Declining Again

Do you feel worse, or just the labs are worse? I wouslnt feel so bad about labs if you feel ok.

Wrt vit D...have you noitced that your other fat-soluble vitamins are low? Normally when one is low like D, the others will be as well (A,E,K). This happened to me (was low in all 4), and is often a sign you have gut issues and are unable to digest fats. I bought a ox bile + digestive enzymes supplement and will retest levels in a few months.

yep - i would expect vit D to be lower/lowest towards the end of winter - so unless you have other signs i would perhaps just step up the supplementation and test in a few months - then not worry too much about that one.
Also - depending on the units 35 is not v low

CD57+ counts like most white blood cell counts tend to go up and down all the time ( only had CD 57+ measured once - but all my CBC's show considerable variation in white blood cell counts from one month to the next ) so again I would not read too much into them unless you have significant other signs. trends over time might give more of an indication - but it's not a cheap test.

I have labs done 2-3 times a year with Labcorp. My initial CD57 in 2016 was 39 and Vit D was 25. These were steadily trending upward until 2019, when I was being exposed to increasing amounts of mold in my relative’s house.

My CD57 had climbed up to 81 and plummeted to an all-time low of 35 at that time. My highest Vit D was 55, I think. Two months after moving into my car, CD57 was back up to 71, but dropped again several months later for unknown reasons and then regained some.

I moved into another house in June 2020, after having whole house mold remediation done and replacing everything including the HVAC and duct system and having a whole house dehumidifier installed. In January 2020, the mold dog detected no remaining reservoirs of mold.

I still had symptoms and detected mold in different areas. After we moved in June, I got much worse. In August, I bought an IqAir air purifier. That helped at the time. Had the mold dog come back in mid September, at which time he detected mold in the living room wall and garage but nowhere else. I was having awful symptoms in the dining room even then.

By Thanksgiving, I didn’t know if I would still be there after Thanksgiving, because it felt so bad. Somehow, things must have gotten slightly better temporarily. Here it is February, and I have no one to turn to but God. I need a miracle.

We were not able to find a clean house in our price range after looking at over 100 houses over 9 months. That’s when we decided our only option for a traditional house was to buy something and have it remediated.

Remediation was every bit as daunting and disappointing as I anticipated. People tend to think I’m a pessimist, but I am a realist. I have a tendency to see all the difficulties and pitfalls of situations before stepping into it, and things rarely turn out better or easier than I expect.

Mold is everywhere and in most buildings. I need my body to be healed and made right. Otherwise, I will spend the rest of my life running from mold. There has to be an end to this. God help me and all those who deal with this to such a degree.

I have no confidence in the mold inspectors or remediators in my area. The other two local people I know with CIRS have no confidence or good experiences with any professionals here, either, and we have all searched diligently.

People who have an isolated mold issue that is visible or obvious from a leak or something have a much better chance. In a situation like mine, where the mold is invisible and hidden inside wall cavities in multiple rooms is a job only God can fix, I believe.

I pray and wait. I listen for God’s direction. I keep on living because I can’t quit.

There are things I could do, but I lack confidence. Perhaps desperation will give me the confidence I need.

Sorry for the long diatribe.

Have you thought about testing DNRS? It could be good to reduce your reaction to mold, so you don’t need to be avoiding it that much as you are now. Mold and chemicals are still bad, but not as bad as our bodies think they are.