miriam, I have 7 children and I homeschool too. I know where you are coming from. If my memory serves me correctly, I have been dealiing with this since about 7 years of age. I am now 52. Forty-five years of misery! Off and on, of course, because that's how autoimmune is. You never know if something you have done has improved it, or if it is just in a mini-remission. I have homeschooled flat on my back in bed. The children are doing great though, with three having earned degrees (two of those 3 are working on another degree) another about to graduate, and three more to go - and doing well scholastically. But at least three of my children, are showing signs of failing health (autoimmune). It's going to be a long expensive haul.