Trial 2 with face mask (RZ mask)

Trial 2 with face mask (RZ mask)

Already asthmatic (took a road trip on blue ridge parkway, had windows down, pollen was all over - smelled lovely, but lungs were not happy last night and still are grouchy today!!)... soooo, going to go to a couple stores (in town - 5 min from home) and see if the mask keeps things from getting worse. If not, will be sucking on neb machine every couple hours for the rest of the day and then every 4 hours for the rest of the week. But, if it works, then WOOOHOOO, I have some "normal" back and will be able to go shopping. YAY!

Results:

Walmart (my anaphyalaxis central), Michaels (ana-lite), big lots, Staples, Kroger, PetSmart, Ross, and pumping gas - STILL BREATHING - mask is sweaty as can be. Started to get itchies on exposed skin from airborne exposure, so taking some benedryl and a shower. But, I was able to be out and able to breathe.

30 Minutes later:

Now I feel like ants are trying to carry off my skin (itching from the inside)... but hoping the benedryl and wash off with peroxide (skipped a shower) will fix that in 20 or 30 minutes... BUT STILL NO ASTHMA!!  I am thinking that this will give me a little bit of "normal" back...  Seems like I can go shopping again.  Probably will need to wear long sleeves and long pants to limit skin exposure - at least for longer times of being out.  But, I CAN SHOP AGAIN!  Totally Psyched about that!!

RZ Face Mask - a review for how it did when I was out and about

• RZ Mask - 

  
  

  Got it the other day (LOTS OF NEOPRENE SMELL). let it air out (stuck it over a fan and turned on the fan). No more plastic smell. 

  
  

  Wore it out today - filtered "air freshener" from sister's car and airborne contaminants from the store. Usually, I can be in Staples for about 10 minutes before having an asthma attack - If I prepare to go by taking Benedryl and doing a nebulizer treatment of Xopenex and Pulmicort.

  
  

  The mask filtered SOME of the fumes from a car in front of us which blew a head gasket and produced some toxic black smoke. This would have typically set off an immediate asthma attack and an immediate severe migraine.
  
  However, I kept feeling like I had to adjust the mask - it sits a tiny bit low on my face. AND, the strap does not stay at the right place on the back of my head. Not sure about that.
  
  BUT - I did not take benedryl before going out. I did not do a breathing treatment before going out. AND I HAVE NO ASTHMA RIGHT NOW! YAY! I do have a bit of a twinge in the back of my head (pre-migraine) from the car fumes exposure, but that should respond to Advil.

  
  

  CONCLUSION

  So, a tentative ok for normal exposure stuff. NOT good enough for major exposure (car fumes from the other car). But, for me - might be enough to let me go shopping on a weekly basis instead of having to wait for the "really good days" or having someone go shopping for me.

  
  

  LINK

  This is the one I have:http://rzmask.com/protective/dust/atv/offroad/splat-steel
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