Apparently I'm allergic to cleaning supplies!

[Karen]

The "7 year" things is just an old wives tale. A person's allergies can change at any time, as I am living proof. What do you use to clean with at home?

Talk to your doctor, describe what happened, and get an Epi pen to keep with you. Describe how to use it to a trusted set of coworkers.

And yes, a "delayed reaction" is standard - your body attacked that "threat" with tons of force, and it takes a while for all that to dissipate. It can take a couple days for me to "clear" from a bad episode.

[wombat2u2004]

I'm allergic to Amway S8....big time.

[jennielynn1970]

What does your boss have to say about Ms. Clean freak causing you to almost lose your life??? Seriously. It's that serious.

She needs to know.


Ms. Clean freak needs to know.


You shoouldn't have to carry the epi pen with you all the time to work just so you can work there!!! You'll be using it every day, and it's not meant for that.

[robinh]

I work for the state in a large office building in a complex of buildings. A couple of months ago, they decided to clean the air filtration system and I got so sick. When they accidently dumped Orange Glow near the intake on the air conditioning system, I ended up with a horrible migraine. I keep a cleaner that doesn't bother my allergies at my desk and when someone wants to clean their office, I give them my bottle of cleaner. It's cheaper than going to the doctor.

This woman sounds very passive aggressive.

[Medusa]

Some air fresheners are downright awful. I have a difficult time even walking down the aisle of cleaning supplies in the grocery store. And Pine Sol is the absolute worst for me. I had an episode when I had my house cleaning business. I hadn't used Pine Sol in years and the client asked if I would mind using hers and I didn't have a problem w/it, until I opened the bottle. My head started swimming and I thought I'd pass out. I had to go home and go to bed. I drove w/all my car windows open and it was January! I stayed in bed for 3 days and could taste Pine Sol for two weeks. If I walk into some place and I get a whiff of Pine Sol, I leave immediately. So I feel ya.

[happylabs]

Pine Sol is pretty wicked. I scrubbed my bathroom floor with it a couple weeks ago. I accidentally dumped way too much into the bucket. By the time I was done cleaning I was in la-la land.

My favorite thing to clean with are the clorox bleach products. For some reason that doesn't bother me.

My daughter is funny, she loves the smell of bleach. If she comes in and I have used it in the wash or to clean the kitchen sink she says oh I love the smell of this house.

[pomtzu]

Bleach gives everything a nice clean smell. Kinda like hanging the laundry outside to dry on a breezy day, rather than using the dryer.

[Asiel]

I love the smell of Javex for exacly that reason, the spring fresh smell. My cleaning products are mainly baking soda, and vinegar, some of those bath and shower cleaners are just too overpowering. I get rashes and hives from most of those heavy duty cleaners and they don't do such a great job sometimes.

[pomtzu]

Pine Sol is pretty wicked. I scrubbed my bathroom floor with it a couple weeks ago. I accidentally dumped way too much into the bucket. By the time I was done cleaning I was in la-la land.

I like PineSol to clean my bathroom, but I don't like the original pine scent. There are several different scents you can get now. The one I have now is blue in color and called "sparkling wave", there's also one that's purple in color and smells good, but can't remember the name of that scent. I just think the pine is too strong and overwhelming.