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Friends, I recently moved from an apartment that I was getting sick in that I suspected was mold. My head was like hung over for 6 hours every morning and couldn't sleep at night. The landlord didn't believe me. I move out and he was renovating the bathroom. The floor was completely rotted under the linoleum tille and they removed the tub and realized black mold was on all the bathroom walls inside.

meantime I had been sleeping in my messy design studio with tons of dust and linen fabric everywhere and nothing.
I slept like a baby and no sick feeling.

I find another apartment that was not first choice but knew I needed for only 2 months. This place had a bad type odor that I wasn't sure what it was and thought it was from animals or possible??? I had to keep sliding glass door open and all windows. I couldn't sleep there either even worse but thought the air was OK with all windows open. Within a week I noticed I was peeing more and my knees down to my feet were in the worst pain I had ever had and then my hands started in. I was so tired I couldn't figure anything out. So again I had to go back to sleeping around the corner in my design studio but the pain in legs and hands was so bad I couldn't the or hold pencil. And I wanted to tip my knees off.

I felt like I needed a wheel chair to get around. My hands were incredibly weak.

Pain killers could take the insanity away but still pain but at least dulled down.

I haven't done Bikram yoga for 4 yrs because of being so sick. This pain forced me to go back to the hot yoga room.

I am 50% beter after taking 4 classes in last 2 weeks. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday.

I realized the class was easier now that I am on heparin to thin blood.

this yoga practice is like stretching in a sauna and it is a beginner series. I will be 56 this month so you can't be too old for this.

you get to take your time and just go as far as you can go with the practice. These postures were created as a medical series to strengthen heart and balance and flexibility while completely detoxing the body.

I think what I had picked up from the second toxic apartment is formaldehyde. I have to e very careful in places with new flooring not just carpet. This place had some type flooring that give appearance of wood but it really another venal type thing.


I hope this will inspire al of you to recheck your living spaces for toxins and also to try steaming Bikram yoga class. if you go to bikramyoga.com there is a class finder button to find one near you.

If anyone has any treatments of herbs or plants for eliminating these type toxins please post. Someone told me they saw mold in their blood in a dark field microscope exam. this is serious stuff.

Wow Bucci!
I'm glad you were able to figure out what was making you so ill and in so much pain! It's good that you found something that has helped with the pain too.

A very valuable reminder as well, to always be on the watch for things such as mold and other things that can find a way into our homes!
Thanks Bucci!!