jenreilly79
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Hello my name is Jen Reilly and about a year and a half ago I did the stupidest thing in the world, but I didn't know that at the time . So first I got to tell you I'm an amateur rockhound .I look for stuff in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Minerals Indian Artifacts, Amber Fossils etc . I watched some YouTube videos and learned how to wire wrap my own jewelry and how to to polish minerals by hand with sand paper . I always had goggles on a mask and gloves when I was hand sanding crystals but, I only had gloves on when the accident happened. I wasn't thinking right.My 7-month-old grandbaby and my daughter tumbled down a pair of hardwood steps and my son in law rushed them both to the er. had they went to the emergency room and I was so nervous and worried I decided to sand a rock and wait for my son-in-law to call. I had a cup of water I kept it wet so there wasn't any dust. It was a little bit chilly out .It was November. I was so upset waiting for my son-in-law to call me about my daughter and my grandbaby. I just sat there sanding The rock.I kept wetting it so no dust got in the air . I only had my gloves on because I figured I was safe outside.I didntt have a mask and I didn't have my goggles. Then that's where I made a huge mistake. I went into the basement and I guess it was warm so it went from cold to warm . I wasn't thinking about a ventilator mask and goggles . I sanded the middle and it was perfectly fine I should have stopped there but my dumbass decided to sand the edges and they were splintery and it exploded in my face and up my gloves. It felt like being burnt by fiberglass. I knew right there that I was at serious risk for health issues .I jumped right in the shower and tried to wash off my skin and hair the best I could ,but it was so far under my skin and up my nose and I knew it went in my throat .I researched what kind of minerals are in a moss agate and that's when I found out the devastating news that Moss Agate contains abestos mineral .I started researching asbestos.I knew that the type of exposure I had to this mineral was really harmful that the stuff almost for sure got into my lungs . Its almost been 2 years and I'm still having flare ups in this s*** coming out of me. it's like living in a constant nightmare that never ends. It burns and it hurts and the heat makes it so much. Worse and so I thought that it went away I thought it was gone and this is how when I really realized it was definitely asbestos I about a month later it came back really bad and went to the emergency room and they said that I had to see a plastic surgeon which I planned on doing after i thappened they wouldn't seem in the office they would only see me over the phone told me I didn't need an x-ray because it was all superficial but I knew that that wasn't the case I know my body and I knew that something was wrong. Finally 2 months ago I called my doctor because I kept coughing and I couldn't breathe my face was really bad I seen a skin doctor they told me to put Vaseline on it the Vaseline does get it out in the season but it's not helping anymore I need a permanent solution for it to be gone forever at least out of my skin. Finally about 2 months ago I had an x-ray that showed him nodule opacity so then they ordered a CAT scan and I was right this whole time they told me that it was superficial and that I would be fine. Well they lied I'm not fine I have severe emphysema I'm only 42 years old I know I quit I didn't quit smoking if I would have new would I know now I would have quit smoking and I would have demanded that they see me in person and started treatment plan because my doctors delaying it just made it worse for me. I'm now going to see a lung specialist pulmonologist and I'm also getting a lung function test tomorrow to see how severe it is. I'm having a hard time quit smoking I'm scared I need answers something other than putting Vaseline on my face there's got to be another way it is anybody out there know anything please contact me I will love you forever. Well that's my story never do something dangerous when you're upset. Because I'm paying the ultimate price my life.
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