Gas Chamber

I am not certain, but I believe that several of us suffered from chlorine gas poisoning this afternoon at the gym. As is the usual routine for Sunday, a Filipino cleaning crew, all two people, clean the locker rooms and showers at 1pm every Sunday. For some reason, the Filipino guy who cleans the men's facility was using a concentrated chlorine spray to clean the mold off of the tiled walls. He may have been mixing chemicals as well.

Typical Fresh Air Hottie

Anyway, that's the time period when I complete my workout and take a shower. The whole locker room was filled with the noxious gas. I could barely breathe. I wondered how all the other guys in there could tolerate the contaminated air because I walked out immediately.

I waited a few minutes before returning to the gas chamber. There was still a trace of the noxious gas, but I believed it was at a safer level. Wrong-O! Within a few minutes of stepping into the shower, I felt dizzy. My nasal passages reacted as well. Then, I felt a headache coming on. I quickly showered, dressed, and exited the locker room. I also noticed that I had to purge my bladder every 20 minutes, which made a continuous bus ride back to Chaos Manor (read: rental housing) impossible.

Aside from another brush with death at the gym, I seem to be doing fine health-wise. My weight has gone back up to 142 pounds. I still suffer from skipped heartbeats and short bursts of palpitations. Diet-wise, I have been eating too many greasy "value menu" items at the fast food joint in Kahala most evenings. Of course, I supplement the crappy food with a good meal replacement smoothie from Jamba Juice®. Yet, I have to wonder ... what is the net damage to my health?