Staying IN?

March 25, 2007

It has been a while since I have posted. I was diagnosed with SBS

two years ago this month. With each passing season I get sicker. No

shocker there, many of you experience the same thing. Compared to

some, I am actually very lucky.

I left the sick building in July 2005 but the illness hasn't left

me. I worked there for seven years.

I am usually sick every single month (for a week or two) with the

usual; sinus, loss of voice, headache, fatigue etc. Sometimes I'm

fortunate enough to skip a month here and there. Springtime is hell

and Fall is a very close second. This is the third March in a row

that I have been just blasted with a super dose of illness. This

mega-illness lays me out.

When I have the syptoms I take medications; antibiotics, steroids,

allergy medicine, inhalers, cough medicine with codeine, yadda,

yadda, yadda. Sometimes they provide relief; most times they do not.

My doctor told me this week that he wants me to take a leave from

work and stay in my house for the next three months with the AC on.

Then we will see how I am doing. I am in Nebraska.

Can I just tell you that I'm freaking out about this??? I am 35 with

a husband, four kids, three cats, one dog and a mortgage. I also

have a career that requires me to travel. My husband nearly had a

stroke when I told him what the doc said. Bless his heart (the

husband that is) he truly believes that I have allergies just like

everybody else. He doesn't understand and cannot figure out why I

can't just get well. He is convinced that it's all in my head.

Have any of you tried this? Staying a prisoner in your own home?

Did you EVER go outside? Did you wear a mask? DID STAYING IN

HELP???? How do I stop living? Is this an extreme measure to take?

A little freaked out,

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