Bob/PKB
A friend suffers from burning mouth and lips, difficulty breathing. She's convinced that (a) the Chinese pistachio tree, (b)recently pruned bushes, (c)various trees in her yard, (d) insulation, (e)sulfur, (f)chlorine from pool, (g)bleach from work, (h) dust masks, (i) Tide laundry detergent, (j) neighbor's orange trees. is/are the culprit(s).
She's removed her trees and bushes, fired the pool service, replaced a partial wall, threatened Tide users, had insulation removed, written and called the owner of the orange trees to complain.
She's spent nights at both her brother's house or mine, hours in doctors' offices, as well as late night ER visits. I took her to one at 1:00 a m, she sent text messages from 2:30 - 5 a m less than a week later from the ER, and 4 days later at 5:30 a m.
Refusing the treatment suggested and finding each medication unsatisfactory after trying 1/2 of a 1/2 dose (if that much), she's been told to wait on allergy testing.
Trying to be supportive has become difficult for a number of reasons, and she speaks of nothing else besides other health issues. One day she drove around just sniffing the air, and everywhere smelled like rotten oranges. She's a beloved friend, but I want to scream at all 93 pounds of her.
WWYD? (What Would You Do?)
6 Answers
ROMOS
Ducky
I'll guess that this has more to do with mental illness (hypochondria?) or some other mental issue. Having allergies is certainly difficult to track down and deal with, but this sounds waaaaaayy beyond that to me.
I would be curious to know how many prescription drugs this person is on. That can be a contributing factor to poor mental health, especially for people who keep seeking medical advice combined with doctors who gladly help "with another pill".
| 9 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
witchway
mycatsmom
I think she had multiple chemical sensitivity,or not enough Vit E,or she's taking too many vit and supplements. And being that she's 93 lbs, she doesn't sound well nourished. She could be suffering from a nutritional deficiency disease........or an auto immune disease.....or diabetes. And it sounds like she thrives on the attention from you, her brother, the e.r.....etc.
That'll be $ 100. / per hour for my fee. Ha hahahahaha. ;-)
| 9 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
zorro
hector5559
