I am rapidly becoming quite alarmed about the possibility that the mold in my house is killing me. Let me preface this by giving some recent history. The geekhaus has always had leaks. Not 6 months after I started living here I had a whole shelf of books (text books, mostly) ruined by water. Since then things have only gotten worse. In April of this year, after a particularly heavy rain, I removed over three hundred gallons of water from the ducts before I stopped... and there was no end in sight. At that point I contacted my landlord about the problem. Nothing has been done.

During the last few years I've noticed a dramatic increase in my normal respiratory problems. Originally, I attributed them to allergies and smoking. Now I'm not so certain. More recently (perhaps a month or two ago) I had a swollen spot on the side of my neck that I thought was most likely linked to a sinus infection. My doctor diagnosed it as some sort of infection that was causing swelling in my lymph glands, and prescribed a fairly formidable regimen of antibiotics. The swelling went down.

Since then I have suffered from horrendous allergy attacks, poor sleep, occasional wheezing, headaches, and fatigue.

Needless to say, I am worried. This morning I woke up at 6 unable to breathe and wheezing. It's time to get the hell out.

I have a few dilemmas: where to go? How to go (we have three cats, and a house full of junk)? Etc. Apartment living does not appeal to me anymore but I don't really want to move back home and I don't think I am yet in the position to afford a house (I will be soon).

This stresses me out.