Howdy, Canary63:
Your post is very timely for me, as I just returned home from going to the grocery store and then trying to visit The UPS Store a few doors down in the same strip mall. Shortly after walking into The UPS Store, I was overwhelmed by the noxious chemical smell from their artificial air "freshener." I turned around and walked out.
Though I was wearing face masks (surgical underneath, cloth on top) and in the store less than 30 seconds, I still experienced my head spinning and feeling nauseous. Chemicals often trigger migraines for me, if the exposure lasts too long, and my vision is often affected, too.
Though I hate the extreme chemical sensitivity (which began in the military in the 80s, due to multiple and repeated exposures) in some ways, I guess I'm lucky to have an early-warning system. Like you, I'm also a "Canary" in the coal mine.
Because of my exposure today, I was reconsidering a protocol that was recommended to me by an ND/PhD that I corresponded with about
my chemical sensitivity. I didn't follow the protocol at the time, because I'd been out of work for a few years. As such, my funds were very limited. I only recently returned to working and am still trying to catch up financially. I'm thinking of bumping this protocol higher on my "To do..." list.
Here's what he wrote:
"Our liver carries bits and pieces of every toxin, every chemical, every drug we’ve ever taken everything bad we’ve been exposed to. When the liver's fat cells can’t hold any more, it creates body fat to shunt the toxins into. That’s why some folks get deathly sick when losing weight, they’ve cut loose all those toxins and since they can’t get rid of them the nasties are just floating round!
To get rid of any chemicals, heavy metals toxins of any sort anywhere in the body put 20 drops of this in any beverage 2 to 3x daily: http://www.liquidzeolitecompany.com
It will take 6 to 12 months to get most all of it, but it will work. If you want it to work faster, put the drops in a half glass of water and add two teaspoons of liquid chlorophyll and drink one or two of those a day, along with the just plain 20 drops of liquid activated zeolite 2 to 3x a day."Again, I've not followed it myself, so I can't give any personal testimony. Like anything else, be skeptical and do your own research first. If I end up following this, I'll make a post about
it. If you try it, I hope you'll post your experience. I wish there were some tests I could run for "Before" and "After" comparison, but I have little faith in the reliability and credibility of most testing. Not everything that can be measured is meaningful and not everything meaningful can be measured.
In closing, I'm sorry for your suffering and have a lot of empathy for you and everyone else here who is similarly affected. It seems you're already doing a lot of great things, so I encourage you to keep doing so. I know WalkingbyFaith is very chemically-sensitive, too, so she will hopefully see this post and comment. She always has lots of great information and suggestions. Take care and good luck, friend.
The Dude
p.s. The above Zeolite product is not manufactured or sold by the naturopath who wrote the comments. There is no affiliate relationship and I was not asked to mention his name when buying the product.