antares4141
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A few more thoughts:
All very good points. Thanks!
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@antares4141
A few more thoughts:
All very good points. Thanks!
One of the ME/CFS specialists said that in his experience, 5000 feet was about where his patients did best. I am at 5000 ft and didn't have any problem adjusting from sea level.The elevation would be a problem for many unless they already live that high.
There is plenty of land to plant vegetables on. I did it the first year I was out here but had so many other things that took priority it got bumped. Grew tomatoes, lettuce, coriander, peppers, egg plant I think. Tomatoes and lettuce and coriander where the most successful. There would be a communal kitchen so I thought that it would be to everyones benefit to pitch in and make meals together.What are you planning for food ( since you need like organic and food/ fresh food to remove any other factor to the equation.
@Sushi ... Wow... Really? ( Shoot, I could be in MX now rather than snowbound up north). That's surprising.One of the ME/CFS specialists said that in his experience, 5000 feet was about where his patients did best. I am at 5000 ft and didn't have any problem adjusting from sea level.
No, I have lived most of my life near sea level.I kept coming across articles about how badly neurological diseases do at high elevations.
Have you always lived at high elevations?
No, but I'm going to check it out for sure.I keep thinking....
Have you seen the Lyme Disease documentary " Under Our Skin"?
It's worth watching.
(It won awards.
Made NO medical difference...)
Hi. We are in our new house. For the most part I have been sleeping outside on the porch. I have also been going to the forest for 2 hours most days. I am following Erik Johnson’s advice about going out into the wilderness as much as possible,
I am able to hike about 4 miles with no pem if I am in the forest .
If I spend at least 2 hours a day in the forest I have 5he energy to cook dinner and clean up in general. The extreme mold avoids thing is impossible for me because of my family . I have been slowly slowly overall improving but I can become incapacitated if I am indoors too long when the barometric pressure is low.
Also I notice if the barometric pressure falls and there is a storm I must stay out on the porch or outdoors or my symptoms become unbearable. This is what Erik said about mold releasing spores when the barometer falls.
I know this seems totally nuts. I am high functioning in the wilderness and if we do go I would be a happy to help others who may be less able bodied.
I would recommend to anybody who can find a house with a porch that has some semblance of privacy to pounce on it. Any time you can spend outside is probably helping to reduce your symptoms.
I never followed air pressure, I was always concerned about how dry it is. When it's dry particles are more likely to be airborne. And I see this as a possible issue of living in an arid environment.
When it rains it cleans the air. The flip side is your probably going to have a lot of mold growth after this. But high humidity and lots of surface foliage is probably going to bring down the prevalence of all kinds of different particles?