out2lunch
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I'm in the same boat, financially. The cost of the dome sauna is too prohibitive for me, given all the other costs for treating this disease (especially since my doc, like most ME/CFS docs, does not accept insurance).@Ifish - which sauna do you use?
I have a tent version but Brewer was favoring the dome styles when I met with him a couple weeks ago. After looking into it a bit, it does seem the domes expose much more of the body to the FIR. My tent really just gets my back and shoulders leaving my legs, front torso, and head not even close to the heaters (I'm now understanding that you want the FIR heaters within a few inches of your skin). But shelling out the $2,000 for the dome recommended by Brewer isn't an option at this point....
Thanks and looking forward to your update!
Have you tried sitting on the floor of the tent, off the stool? I've read comments/reviews from others who have this tent and got better results that way. They kept the top part of the tent open to allow for adequate air, then turned every few minutes so their fronts and sides got better exposure from the FIR panels. Seems like that might be the way to go.
My sauna tent arrived the other day so I'll need to run it for awhile to outgas the nasty stuff before using it. But I don't know if I'll be able to use the sit-on-the-floor trick or not, because I've started to get rosacea symptoms from sauna use that I didn't have 15 years ago when I did Finnish saunas with my antibiotics for Lyme. Having my face turn bright red that lasts for an hour is not fun. Dermatologists warn rosacea patients about sauna use, so perhaps the full enclosure type of sauna is no longer an option for me.
Glad your new place is mold free! We have to move this summer and I don't think we're going to find something affordable in the greater Bay Area that isn't a mold fest. Landlords are blindingly greedy now and refuse to do regular maintenance let alone remediation from leaking roofs and aging water pipes. It's a wonder that more people aren't horrifically sick in the Pacific Northwest from this crap.