October 10th, 2007
Good evening my name is Tracy and I have recently been involved in an accident that has caused me to be out of work since April of this year. I have recently had ACL arthroscopy on my right knee and may be looking forward to yet another on my left knee. The recovery time is up to 8 months. At this rate with no income I will be another number that stands in line at a homeless shelter by the time I reach a healing plateau. These injuries do not include the fact that I have 3 screws in my left femoral neck and in addition my back has it's problems too. To include deteriorating ,and bulging discs and I am sure some nerve damage that has not yet been determined as of yet.
I truly intend to eventually find employment that my injuries will not be an issue until then I am at a loss of where to turn for assistance, seriously I have no clue of where to turn at the present. Granted I have truly wonderful friends. But lets face it with the economy the way it is most of them are barely making ends meet themselves. I can’t expect them to feed me, pay my rent, clothe me or provide me with personal products etc for another 4-6 months..
I have been advised to apply for S.S. Disability. Is this a possibility and how long will it take? I know this much. Much longer than I will be able to stay afloat before it would be approved if it even would. I have my reservations about applying and one of them I guess is pride. I am only 35 and feel, kind of crappy even thinking about it. But I realize that it’s time to suck it up and get moving on it before I’m in an even worse scenario.
I have managed to not allow this depression, anxiety, frustration, insomnia and fear completely deplete my spirit since April. I am committed to surviving this bump in the road but I am not sure how much longer I can stay mentally glued together.
So if any one out there has been in a similar situation, have had friends who have made it through it or works somewhere that could possibly help. I would truly appreciate the advice or direction..
I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
2007-10-08
19:42:43
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