Comments on: Why No Discharge Instructions for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Survivors

By: Attorney Gordon Johnson

Attorney Gordon Johnson — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:07:22 +0000

In reply to Dawn.

Dawn:

Please call our office at 800-992-9447 to discuss.

Attorney Gordon Johnson

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 02 May 2026 03:34:57 +0000

I discovered on January 26,2026 I’ve been breathing CO approximately six months out of the year for at least three years and possibly over ten years from a “ventless” natural gas wall heater in my garage. I craft in my garage in the cold months with that heater running cranked up. I’ve had at least five episodes of feeling drunk in the garage but having no alcohol, stumbling, heavy legs, puking, and barely making it into my house to pass out in my recliner.
Once I felt my body go limp after leaving the garage to use the bathroom, on the toilet my body flopped on my lap and I felt paralyzed for around an hour before my husband helped me get off of the toilet and put me in my recliner.
Ai literally saved my life. On January 26, 2026, the morning after one of those drunken feelings in the garage, I wondered if it would be cheaper to keep running the ventless garage heater to heat the garage, or would it be cheaper to turn that off and open the door to the house and let the house heat into the garage, so I took a picture of that garage heater and uploaded it to Gemini and asked which would be cheaper to heat the garage and Gemini said, shut off that heater and get out of the garage now!! Gemini said the soot on the natural gas heater was proof of carbon monoxide being produced.
I turned the heater off and messaged my Dr thru the portal asking what I should do, she took almost two days to respond and said I should probably go to the ER for oxygen therapy.
So I did and after two days of not breathing CO my COhb level was 4.4%.
The morning Ai told me about the CO, I woke up that morning to my ears ringing and they are still ringing as well as popping, and after ear pops,my hearing is muffled for hours every day.
I asked my Dr if the problems I had thru the years, like freezing fingers and toes, reynauds, seeing Tinkerbell like lights in the shower, mucousy bowel movements, then the ear popping and ringing could all be from.the carbon monoxide poisoning, she said well you’re symptoms are all so vague, it could be co poisoning or it might not be.
I asked her for a referral to get a brain MRI and she said that would do no good because I didn’t have a previous MRI to compare a new one to.
So I begged her for something, and she said I should get cognitive testing, so I did that and while most of my results were pretty average, my processing score was definitely lower than all my other results.
So here I am in real time trying to get shit done and getting the runaround at every turn it seems. I called a law firm today and they said because the heater was bought in 2013, they don’t want the case. I said but I just realized in January that it’s been producing carbon monoxide, she said no thanks. It’s frustrating because most people are clueless about carbon monoxide poisoning, I know I had no clue about it. I had no clue about incomplete combustion, no clue that soot on a natural gas heater meant it was producing carbon monoxide, no clue that a natural gas flame should be blue and if it is orange and flickering then it’s producing carbon monoxide. But I sure know all about it now that the damage has been done. They should teach us about all of that in school so we are at least somewhat aware of signs to look for.

By: Kimberly Nixon

Kimberly Nixon — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:23:55 +0000

No wonder I feel the way I do.

By: Wayne Carpenter

Wayne Carpenter — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:15:48 +0000

This is a very interesting article about carbon monoxide which is insidious poison.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:16:35 +0000

I was exposed for months. I knew something was wrong with the furnace and with me. I reached the the point of vomiting and confusion but my partner kept telling me it fine, nothing is wrong, until the detectors finally went off. I called the furnace guy and we aired the house out overnight. I was so sick. I am disabled and housebound. My partner is not home much. When the guy got here the next day the level was at 49 still after airing out and he said he had to leave after 5 mins for he was feeling sick already. I never received medical care because my partner felt bad for not believing me and even though i continued to get worse b4 i got better if you can call it that ,he didnt want me to tell anyone because he didnt want anyone to think he wasnt taking good care of me(he was embarrassed) i was to sick and out of it to make any decisions. This was 2017 winter, and now im reading about all of these problems that i have developed over time, now what do i do? I was pickling in this stuff. I could have died, and how do i even begin to explain this to my doctor now, i grow more damaged and it is a “taboo” subject in our home now

By: Brenda Crowe

Brenda Crowe — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 14:09:49 +0000

In reply to Attorney Gordon Johnson. I recently was exposed to Carbon Monoxide at the school I work for. For the past five years we have been complaining of the smell of gas in our school in sevearal areas. Nothing was ever done about it. Finally two weeks ago a parent complained. I told them it has been years we have complained. They had the build Manager come and inspect and they found nothing. The next day the board president called xcel energy and they came out. They located there has leaks in the main line entering the building. Right next to the dryer vent going into the school. I had noticed before all this I was having several symptoms such as hands tingling headaches neseau memory loss poor concentration. So I was concerned when they found the leaks. Nothing was said to anyone we had a gas leak. We went on about our day as usual with the children all there. Nobody was notified of the leak. I told my director I wanted to go to the dr so I filed workmans Comp. I went to the dr and they were closed so I went to the urgent care. I explained to them I had felt I was exposed to natural gas for the past five years. He had no concerns and told me to go on mon to workmans Comp dr By then I’m sure my levels had drop but my symptoms still today persist. I have been back to the dr twice and still no concern and no treatment of any kind. I still have My symptoms daily. Then the next week has was smelled again and they determined it was the regulator. Again no one was reported of this leak and our day went on as normal. Today I still have my symptoms and nobody at our school was told about the leak. Employees and parents are left in the dark. For years I have smelled gas in our school. Any suggestions on how I get someone to listen to me how Sanger and how many people may be affected by this. Brenda

By: Attorney Gordon Johnson

Attorney Gordon Johnson — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:58:38 +0000

In reply to Pete n Pix.

We are sorry to hear about what happened to you but sadly not surprised by the poor treatment you have received. I hope the resources on here can help you persuade the doctors in Australia of the reality of what you are going through. If you have not had an MRI, it might help to show the severity of your poisoning. Particular focus should be put in looking at hippocampal atrophy if you do get the MRI.

Best of luck and our prayers are with you.

Attorney Gordon Johnson

By: Pete n Pix

Pete n Pix — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:46:26 +0000

June 2016 (Australia) – I ended up with CO induced encephalitis which led to Parkinsonism. Eighteen months later l am still declining despite dopamine agonists helping with the shuffling freezing gait I am stuck with due to the brain damage. I was never given oxygen therapy by the hospital and neither was my partner. Our COHb was not checked for several days. It should be within 4 hrs of the CO event! My partner suffered cardio-respiratory and vision problems. Our hands still turn bright red/purple and we get short of breath. Pets were affected too. This damage was from a wood fired heater with a blocked flue over 12 weeks of winter. It’s not just gas appliances or boilers which emit CO if not combusting properly. The first responders and hospital staff knew very little about CO or how to manage symptoms. We’re left high n’ dry to deal with the fallout alone. Oxygen therapy would have been key, even up to 2 years later.