Reply #47: i've had it for 17 years. about a year and a half before i left [View All]

[catmother]

new york, i got a job at 30 rockefeller plaza. the floor i was working on was under construction. it's an old building. some areas where they were working had big plastic sheets around it. shortly after starting work there i became ill. i was in and out of work. finally i was diagnosed with walking pneumonia. it took months of antibiotics to recover. and i never felt the same after that. when i moved to phoenix, i was here about 5 weeks and i took ill one night. i couldn't get warm. had on pajamas, a robe, the fireplace was on and we pulled out an electric heater that we brought from new york. i was in bed for days and finally a neighbor took me to a doctor. again i had pneumonia. the doc was a naturapath and pulled me through with natural means. about another year later i came down with it again. this time i went to my DO who suggested i get a pneumonia shot. i did -- haven't had pneumonia since, but my naturapath and a CFS specialist diagnosed me with CFS. they did all kinds of tests, had to rule out lupus, and MS and all those great things. i get good days and bad days. i have to sleep at least 10 hours and stress sets it in motion. as i've gotten older it's gotten worse.

i have to take some pretty heavy dose drugs every night to sleep. i've tried all kinds of things. i eat healthy. i take tons of vitamins. tried all kinds of things that were supposed to help. nothing did. so i just take the attitude that things could be worse. i am a member of the CFIDS association and get all their newsletters. my doc attends all the conferences and let's me know if anything new is working for people.

i have not worked in 17 years.

the reason i mentioned the construction in the building is because there might have been asbestos, or who knows what in a building that old.