Life with MCS, CFS, Lyme, etc.

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Hi ,

I live in Southern land and I can remember as a kid being exposed to chemicals from my dad's cleaning business. I was always sick. My mom thought I was just getting viruses over and over again. Well, that laid the groundwork for a lifetime of problems. I am always looking for ways to overcome it all and live normally, but for me this IS normal. I have been diagnosed with MCS, FMS, CFS, Lyme and anything else the doctors could think of. I went through a year of IV antibiotics followed by oral antibiotics to overcome the Lyme, but in the process my body was put to the limit. After all the treatments, only 2 years ago I had a good 6 or 9 months of no pain, exercised at the gym felt and looked better than I ever did. Slowly the pain crept back on me and I haven't gone as much to the gym. It's a way of life to have to deal with everything, but it's worth it. I do have kids (6 to be exact) and some days I feel like if it weren't for them, I don't know where I would be. I thank God He gave me a reason to keep on. I, too, am not sure what is going on with my body, and wish that I knew. I wish I had money to build a "safe" community for people and their families who need a place to heal physically and emotionally. I would be the first to live there ...)!!

I also live in a house that has mold problems from the time I bought it, but trying to prove that the previous owners knew about it is next to impossible. Two days ago my basement flooded. I had already packed up boxes to move to storage because I was going to do some mold remediation and sat them in the middle of the family room floor. Then Thursday night or early Friday morning, the sump pump pipe burst and flooded the floor. I spent 48 hours with no sleep cleaning up the water with a wet vac and emptying out all those boxes of books and stuff and throwing out everything that was wet. Not much was salvageable I still havne't finished it all. Plus two of the bedrooms were carpeted and they were soaked and smelled horrible. I was ready to tear them out anyway. Insurance companies are worthless. Somehow they think all you need to do is change the padding, spray the carpet, blow a fan on it a few days and everything will be okay. Here it is over 48 hours later and the carpet is molding and they didn't even remove the carpet from the closets. When they started spraying that mold killer, my lungs started to close up and my throat was burning. I had to leave the house. I wish I could just move but who in their right mind would buy a house with mold? Anyway, just to let you know that I empathize with you and I know it's a rough road. Please never give up!!

Rose Briggs

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>From: "Betsy"

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>Subject: Re: [] Re: >Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 23:06:15 -0500 > >Hang in there, from Texas. There are answers for us with "unbeatable illness". According to Dr. Shulze, there is no such thing as an incurable disease. (Look him up with a search engine.) Also see >www.matthewgrace.com a man who rose from the paralysis of multiple sclerosis to glowing health by going on a raw food, vegan diet. We are better for not entrusting huge sums of money to mainstream physicians whose only interests are in appeasing the giant drug cartels. They don't know any better. >Warm regards.......Betsy from Texas > > > from Texas wrote: > Janet, is there misery in company? I spent last week trying to either develop enough will power to stay alive or end it all. I have been ill for 27 years but the past 10-12 has been very hard. I am stubborn. I would like to live long enough to find out what is causing my symptoms. > If we were rich & famous, this wouldn't be happening. Magic and Naomi Judd both beat there unbeatable illnesses, but ordinary citizens like us are expendable to the government. Less people retiring to be on Social Security. Maybe this is there answer to the money short-fall? > > from Texas > > > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.