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ABC Action News, Philadelphia

Mold illness forces woman to live in backyard

Monday, October 05, 2009 | 6:40 PM

SOMERS POINT, New Jersey October 5, 2009 (WPVI) -- The next time an

expert tells you you've got a mold problem in your house, don't treat the

situation lightly.

" This backyard is my bubble. "

31-year-old is living her life outdoors in a small tent

behind her parents' Somers Point home. It's because she suffers from an

ailment called Mycotoxicosis, mold poisoning. It has weakened her immune system

and her internal organs.

" I get real bad muscle spasms in my face, in my eyes they'll start to shut

down I get so exhausted that, my skin's burning right now. "

is sensitive to just about every manmade chemical in the

environment. At one point she left pink fingerprints on everything she touched.

Her symptoms surfaced when she was 27-years-old but it was only in the

last year that a Texas doctor diagnosed her with Mycotoxicosis. During our

interview she wore a mask because even outdoors she was sensitive to

Gandolfo's perfume.

" It's horrible, this is just a horrible disease or illness, it's

ridiculous, and it's like no way to live. "

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina as more people fell ill to mold

poisoning, two pharmaceutical companies developed drugs to treat the condition.

Jen has just started taking the drug, Cancidas, intravenously.

" It gets inside of your organs and flushes them out so it's going to clean

out all of the toxins from the mold completely out of my body, out of my

blood, llike everything. "

Over the weekend there was a fundraiser held for . Her insurance is

paying for part of the $1,000 a week treatments but there are co-pays and

other medical expenses. The event was a success but couldn't attend.

's life has been on hold for 4 years. She's given up her business,

her home and her social life. Now she's confident that treatments will

provide her with a significantly better quality of life.