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dx |
diagnose, diagnosis
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FSH |
follicle-stimulating hormone
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IBS |
irritable bowel syndrome
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intravenous pyelogram — study to look at the kidneys and ureters
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total abdominal hysterectomy / bilateral salpingectomy and oophorectomy — removal of, respectively: uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries
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whole abdominal radiation
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Laurie
Submitted on 01/09/2006
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I know what causes ovarian cancer from my experience of living in a stachybotrys, mold infested, leaky building.
I started having lower pelvic pain as soon as I moved into that building. Doctors did a scope up to bowel and said everything was fine. I had many other things happen that are caused by the mold but for now I will just talk about ovarian cancer.
After 5 1/2 years of living in this mold infested building, I ended up getting an awful 20 minute exposure to Stachybotrys with just a dust mask for protection. There had been a leak from the ceiling in the main hall of a 3 story (50 home apartment building) just outside my front door. It leaked to the carpet for about 9 months until the ceiling started falling down. They cut a sqare out of the ceiling and it was black like tar. It was determined the leak was coming from my bathroom. They covered the hole with a big steel plate to hide the mold.
There was a bad smell coming from my bathroom sink from the day I moved in. Air Quality guys said they could test in my suite but not the hole in the hall. They did tell me however that hole would tell a big story. I thought it would take just 1 minute to get a sample from the hallway ceiling but the steel cover smashed to the ground and it took approx. 19 minutes to sweep it up. The hall stunk for at least a week(with the steel plate back up there).
When that cover smashed to the ground, I instantly felt a thick, thick coating over my teeth, the inside of my mouth, my tongue my chest, stomach and an absolute throbbing pain in the lower right and left part of my stomach. The left side throbs about 4 times as bad as the right. That was 2 years ago and the throbbing has never stopped. I have had the most hideous boil infections (on my groin a red 1 inch boil with approx. 20 smaller ones covering my whole groin. Boils from one hole to to other down there to the extent of a doctor drawing a picture of it. I am continuously infected, uti too.
Ultra sound could not see my ovaries. CT scan cannot tell if they are seeing ovaries or lymph nodes. I have to see a geno in 2 weeks and book a laparascopy.
I knew before the air quality tests from my bathroom sink and the front hallway of that building came back that it was Stachybotrys mold. I was right.
I know that what I have now is ovary and or lymph node cancer. The instant throbbing pain I felt down there when I got that 20 minute exposure was absolutely unmistakable. Here in Canada, we are not tested for stachybotrys mold in our bodies - so all fungal tests for me come back negative. Crazy isn't it - I have a body full of fungus. I will keep you posted on the results - but I already know what to expect. Thanks for listening. Laurie
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