Health problems from indoor pollution today:
- Coughing
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- Hoarse Voice
- Migraines
- Nausea
- Sore Throat
UPDATE: I turned my
cooler back on in the evening to find there was a rather sickening smell coming
through the vents. At this point I
haven't been able to place the smell (not sure if it's my illness messing with
my sense of smell or what); it smells more like a strong gas smell, almost chemical
in nature. It's increased the coughing
symptoms & since I have laryngitis already from coughing nearly all day for
3 days straight (due to the illness I got last week), it doesn't help with the
pain I get from even a slight cough...
At this point the coughing from my illness is for the most part calmed
down, but whatever this smell is coming through the vents doesn't help in
healing my laryngitis or sore throat (currently have a migraine from extreme
coughing).
Speaking of gas, my gas has been turned off for around 3
months already due to the pollution issue, something that I don't intend on
turning back on until it's resolved.
Considering it's starting to get cold at night, it will soon be cold
enough that I won't need to leave my windows open at night anymore since it's
going to be colder inside during the day time than where I normally keep
it. This means I'll need to use the
heater, where I won't be able to use central air until I turn the gas back on
& I refuse to turn it back on until I've had a week of no pollution
effecting my unit. My father lent me a
space heater a few years ago when I was having this same problem with the
previous tenant in E22 (before Julie) & was taping the vents shut in an
attempt to stop to pollution from coming through them (a futile effort...), I
can use that until I decide to turn my gas back on & use central air for
heating again.
Originally posted to Facebook 10/15/2015
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