Hello, Not sure this is the right place to post this, but I spotted other posts questioning Asbestos and have no where else to turn to. Long story short, I am 37, bought this 1960's home with my wife and have been renovating it for the past 5 years. I have done eveythign myself, from chisilling walls to sanding old paint and plaster, and drilling walls, including removing old vinyl tiles that I have now since disocvered coudl be asbestos!
How was I so silly. I did not realise the dangers of an old home and what lurks behind. So I cant sleep now, and been like this for a week. I wake up thinking, oh, I drilled that wall in this room, and never wore a mask. The only time I wore a mask was when sanding the walls to smooth out plaster.
From what I gather plaster walls do not contain asbestos, (I hope) as there was a lot of dust and rubble that my wife and I cleaned up, and cant remeber if wore a mask at this time! ahhhh.
I feel so silly, also guilty for potentially putting my wife and children at risk. THey were not in the house when I did any DIY tasks, but they did come in from time to time to look around, but thankfully not when there was dust in the air.
I have called the doctor, for two reasons, to explain teh asbestos exposure, and also the anxiety. She said it would be short exposure, but I worry, I did not remember to tell her everythign at the time, as its all starting to come back to me. So 5 years of drilling and sanding, and to top it off a few years ago, I had some hardcore delivered, (recyclyed smahed up rubble in small pieces) to form a base fo rthe driveway. I didnt wear a mask! and i recall dust in the air at the time when I was using a machine to smooth it out.
I am so so worried, its keeping me up all night. Worried I have sent myself to an early grave. Thanks for listening.
