Just wanted to revive this for a bit. Wed the doc I work for decided the carpet smelled musty--heaven forbid he have it steamed cleaned 2 times a year. So, he gets out the Resolve and sprays the bad spots, then he sprinkles Glade Carpet Fresh on the rest of it. Glade products always bother me, yet I have to believe mixing the 2 was not a good idea to begin with. Well, I had to get out of the building!!!!

One lady comes in an hour early and cleans on Thursday mornings. When I came in at 9, it was all vacuumed, yet the scent was still in the air. I wasn't there 5 minutes and the coughing began. I can feel it invading my system, as I breathe, I can feel a coldness running through me. The doctor asks, "Are you coming down with a cold?" I responded that it was the carpet cleaner/powder scent and he just kind of looked at me like I have 2 heads and says, "Then go home." WELL, that was too easy and I told him it would be fine once the air conditioning got it cleared out, which should reinforce in his mind that I am not telling lies. The man has seen me react, out of the blue to things, I just do not understand why he seems to doubt my reactions. He then asks me why other scents do not bother me--well, how do I know? No, bleach doesn't bother me, no, nor does windex, 409, fantastic, oxi-clean--yet some things do and sometimes it's the perfume they use in them, not the actual product. Straight acetone set me off a few weeks ago. Why do I have to explain this to a doctor?

The coughing let up after about an hour, but the sniffles continued. Around noon, the optician and I were discussing some frames and I got a dizzy spell like I have never had before--if he had not steadied me, I would have been on the floor and just when I thought the storm was over, it hit again. After returning from lunch, my right cheek started to burn, no redness--just a burning--I had to wonder if now the nerve was involved--same type of pain as when I have neuropathy pain in my face--could just be sinus pressure--who knows. Yet I know it's all connected and I do not know how to get it through to him. I guess I will just have to annouce it will be a Deb Day Off whenever they use that stuff!

Rant over!