By: Paul S. Cilwa | Viewed: 3/28/2024 Posted: 6/16/2010 |
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All about every toxin to which I've been exposed. |
My upcoming appointment with Dr. Crinnion's office comes with a request that I pre-fill out an 11-page questionnaire. This document is intended to give the examiner a feel for my life-long toxin exposure…a tricky task, since, as we go through our day-to-day lives, we don't usually tally our exposure to various environmental toxins which, by definition, always surround us.
The form I downloaded from SCNM's website included two tables, one for my residence history, one for my job history. Given that I am 59 and have literally lived in nearly three dozen different locations, with at least as many different jobs, it didn't seem to me that the form would be adequate. So I mimicked both online.
Residence History
Location | Dates | City, Suburb, Rural | Amount of Traffic | Age of Building | Type of Residence | Known Exposures | Moved for Health Reasons? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Styertowne Apartments Styertowne, NJ |
1951-1952 | Apt | The apartment above ours caught fire. Mom smoked. | N | |||
MacArthur Avenue Garfield, NJ |
1952-1958 | City | Moderate | N/A | Converted factory | Building had been a rubber tool factory. Mom smoked. Mothballs. |
N |
River Road Victory, VT |
1958-1961 | Rural | Almost none | 100 years | Farmhouse | Lived in house through remodeling (new wood, drywall,
paint, shingles); kerosene oil lamps (I cleaned and filled them;
kerosene stored in back room tank). Lead pipes. Mom smoked. I played with liquid mercury (fun to smear it on fingers). Oil heat, gas heat. Wood stove, oil stove, gas stove. Gas refrigerator. Mothballs. |
N |
Val's Motel Concord, VT |
Winters 1959, 1960 | Rural | Little | N/A | Efficiency Apt | Mom smoked. | N |
St. George Street St. Augustine, FL |
1961-1963 | City | Little | 50 years | House | My room was a remodeled porch, work done when we
moved in.
Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa all smoked. Mothballs. |
N |
B Street St. Augustine Beach, FL |
1963-1968 | Suburb | Almost none | 0 years (new house) | House | Nightly visits by mosquito control truck all summer;
we used to run after the truck and let it spray us.
Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa all smoked. Mom sprayed Lysol liberally, 409, etc. |
N |
Sevilla St. St. Augustine, FL |
1968-1971 | City | Little | 40 years? | House | Brand-new sofa bed; I did woodworking in school and built some furniture. Mom and Grandpa all smoked. Mom sprayed Lysol liberally. | N |
Laurel St. Palatka, FL |
1972 | City | Moderate | N/A | Garage apartment (but no cars stored while we were there) | N | |
Breezy Brae Trailer Park Wildwood Dr. St. Augustine, FL |
1972 | Rural | Almost none | 5 years? | Mobile home | N | |
San Sebastian Av. St. Augustine, FL |
1972 | City | Just off highway | N/A | Apt in converted house | N | |
Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 1973-1974 | City | Moderate | N/A | Garden Apt | N | |
Great Lakes NTC Illinois |
1974-1975 | Moderate | Old | House | Various shots, chemicals, tools, etc. | N | |
USS Yosemite | 1975 | Ship | Ship | All kinds of fuels, smells, solvents, etc. | N | ||
Bakersfield, FL | 1976-1977 | Rural | Little, but what there was, was diesel equipment | 40 years ? | House | Insect repellent (lots). Gas heat. | N |
W 15th St Panama City, FL |
1977 | City (Park) | Some diesel equipment exposure | 40 years ? | House | Gas heat. | N |
Pensacola, FL | 1978-1979 | City | Little | 7 years ? | Mobile home | N | |
Manassas, VA | 1979-1980 | City | Little | N/A | Townhouse | New foam mattress. | N |
Omaha, NE | 1980-1981 | City | Moderate | N/A | Apt | N | |
Blair, NE | 1981-1982 | Town | Moderate | ancient | House | Mold. | N |
Elkton, FL | 1982 | Rural | Almost none | 7 years ? | Mobile home | Insect repellent. | N |
Silver Spring, MD | 1983 | Suburb | Moderate | N//A | Apt | N | |
Inlet Court Reston, VA |
1983-1985 | Suburb | Moderate | N/A | Townhouse | Waterbed. | N |
Bluefish Lane Fort Myers, FL |
1986 | City | Moderate | N/A | Townhouse | Waterbed. | N |
Winterthur Apartments Winterthur Ln Reston, VA |
1987 | Suburb | Moderate | N/A | Apt | Chlorinated pool.
