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Old 02-19-2016, 06:00 PM
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amy55
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O/T: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

I have been really out of it since the winter, or actually can I say, when I started to use my wood/coal burning stove.

I know we had a mild winter. I would lite my stove and let my cats out on the deck, and the door was opened. I got ventilation that way, and the temp in the house was just getting too high.

Not so, this last month or so. Temps dropped, and I wanted to keep electric bill down, ran that stove all the time. So proud of how I was keeping the electric bill down.

I am not putting down wood/coal, or wood stoves, or pellet stoves. I'm saying my

stove was really old, and there was no ventilation.

I felt like I had the flu for at least the last month or so.

I still have a headache each day. I still have problems breathing. This has gotten so much better since I shut down the stove, got an air purifier, a humidifier, and just going out to breathe fresh air.

So, if I don't seem normal, please excuse me for that.

I also bought a carbon monoxide detector, I would really suggest that for anyone who burns wood in their house.

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