its important to your mental health to be able to venture out of your own home, but it has become a land mine filled with dangerous things to do even the most simple tasks. Church used to be pretty safe, show up, pray, catch up with social events, and eat a pot luck or two and go home, yes? Now you have to deal with H1N1, Diarrhea bugs, Resp stuff that no one feels badly enough to stay home, but they still dont have sense enough to stick their hands in their pockets and say "I dont feel well, I wont shake your hand today." Nope, they stick that grimey paw right out there and say "peace be with you!"

The grocery store is filled with snot nosed kids and leaky diapers that are smeared all over that carriage that you need to hang onto in order to make it from point A to point B in the store. You now have to sanitize the cart handle before you can touch it. Let alone think about the chicken salmonella that is dripping off the seat.

Friends and family want to hug you, or kiss your cheek (husband is italian) and cold/flu/or creeping crud wont keep them from wanting to touch you. three days later when you have their same sx but take 2 weeks longer to get over it, they can only say "oh, im so sorry you dont feel well" no acknowledgement that it came from THEM!

I too am tired of this d@mn house! I want out of here! I want to be able to go to the store without being crushed by crowds! Go to church without hearing the gossip, or having to shake hands that have just been sneezed in. I want to shop without having to disinfect my carriage before I can lean on it. I want to park my car without folks staring at me if I use the handicap spot, or ride the cart in the store. *sigh* I think I need a nap, but that involves staying here. I think I need a resort holiday.

When will folks start to understand that its not just inconvienent for them to pass this junk on? its also something that takes us 5x longer to get over, and we suffer from massive amounts of side effects and add ons before its over. its not just a simple cold for compromised folks, its pnuemonia or a hospital stay!

I hope you find a way to get out of there. Maybe a hazmat suit? Big signs around our necks that say "stay away!" or the proclomation that WE have some horrific disease and if they approach us they will be in danger. I want to buy a leper tshirt. Think that would help?