1996 was a pretty tough, and scary year. MS wise, my decline fluctuated between bad and worse. In looking back on my diary, "worse" was while I was at home. I had already noted that I did better when away, but I never rationalized away from "what". Hindsight being 20/20, the obvious factor was the house. As my abilities declined, I was forced to spend more and more time at home—the more time I spent at home the faster my decline—a vicious cycle. At the then rate of decline, I figured I'd be a quadriplegic within 2 years.
In the fall of '96 (Oct. 18th) my 2 sisters met me, we borrowed Danny's van, loaded up my w/c, and the 3 of us went to a timeshare in Missouri for a vacation together. We never unloaded the w/c! I did pretty darn well without it! After a week, we returned to Wichita, and as witnessed by several—there was an instant and visible decline the moment I stepped in the door of that house!! We vowed to get me out of there ASAP!
We were moved by late January '97 (under 3 months—to view, buy, & close on a house)! The positive factors in our new home were as dramatic as the negative factors in the former house had been. We never found out what the negative factor was, but my suspicion is either mold or radon. (or both).
More to come. Hugs!
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Wow! That's amazing! From watching Ghost Hunters maybe you could even add in EMF's (electro magnetic fields) to the batch, too. They can cause stuff like that.
So glad a change of house did wonders! :)
So glad you were able to move away from whatever it was that was causing your problem. Can't wait to hear more. Hugs.
Just reading about the house today...the 7th. I wonder what it was? I do believe in environmental things causing problems like this.
I do know that mold can cause real problems for me, I wonder if mold was in that house. I remember you telling us this story at one of the retreats and it was fascinating then too. So glad you went on that trip!
Katie, Where are you?? You haven't posted in awhile. I hope your OK?? Miss you. Hugs.
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