Hi. I have just set an appointment with the Environmental Health Center of Dallas. They want me to take the mycotoxin urine test. It's hard to go down this expensive diagnostic path with all the controversy and bad press.
I'm thinking this will surely come back positive. I live in an apartment on a lake. We have false ceiling installed HVACs that heat and cool. When they switch from heat to cooling, the house smells a little moldy until it runs a while. That's really common in this large wooded apartment community.
We have carpet. It's been raining like mad in Texas lately.
I cannot possibly move since the massive stress of moving into this apartment was a large contributor to my CFS. We have a ton of work into this place.
So I'm wondering if other less expensive preliminary approaches might provide guidance. Maybe a test of the air and carpet in the apartment. I try wearing a respirator for a few days. I could buy a couple of good charcoal activated room air filters for the price of the test.
Any thoughts about this would be greatly appreciated!
I'm thinking this will surely come back positive. I live in an apartment on a lake. We have false ceiling installed HVACs that heat and cool. When they switch from heat to cooling, the house smells a little moldy until it runs a while. That's really common in this large wooded apartment community.
We have carpet. It's been raining like mad in Texas lately.
I cannot possibly move since the massive stress of moving into this apartment was a large contributor to my CFS. We have a ton of work into this place.
So I'm wondering if other less expensive preliminary approaches might provide guidance. Maybe a test of the air and carpet in the apartment. I try wearing a respirator for a few days. I could buy a couple of good charcoal activated room air filters for the price of the test.
Any thoughts about this would be greatly appreciated!