Hello, friends,
It's a lovely day outside and, after a long time away from this blog, I'm inspired to write once again.
While I wouldn't put myself in a room with a burning, synthetically scented candle and other strong chemical irritants -- and perhaps not with a non-burning synthetically scented candle if the scent could be felt by me (some synthetic scents carry an abrasive texture when smelled by chemically sensitive people) -- my chemical sensitivity has gone way down.
And yet I would not linger in front of a laundry vent or in a place where heavy laundry scents were evident.
However, lately I have enjoyed the experience of smelling various chemically scented products for the sheer beauty of the scent -- despite my hard-earned knowledge of the drawbacks. Still, knowing the extent of the damage that synthetically scented molecules -- whether perceived by the senses or not -- can do to the body, I cannot disregard this invaluable, perhaps life-saving, information.
I'm at the point where I have to make decisions about many such products without the exponentially amplified chemical sensitivity to guide me. This is progress -- tremendous progress. I've done not a thing to have earned it, except to have been treated with herbal products for Lyme disease two summers ago.
I wish to leave all of my research/links in place for those whose chemical sensitivity is still active and mushrooming.
My writing here, going forward, will deal with a variety of topics both physical and biological, from an anecdotal perspective supplemented by occasional scientific/anecdotal links of a relevant nature.
I'm very happy to have learned that, as opposed to a fulminating, systemic problem, I have inflammation in one foot due to an orthopedic, mechanical difficulty. For months, I'd put off looking into the matter for fear that I'd be told I'm a metabolic disaster.
Imagine my surprise to learn that surgery on a little toe, over 30 years ago, left the toe so unstable and strained that I'm walking funny -- the body's involuntary compensation for the weakness and instability of that one toe. Other toes/parts of the foot grow inflamed as a result of the motoric compensation . . .
The good news is that this can easily be alleviated with a new surgery on that toe . . . which I never thought about and did not know.
It's wonderful when something is not systemic and not a disaster -- just a challenge. :)
Cheers! :)
~ Carolyn
It's a lovely day outside and, after a long time away from this blog, I'm inspired to write once again.
While I wouldn't put myself in a room with a burning, synthetically scented candle and other strong chemical irritants -- and perhaps not with a non-burning synthetically scented candle if the scent could be felt by me (some synthetic scents carry an abrasive texture when smelled by chemically sensitive people) -- my chemical sensitivity has gone way down.
And yet I would not linger in front of a laundry vent or in a place where heavy laundry scents were evident.
However, lately I have enjoyed the experience of smelling various chemically scented products for the sheer beauty of the scent -- despite my hard-earned knowledge of the drawbacks. Still, knowing the extent of the damage that synthetically scented molecules -- whether perceived by the senses or not -- can do to the body, I cannot disregard this invaluable, perhaps life-saving, information.
I'm at the point where I have to make decisions about many such products without the exponentially amplified chemical sensitivity to guide me. This is progress -- tremendous progress. I've done not a thing to have earned it, except to have been treated with herbal products for Lyme disease two summers ago.
I wish to leave all of my research/links in place for those whose chemical sensitivity is still active and mushrooming.
My writing here, going forward, will deal with a variety of topics both physical and biological, from an anecdotal perspective supplemented by occasional scientific/anecdotal links of a relevant nature.
I'm very happy to have learned that, as opposed to a fulminating, systemic problem, I have inflammation in one foot due to an orthopedic, mechanical difficulty. For months, I'd put off looking into the matter for fear that I'd be told I'm a metabolic disaster.
Imagine my surprise to learn that surgery on a little toe, over 30 years ago, left the toe so unstable and strained that I'm walking funny -- the body's involuntary compensation for the weakness and instability of that one toe. Other toes/parts of the foot grow inflamed as a result of the motoric compensation . . .
The good news is that this can easily be alleviated with a new surgery on that toe . . . which I never thought about and did not know.
It's wonderful when something is not systemic and not a disaster -- just a challenge. :)
Cheers! :)
~ Carolyn
