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A few questions: edit: How would you describe the chemical smell? How come the doctors didn't believe that you had CO poisoning? Were their other people livi

A few questions: edit: How would you describe the chemical smell? How come the doctors didn't believe that you had CO poisoning? Were their other people living in the same house? Did they get the same symptoms?

treeman79 6y ago
Went to a doctor. Her notes, “vague symptoms, poor oral historian”. She declared I was depressed. I was out of my mind at that point. At one point I found myself standing in the middle of traffic. So no surprise I made no sense. Was reading some documents I wrote explaining symptoms, from that time period. I spent 3 days writing a single page. It was a complete mess. House had alarms, all fresh batteries, I had checked. So an early thought had been carbon monoxide. Turned out alarms were bad. Gas company had a meltdown, his his alarms were going off at the street. Smell was “different” not the rotten egg smell I knew to avoid. Closer to butane from a camp stove. 3 others. All had symptoms. Kids were extremely hard to wake in mornings. Gas guy said it was days or less away from not waking. One had tested gifted. She’s not a bright child anymore. Something we are still extremely angry over. Wife spent a year coughing hard, her worst symptom.
- JimTheMan 6y ago
  What does your wife think about all this gas leak stuff? Does she have a medical history? So what I am hearing is that it wasn't CO and there was a gas leak, but it wasn't methane. Perhaps something else? Have you considered legal action against the gas company?
  - treeman79 6y ago
    It was natural gas, so whatever mix local gas company used. Plus carbon monoxide. CO was intermittent Depending on stove usage and furnace usage. (Two sources) Gas was from faulty pipe cover. We talked to a lawyer just after. Said we didn’t have enough medical documentation. A year later we had tons, but lawyer wouldn’t do anything since doctor wouldn’t testify. Eventually gave up.

treeman79 6y ago

Went to a doctor. Her notes, “vague symptoms, poor oral historian”. She declared I was depressed. I was out of my mind at that point. At one point I found myself standing in the middle of traffic. So no surprise I made no sense. Was reading some documents I wrote explaining symptoms, from that time period. I spent 3 days writing a single page. It was a complete mess. House had alarms, all fresh batteries, I had checked. So an early thought had been carbon monoxide. Turned out alarms were bad. Gas company had a meltdown, his his alarms were going off at the street. Smell was “different” not the rotten egg smell I knew to avoid. Closer to butane from a camp stove. 3 others. All had symptoms. Kids were extremely hard to wake in mornings. Gas guy said it was days or less away from not waking. One had tested gifted. She’s not a bright child anymore. Something we are still extremely angry over. Wife spent a year coughing hard, her worst symptom.

JimTheMan 6y ago
What does your wife think about all this gas leak stuff? Does she have a medical history? So what I am hearing is that it wasn't CO and there was a gas leak, but it wasn't methane. Perhaps something else? Have you considered legal action against the gas company?
- treeman79 6y ago
  It was natural gas, so whatever mix local gas company used. Plus carbon monoxide. CO was intermittent Depending on stove usage and furnace usage. (Two sources) Gas was from faulty pipe cover. We talked to a lawyer just after. Said we didn’t have enough medical documentation. A year later we had tons, but lawyer wouldn’t do anything since doctor wouldn’t testify. Eventually gave up.