Even though I know it makes no sense, I did for one brief moment after diagnosis, wonder if I could have prevented my cancer. I know that no one has an answer ... I exercised, I watched what I ate, I stayed out of the sun ... and in the end what did it really matter? Mine was of course, did I clean too much? Did the chemicals I used cause my cancer? Did it kill my cat? I remember how crazy she would get while I was cleaning!
I cannot give my cancer away nor can I bring Cloudy back, but I can change the way I clean, and I have. All the chemicals have been thrown out. Now all I use are things I have in my pantry. I went out to the Dollar Store and bought one of those spray bottles and put equal parts of water and vinegar in it and that is what I use to clean the bathrooms and the kitchen.
For scrubbing the shower stall, I use baking soda. We went out and got a big bag of baking soda from Sam's Club (5 lb or something like that) and now what I do is make sure the shower stall is wet, then I sprinkle baking soda (the more pastelike it is, the better), leave it for an hour or so and then scrub. Everyone who knows me knows how finicky I am about my clean toilets, and these products are good enough for me.
Sometime next summer when my herb garden is up and about again, I am going to experiment with adding fresh herbs to the vinegar cleaner and see if it makes a difference with the scent.
I am still looking for a good natural cleaner for my wood floors.
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