When my twins, Nat and Sam, were babies, they developed food allergies and asthma and could only eat organic foods. By the end of each school year, the boys got sick and worn down by the pesticides and cleaning chemicals used in their school. They finally had to quit high school a few credits short of graduating. We left northern California for a less moldy, drier climate. We would love to settle down, as moving around is hectic and it is heartbreaking to leave people behind.
Homelessness is expensive.
I have become more reactive, and am in physical pain most of the time. I earned a substantial income before becoming sick. I lived in northern California, where I earned a master's degree in psychology. I worked 3,000 hours to qualify for a 'Marriage, Family and Child Counseling' license. I worked simultaneously at a psychiatric hospital and as a medical social worker with terminally ill patients who required kidney dialysis.