| Sister M... has not been inside a Kingdom
Hall or assembly site in over seven years. M.... was a very healthy person
when she and her husband were invited to Bethel. She worked in the
printing department and became ill when around the ink so they transfered
her to someplace else and she got worse so they made her a secretary.
The problem with that was that the office had new carpet and paneling and
M... took such a nose dive she almost died. She was in the hospital
for months. Then she was an out-patient for about ten months.
She became sensitive to everything.
She could not be around ANYTHING.
The friends here helped her and her husband to build a little house on
a mountain away from electric lines and asphalt roads and car exhaust and
chemicals of any kind.
M...... is much better now.
She drives to my house once a week and visits for about an hour.
She would love to stay longer but if she does she can not walk. By
the time she leaves, and my house is chemically free, her speach is slurred
and she has to drag her legs.
She has a special car which is equipped
with a special filter and machine so she can lie down in it with those
things running until she is able to move enough to drive home.
M......'s husband is an elder here
in Arizona. We have so many people here who can not stand perfume
that few people still wear it. We also have a 'clean room' which
has its own air exchange system and no carpet and an ozone machine. That
is why we moved here from CA.
Here we can take part because we have our
own microphone without everyones aftershave on it and a large glass wall
so we can watch all the meeting. It is not perfect but people really
do understand. Yet this environment is so much more chemically free
(No Pesticides) than most, that people get well enough to sit in the main
auditorium.
I am not nearly as bad as M..... ,
but certain perfumes will make me bleed from the nose, throat, bladder,
vagina and rectum. I sometimes do not know who I am or where I am
or how I got there if I am exposed to new carpet or fiber board or paint.
Oil based paints will make my heart stop beating long enough to make me
lose conciousness and then it will beat over 200 beats minute. I
have been warned to stay away from this stuff so that I do not have a stroke
or heart attack.
The physical things do not bother me as
much as the emotional but it is obvious that if my lips and hands begin
to swell within ten seconds of being exposed to fabric softener, that my
brain will also swell. It makes me on the verge of tears instantly.
How do you stay away from fabric softener? It is everywhere.
I have to keep all my windows and doors closed when my neighbors do laundry.
I hate the weakness of tears and so do not give in to these overpowering
emotions unless I am alone.
My love to you dear
Sister. I think I used to sign my letters
to you,
Love and perfume free hugs
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