Follow that scent!

Having MCS (Multiple Chemical sensitivity) it’s often challenging to buy items online,
(even more difficult at the moment where everything is pushed online…)
as you cannot smell what you are buying, only to find out afterwards that you have ‘invited’ something toxic into your home. (usually with raincoats, diy tools, plastic files, cosmetics, but could be anything)

I recently had an adventure where I had to find out what was causing an MCS flare (sinus pain, migraine, dizziness, nausea, confusion, brain fog, slurred speech….)

I could not put my finger on what was causing me such misery, but had to put and end to it and the scenes that followed for a few days were ‘Sleuth dog on the job’,
me sniffing around, through drawers, behind doors, in corners and cupboards,
in purses and under pillows, with the risk of making it even worse.

And then, after two days, I found the culprit, a new soap in a drawer next to my bed, bought online, still in its box, which I could not even remember putting there…

I think people who don’t have it don’t understand this condition and I even have it in a milder form than many do.

I’m looking into the brain-gut connection at the moment (the gut is our other brain) and how it connects to MCS, IBS and how we can heal.

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