I had a terrible cold about 4 weeks ago. I am still coughing my lungs up! Sometimes it feels like I will suffocate before I can stop. Little unknown fact to me....Did you know some people are allergic to mold? My friend, Kristi, was suggesting to me yesterday that this might be the problem. I told her it keeps forming on my leather jacket! Then there's the question, "Why did I bring a leather jacket to Costa Rica?" Learning....
This is the rainy season, and since windows and doors stay open most days because there is no air conditioning there is a lot of moisture all around. It does not feel humid. It is just that it rains almost every afternoon for a little while, so mold forms. Once December gets here and the rainy season is over this problem should go away.
Kristi told me to use vinegar and water and get after my house and anything that looks funny. Mold here is like greenish dust. I got my little bucket out this AM and poured the vinegar (had to buy it yesterday while in Escazu) and water into it, and I went after it. I was on my hands and knees scrubbing the wood floor upstairs. I had seen a tiny bit of the greenish dust, but I had no idea it was mold! Hopefully, with this and the inhaler I got yesterday (mine was almost out) I will finally stop all this embarrassing coughing.
That's the other thing! I walked into the pharmacy yesterday and handed them the inhaler I had brought from the States from the last time I had bronchitis. The guy just went to the shelf and got me a new one. I paid and out the door. Again, no doctor visit to pay for and no prescription. I love it here!!!!
Moral of the story....if you are allergic to mold you will need to take some extra steps when you get here.
Pura Vida!
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