root canal. But whether you have MCS or have had a bad reaction to dental anesthesia, all I can say is discuss that with your dentist before anything is administered. And I would also say, if your dentist won’t LISTEN to your concerns and really talk WITH you about it, change dentists!

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Irene

29. Dec, 2008

Hi Ruth,heads up, removal of dental fillings.,look into a good natural path dentistry ,google natural dentistry ,Dr. Madison Basie perhaps. I have dental implants and would die to have them removed , I am too much a risk..

Now do not panic I am a time bomb so many things bother me , the opposite side of foil ,shinny side, google it too.

Now if you ask an allopathic dentist he will give you the info he knows, not the info you many need .the fox watching the chicken coop! With myself each reaction I encounter I document it then once recovered I simply google it .

We are the only ones who can truly care for our bodies.

You can safely have them removed with IV mega vitamins ,a necessary !!! if you can tolerate the vinyl tubing, if not build up on mega Vite. orally the pure power works best and is the least expensive.Kripps pharmacy BC can help with these. !!!ships all over world ,forever it seems.

However megs vitamins to build your immune system are required so you can tolerate all the out gassing when they drill or disturb metal OK ,google as well {removing dental fillings MCS sufferer} deadly important info .before proceeding pal.!You will locate the info .Knowledge is power but only if you use it.! Dr. Zoltan Rona in Toronto, {dr.rona.com },too is extremely informed and has experience in the field. Good luck ! I Irene, BC .Canada

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Irene

29. Dec, 2008

Great party gang !

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Irene

29. Dec, 2008

Leslie been too ill to notice your amazing site, your amazing creativity, as my self ! I feel too if I did not do something artistic each day I would surely really have no life.!!

This Xmas I played Santa to many,from things I put together also did a painting of a beautiful dog , landlord did not know he killed
re: pesticides!! out of respect to the beautiful creature ,killed for profit!! You are truly a unique person indeed! A light in our darkness of toxins, when all we can do at times is survive ,an inspiration indeed . WOW WOW WOW ! “You Go girl!!” Thanks .Irene BC Canada .

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Ruth

30. Dec, 2008

Susie, I have a really cautious biological dentist, and I trust him. Good advice to
talk about concerns with them first. I think I will have one tooth done and see how it goes from there. I only have two areas needing work….the two most highly “charged” teeth, but one side will require removing a crown, etc. Fun, fun!!!
There is so much fear involved with everything I have to do, medically or dental…that is what I need to overcome the most…fear of the unknown!

On a brighter note: Thank you all for the great birthday party yesterday!!!!
It made my day!!!! As for the Chinese food….I ate the WHOLE thing!!!! aaaahhhhh

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