Posted by Richard on 9/28/03

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my wife was diagnosed with Allergie Rinositised with
Multiple chimical Sensitivities (MCS) (also call
Enviromental Illness, Idiopathic Enviromental Illness) nine
years ago, the problem was very basic and easily
controlled, the doctor notifying her employer and
recommended some simple environmental changes that could
prevent her condition from getting worse, they didn't
respond to the doctors letter at all, over the past nine
years my wife has repeatedly ask for help, the school
district that she worked for has done nothing, she has
tried everything, prescriptions, garlic in her nose,
wearing a mask, ect.
she is now at the point where she can only be in the
building for a few minutes, if we go out for dinner we eat
at 330 in the afternoon before the restaurant gets busy,
instead of going to the movie at 7 in the evening like we
used to, we now go at 12:30 noon on a workday, and
sometimes we still have to get up and leave, I'm sure that
you are familiar with the many other changes that we have
had to make, all because her employer refused to make
acceptable working connections for her. the past two years
have been the worst, coming home sick and crying, trying to
recuperate for the next day's work, the past few months
some days she could only work for three or four hours,
before she had to leave the building.
we lived in Washington state, my question is, in this state
are there any rules that you are aware of, that could help
my wife's situation. she has not worked at all for the past
six months, her situation will not improve. at home she
gets better because of all of things we have done to keep
the house clean, fifteen minutes in a public building, and
all the symptoms are back.
the doctor's letter nine years ago described exactly what
would happen if precautions were not observe, over the
years, we now know he was correct in every detail. we
appreciate any suggestions you can offer,
about two months ago my wife went to the L and I Dr. that
they told us to go to, his report describes her situation
very well, it says do not let anyone tell you your problem
is in your head, it is real, I only wish that my profession
could do something to help you and others that suffer from
this problem.he went on and imput some of the other doctors
reports. overall we thought it was a good and accurate
report until we read the very last line, "she has no
disability" two months ago they stopped her
compensation,prescription, and said they wanted her to
return the (money) compensation they had already sent to
her. if anyone is aware of a similar situation perhaps in
some way we could help each other, we would appreciate
hearing from you.

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