(Note: This story has been updated to clarify the source of water for Gerry Woodberry's apartment.)

FLINT TWP, MI - Gerry Woodberry winces in pain as he pulls his sock down to reveal the large dark welts below his knees and bottom of his feet.

Sunk into a plush couch cushion, the 50-year-old Flint native describes the dull ache from his skin condition that's has grown worse since the water crisis began to unfold months ago.

A former manufacturing company supervisor, Woodberry is on disability due to lichen planus, an autoimmune condition in which the body goes on the offensive against the wrong enemy.

"Basically, my body attacks itself," he said. "When it thinks I'm injured, it overcompensates. It's like my T cells are attack each other."

But the condition has gone from an annoyance to a struggle for relaxation, with Woodberry having to change the way he sleeps at times to try and lessen the chance for pain.

"The water has aggravated it," said Woodberry, 50, from the oversized couch inside his unit at Clover Tree Apartments. "Whenever I get out of the shower, it's like I'm completely dry, completely white. My condition has gotten worse."

Woodberry got some measure of relief Monday when he discovered that the water at his apartment complex is actually from the county rather than the city. The apartment complex is less than a mile outside of Flint.

The issue can be a tricky one for people who live near Flint city limits, as both Burton and Flint Township have said there are addresses in their communities that are connected to Flint water.

A state Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman said the agency researched Woodberry's water supply after learning news of his complaints and determined his apartment complex is not connected to Flint water.

Still, he worries that his condition has been aggravated when he bathed at his mother's and sister's homes in Flint.

Needing to stay hydrated to keep the pain down, Woodberry has cut the number of showers and length of time he used to spend trying to soothe his skin after noticing the water in the shower go from clear to a rusty brown color.

"It's made it miserable. I need to shower," he said, prescribed locations and cortisone creams to try and lessen the condition's effects. "I don't shower as much as they recommend me to because of the water. When I get out, it's just dry, gets itchy, real itchy."

Woodberry continues to use the prescribed medications, but it's not making a difference right now.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is working to develop a plan to better understand rashes that have been reported by some Flint residents during the water crisis.

But Woodberry's calls for assistance from 211 have fallen on mostly deaf ears. Flint residents have stepped forward to drop off water at his apartment, with the gratitude evident in his soft-spoken voice.

"I felt grateful, appreciated," he said. "Somebody was finally listening to my concerns. It touched my heart."

Cassandra Clifton was thankful for the help provided as she sat next to a small dining room table in a corner of the living room, next to her mother Norma Woodberry who's also been using bottled water at her Flint home.

"It's not about me wanting attention. It's about me getting help," he said. "This is not good."

While going through their own disrupted day-to-day life, visiting fire stations to pick up cases of water, they worry about Gerry.

"He can hardly walk to get in my car. I can tell he's in so much pain when he's coming down (the stairs)," Norma said. "I can see all his teeth."

A Bible sat on a coffee table in the middle of the living room, but the family has lost its faith.

"I can't trust them, because to me they knew what was going on," said Gerry Woodberry of political leaders. "A little shortcut to save them money while you're destroying people's lives... I can't regain my trust. I really can't."

Clifton believes residents should abandon the city.

"I like Flint. I was born here. It's the only place I've ever been," she said. "But I don't like it under these conditions and I would like to just leave and let them suffer, the city suffer, and then maybe they'll do something about it."

Woodberry said he'd move if he could, but it's not a possibility at this time. He wasn't sure of the solution, other than replacing all of the pipes in the city and outlying affected areas, but even then uncertainty may linger.

"I'm at the point where I'm scared. I really don't know what to do," he said. "I just feel that people need to know we're suffering out here."