Woman Allergic to Modern Technology Lives in a Faraday Cage!

Hi there! How's it going? Pour yourself a freshly perked mug of coffee and toss one of those virtual treats onto your plate. Did you bring your mobile phone with you? Of course you did. We never go anywhere without them, do we? Remember when microwave ovens first came out and there was a hew and cry about the deadly effects radiating from them? Then, along came mobile / cell phones and we heard the same bleeting from the doom and gloom merchants. Now we have wi-fi. There's no escaping the rays...and it affects some people to the extreme.

51-year-old Velma Lyrae, from London, England, spends up to 18 hours a day in her homemade Faraday cage, because she is allergic to electromagnetic fields. When she goes out she has to wear a special scarf that shields her from electromagnetic waves.

The Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome (EHS) sufferer says her problems began in her teenage years, after she suffered a shock when she touched the switch of an electric fire in her bathroom. At first the symptoms were barely noticeable, and at one point she even worked as a secretary for a number of companies, where she had to use a computer. “Even back then I could feel a huge agitation when using the computer, but I thought it was just because I didn’t have the technological skills,” Velma remembers.

Although it is believed that previous shocks make people more susceptible, the rare condition really started to affect her after the introduction of 3G technology. Nowadays she has unbearable head and nerve pain, memory loss, tinnitus, heart palpitations, vertigo and aching joints every time she’s close to technology, so she spends most of her days in a Faraday cage she built herself, reading, writing and sleeping.

“We desperately need a white zone — an area where there’s little or no emissions — where we can go to relax and recuperate,” Lyrae says, but the problem is EHS is currently only recognized as a medical condition in Sweden and Spain. She’s been to physicians countless times, asking for tests, but every time she was told there are people out there with bigger problems than hers.

Talking about Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe said: “Adults and children today are exposed to very high levels of electromagnetic fields (EMF) that no life on the planet has ever witnessed before. It is no surprise that the numbers of those with EHS and other conditions linked with EMF exposure are rising.”

Independent experts say that in five years time 50% of the world's population could be affected at current exposure levels. Mind you, a long time ago, before the advent of cars a la 'the horseless carriage', there was a study done showing that at then current levels of horse ownership, the world would soon be four feet deep in horseshit. Thank goodness that didn't happen, eh! It would have made getting anywhere rather slow and plodding, don't'cha think?

Velma Lyrae is not the only person who has gone to extreme lengths to protect herself from the grueling symptoms of EHS. Two French women who suffer from the same problem with electromagnetic waves moved into a cave to escape the effects.

So...if you've been experiencing problems like the ones Velma is having, see your doctor (and take a copy of my blogpost with you in case he doesn't believe you).

See ya, eh!

Bob