Waterbed. |
N |
Deep Wood Reston, VA |
1988-1989 | Suburb | Moderate | N/A | Townhouse | Waterbed. Fireplace (rarely used). | N |
various places in Florida | 1990 | Suburb | Moderate | N/A | Apt | Several new apartments; chlorinated pools. Waterbed. | N |
Countryside Village Village Circle Way Manchester, NH 03102 |
1991-1992 | Outskirts | Little | N/A | Apt | When my mother stayed with me, frequent and liberal use of Lysol. Waterbed. | N |
Eagle Nest Way Manchester, NH |
1992-1997 | Hilltop | Little (but adjacent to highway) | 10 years? | Townhouse | Waterbed. | N |
Snowflake, AZ | Sep-Dec 1997 | Rural | None | ancient | Mobile home | Beneath mobile home, piles of rat feces. Gas stove. Gas refrigerator. | N |
Miller Trail Road Snowflake, AZ |
1998-1999 | Rural | Almost none | 10 years? | Manufactured home | N | |
Greenbrian Rd Peoria, AZ 85382 |
1999-2001 | City | Moderate | N/A | House | Mom's Lysol. Glade plug-ins air freshener. Febreze. Commercial pest control treatments. | N |
N 90th Lane Peoria, AZ 85381 |
2001-2005 | City | Little | N/A | House | Mom's Lysol. Pets sprayed for fleas; flea collars. Glade plug-ins air freshener. Febreze. Commercial pest control treatments. | N |
E Lobo Ave Mesa, AZ 85209 |
2005-2009 | Suburb | Little | 4 years | House | Pets sprayed for fleas; flea collars. Glade plug-ins
air freshener. Febreze. Commercial pest control treatments. |
N |
E Natal Ave Mesa, AZ 85209 |
2009- | Suburb | Little | 10 years | House | On golf course, with pool. Pets have flea collars.
Glade plug-ins air freshener. Febreze. Commercial pest control treatments. |
N |
Employment History
Workplace | Dates | Full-Time (Y/N) | Type of Industry | Job Duties | Known Exposures | Protective Equipment | Missed Work for Health Reasons? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanley Chair Company | 10/1969 - 12/1969 | Y | Furniture Manufacturer | Cushion-Stuffer | Foam rubber, Polyurethane foam, formaldehyde, dust | None | N |
Sears | 1/1970 - 3/1970 | Y | Auto Parts Department | Inventory | Oils, cleaners | None | N |
Hungry Pelican | 2/1972 - 3/1972 | N | Fast Food Restaurant | Cook, Cashier | Cooking oils, degreasers | None | N |
Palm Coast | 4/1972 - 5/1972 | Y | Real Estate | Tour Guide | None | N | |
WAOC | 6/1972 - 12/1972 | Y | Radio Station | Disc Jockey | None | N | |
Hollywood Elevator Cab Company | 1 week in January, 1973 | Y | Manufacturing | Various | Spray laminate | Goggles | N |
King Pest Control | 4/1973 - 3/1974 | Y | Pest Control | Technician | Various insecticides | None | N |
security company | 5-1974 - 7/1974 | Y | Security Guard | Watch railroad car in woods to make sure no one stole it | An incident in which I accidentally Maced myself | None | N |
US Navy | 8/1974 - 12/1975 | Y | Electronics Technician | Recruit, Trainee, then repaired electronic equipment | Shipboard environment: Diesel fumes, solvents, etc. Once got seriously shocked by electricity. |
None | N |
Florida State Division of Forestry | 1976 - 1977 | Y | Fire Control Dispatcher | Climb fire tower, spot fires, radio rangers to put them out | Insecticide to kill wasps in tower; diesel fumes; once or twice exposed to forest fire smoke | None | Y (Kidney Stone) |
Student / Environmental Protection Agency | 1978 - 1979 | Y | Computer Programmer | Designed and wrote computer programs | None | N | |
Self-Employed | 1979 - 1985 | Y | Computer Programmer | Designed and wrote computer programs | None | Y (Kidney Stone) | |
GBSI | 1986 | Y | Computer Programmer
|
Designed and wrote computer programs | Worked in a factory-like environment, with various chemicals and exposure to paper dust and cigarette smoke | None | N |
Self-Employed | 1987 - 1993 | Y | Computer Programmer
|
Designed and wrote computer programs | None | N | |
Self-Employed | 1993 - 2001 | Y | Corporate Instructor | Taught one-week programming courses all over US, plus Canada, Mexico and Germany | Various environments including factories, offices, weekly air travel | None | N |
Schneider National Carriers | 2002 - 2003 | Y | Truck Driver | Drove a "big rig" up and down west coast | Diesel fumes, plus one incident of spraying diesel on myself (got in eyes, nose, mouth) | None | Y (Got a double hernia on the job) |
Self-Employed | 2003 - 2004 | Y | Computer Programmer | Designed and wrote computer programs | None | Y (Developed cellulitis, spent week in hospital) | |
Self-Employed | 2005 | Y | Computer Programmer | Designed and wrote computer programs | Building had moldy smell | None | N (But developed severe red eye that never really went away) |
Self-Employed | 2006 - present | Y | Computer Programmer | Designed and wrote computer programs | None | N (and everyone else in my building is constantly sick) (I do usually sneeze in the building though) |