Jana, That is completely surreal and unacceptable. When you do feel better, write to the administration about it. Geez, where do you live that bugs are that bad? Oh, TN, okay you guys do have huge cockroaches but, come on! And why the heck are they spraying WHILE patients are there?!!!! Do they need to get them out of there before Santa comes a calling?!!!!
There are LAWS about this kind of spraying. Do you know what they sprayed? The laws are in fact VERY strict about spraying, including not doing it when there are people around and requiring a business to put up signs to inform people that spraying either is going to occur, is occurring or has occurred. The laws in each state are different. You can look up your own state statutes by going to your State's website and searching "pesticides."
I know about all this because I contacted our State's Agriculture Department and filed a complaint about the illegal spraying of the park behind our house. They are the ones who need to be contacted if you want to complain. They are an "arm" of the EPA. And this is also a concern for OSHA.
You are lucky you are okay. Damn. It doesn't matter if one room hasn't been sprayed!!! They have central heating/cooling that circulates the spray. Doesn't anyone in medicine actually think about or question what is going on?
Bug spraying would more than likely be something like Resmethrin. It's not as bad as organophosphates but they were spraying it liberally from what you said. It is very dangerous, even to people without MG. And there are alternatives to spraying.
One thing you can is to actually back off of Mestinon for a few hours. What those sprays do is a more "darth vadar" like increase in acetylcholine because they get rid of the acetylcholinesterase (enzyme) that eats up acetylcholine. So you may temporarily get too much, making you weaker.
Your sister was absolutely right. Throw away the clothes if you can. Don't put pesticides in your washing machine!!!! And wash off those shoes really well - or rather have someone else do it WITH gloves on. And blow your nose a few times. Or do one of those squishy nose ball things or a neti pot.
Some people may think this is crazy; how could pesticides hurt anyone if they are bought over the counter? Yeah, and razor blades, antifreeze or glue wouldn't hurt anyone either, right? And this was probably industrial strength stuff.
I hope you will feel better. If not, call your doctor. What is stupid is that when you have this exposure, you are supposed go to the ER for help! What if they just sprayed there too!!!!
Annie
I have no idea if your state has laws about posting signs, etc. from either your state statutes or the TDA website. It would be worth a phone call to them to find out. Our state is really strict.
http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/r.../licenses.html