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I haven’t been blogging.  Most of the time I feel I have nothing interesting to say.  Also, I have been struggling with my health since 8/07.  That was when we moved into my “dream house”.  Which turned out to be infested with black mold.

Two years and countless doctors and specialists later I now have a diagnosis of sorts and a treatment plan.   Lots of days are rough.  But most days I can breathe again and my lips don’t swell up like they did for so long. 

There are lots of “experts” who are actually paid by insurance companies and builders that say “mold is everywhere, it can’t hurt you.”  To them I say “Walk one day in my shoes and you will change your mind.”

I am 41 (42 on 7/25).  I was fit, thin, exercised often, did yoga.  Then I got hit with toxic mold.  Now, I struggle to breath, I am in constant pain, I have no energy.  *Poof*  Literally happened the week we moved into this house.  I now have autoimmune disease and my thyroid is being attacked and destroyed.   I am on a celiac, diabetic, vegetarian, lactose-free diet.  Think about that.  What would you eat?  It’s tough. 

But I have hope that we can get this under control.  And that I can go back to being a healthy person again.  I may blog about the road to my recovery.  Maybe I will look back at it and say, “Yeah, boy am I glad I am not there anymore.”  That is my hope.