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FTB, horrible mistake?

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  • dc197
    dc197 Posts: 812 Forumite
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    This may have been said already, apologies as I have not read the whole thread.
    Phone masts emit their energy sideways and being directly underneath is where there is among the least power from them. Your neighbour over the road will get more of a blast.
  • bravotango
    bravotango Posts: 112 Forumite
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    1. Go and see your doctor (they will "hopefully" either confirm your suspicions or not). They may suggest referring you to other health specialists.
    2. Speak to your Local Authority to see who owns the mast
    3. If you find out who owns it, then see if your can speak to the company in question.
    4. If the Company doesn't help, then go back to your local authority, who may offer some help as to who may be able to help you.


    If things go really bad (i.e. no help from anyone)....

    1. Start lining the inside of your flat in tin foil (make sure it is completely covered in all the corners!)
    2. Wrap yourself in one of those tin foil blankets whenever you are in the flat.
    Save Save Save
    :)
  • norm_
    norm_ Posts: 193 Forumite
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    dc197 wrote: »
    This may have been said already, apologies as I have not read the whole thread.
    Phone masts emit their energy sideways and being directly underneath is where there is among the least power from them. Your neighbour over the road will get more of a blast.

    Yep.

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    http://www.emfguru.co.uk/microwave%20antennas%20and%20propagation.html
  • So more importantly,

    OP - do you get good mobile phone reception..?
  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,968 Forumite
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    :) This reminds me of better call saul!

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  • t0rt0ise
    t0rt0ise Posts: 4,519 Forumite
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    You talk of night sweats, if you really mean so wet that you have to change your bedding then go get checked out for lymphoma as it's often the first sign and eminently treatable. If you don't mean that hot then forget about it.
  • Andypandyboy
    Andypandyboy Posts: 2,472 Forumite
    I would check your mattress.
  • ElsieMonkey
    ElsieMonkey Posts: 268 Forumite
    I feel for you. I was going to view a house recently, until after careful inspection of the Rightmove photo of the garden I spotted a large mobile phone mast on top of a commercial building that ran along the back/end of the garden. The commercial building was only 1 storey high, so the mast was effectively in the garden and right in your face! I researched about the affects of the masts on health and unfortunately it's one of those subjects you'll never get to the bottom of or get conclusive evidence that will satisfy you, there's so many experts and governments with conflicting views of various degrees. So anyway I cancelled my viewing.

    My point is, if you're like me, once the possibility of it having a negative affect on your health is in your mind, due to the conflicting evidence you will never feel satisfied and relaxed about it. So personally I would look into selling and moving on, even if it does lose you a little bit of money.

    In the meantime, yes I agree with others about going to the docs just in case something else is causing you to have these symptoms (I wouldn't expect any confirmation from a doc about electro sensitivity by the way) but they can test for other things that may cause these symptoms.

    Have you tried sleeping in a different room maybe?
  • Off topic but who did you get your mortgage through? That seems like a very good rate.
  • dotchas
    dotchas Posts: 2,484 Forumite
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    I find if I sleep on one of those memory foam mattresses I feeling like I am being cooked, a bit like an electric blanket! Please tell us if you bought a new mattress? x
    :j I love bargains:j
    I love MSE
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