Wow, time flies when you have MCS

It has been another busy week living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, or whatever the new name de jour is! I know I have been reading MCS called by many other names but to me, it is still just MCS. Ah but that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) Living with MCS by any other name still makes your life a living hell. We tried to go to a cross-country meet on Saturday that Ryan was participating in. There was so much cologne, perfume, suntan lotion and toxic smells from the lake that we had to go and hide in our car till our son's race was finished. We were sick. You know what bothers me most is that even outside we get sick when we are around people. My other problem for not getting to my writing is my daughter Jaclyn. We have all been spending a great deal of time working on her pronunciation of words, helping with her letter sounds, sight words and everything else.

I guess you can tell who comes first in my world. I do want to let you all know that we have been fairing okay with the MCS. We still have our good days and our bad days. We decided to spend the weekend at home after the cross-country meet just for our own safety. My youngest has finally master her alphabet and my oldest has been able to stay away from the AXE exposures at school. My middle daughter was having alot of problems with the kids using the hand sanitizers at school before lunch. (What happened to just washing your hands before you eat?) We have now gotten to a page in our life where we have to sanitize. Scary huh?! No wonder we have SUPERBUGS in our world. We don't let our own natural defenses protect us. I found out that my oldest daughter was getting huge headaches from the hand sanitizers at school so I had to do my own research and find out what would be good. I chose Hands2GO hands down. It works well, doesn't seem to smell all that much even though it contains lavender and chamomile. My daughter has not complained of headaches from the using this product. Unfortunately no one else in the class uses it so she says that she can't sit to close to her friends at lunch until the smell dissipates.