Healthcare Spending Regrets Poll

 

“Sometimes people who have been practicing mold avoidance for a while look back and conclude that some of the money that they have spent trying to get well has not been wisely spent and that they wish they could get it back. Following is a list of some things that they sometimes bring up as wishing that they hadn’t spent as much money on or any money on. If there are items on this list that you spent significant amounts of money on that you now regret and wish you hadn’t spent, please check those items. If there are other items that you think should be on this list, please mention them in the comments.”

 

38 – Practitioner fees, non-mold doctors

20 – Medical testing, non-mold tests

17 – Prescription drugs

16 – Supplements

14 – Storage for contaminated belongings

13 – Environmental air tests

12 – Remediating a home

11 – Replacing discarded belongings with new items

8 – Trying to clean contaminated possessions

7 – Air filters

6 – Other practitioner fees

6 – Signing a lease after starting avoidance

6 – ERMI or HERTSMI-2 testing

5 – Products other than professional remediation purported to fix mold-contaminated buildings

5 – Bodywork

5 – Discarding belongings

4 – Practitioner fees, mold doctors

3 – Travel expenses to see doctors

3 – Hotel rooms

3 – IV nutritional treatments

3 – Purchasing a home after starting avoidance

3 – Medical testing, Shoemaker tests

3 – Medical testing, RealTime Labs tests

2 – Educational materials such as books or conference fees

2 – Doing everything possible to try to avoid moving to a different location

2 – Home therapy equipment such as sauna or ozone therapy

2 – Foods

1 – Environmental testing

0 – Spending time in pristine places

0 – Buying camping equipment

0 – Going on mold avoidance sabbatical

0 – Purchasing an RV after starting avoidance