I'm so sorry, Michele, it all sounds so horrible.  I just can't believe everything you have to deal with -- I think most of us would have completely melted down a long time ago.
I know it's none of my business, but it ticks me off that on top of everything else your husband is making you feel bad about money. Again, none of my business, but I bet he's a whole lot healthier than you are, so why doesn't he take on a second job? Or give up on the home-based business and get a better-paying full-time job? Or get a full-time job and do the home-based thing on evenings and weekends? It sounds like he can definitely do a whole lot more about your financial situation than you can.
Money has been tight with us too because I quit my job to focus on getting my health under control. I've begun to look for a job so hopefully pretty soon it won't be as much of an issue. Because we viewed our situation as short-term rather than long-term, we focused on doing small things -- selling unwanted items, cutting back on things we don't need, occasionally putting stuff on a credit card to float a month or two if we thought we were going to run short of cash (I don't recommend doing this if you have a high-interest rate credit card -- we have a fixed 6% APR). We've discussed long-term options but we haven't had to go there yet -- taking out a second mortgage on the house, selling some of our more expensive items, even selling the house itself and living in an apartment. My husband is a great guy but we've had some pretty nasty arguments about money since I quit working -- money problems can be pretty brutal on a marriage. But please, try not to let him make you feel bad. It is absolutely not your fault that you're sick.
Hopefully the new meds and increased steroids will help you and in another couple months this will all just seem like a bad dream. 
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