Girl I can totally relate to you I have been off work now since December 29th 2008 from a car accident and I am in the same boat kinda only the insurance company has been giving me grief , and they owe me for 5 months back pay on my day job now and I still haven't been paid yet I just had foot surgery on the 4th of May and since December I have gained 15lbs I hope that I can get better soon so i can lose some weight but because of inactivity I keep gaining more now I have more to lose I am hoping that I can some how get the insurance compay for the auto accident to pay for my surgery so I can lose all my weight because the foot surgery won't do any good if I don't lose weight.
so now I am behind on my bills I don't have medical insurance and i am only 4' 11 3/4" tall and weigh a whopping 250 I am so depressed that I can't stand myself right now.
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God Bless
Elia Saenz

welcome back to milwaukee.  not much has changed and you picked the best season to move back, CONSTRUCTION SEASON.  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm already hating those stupid orange barrels.  anywho welcome home

I'm stressin'! 

Here I was a self-pay with NO $$$ saved.  I financed $14k to have it in Mexico while only receiving 60% of my pay while on short-term disability & the day that I get back to work, I'm told that my job is being eliminated with a 2 week notice.  You know, they made me actually "work" the last 2 weeks instead of giving me 2 weeks severence.  This is 255 miles WEEKLY to get to & from work (rural ND!) & I didn't do a darn thing!  NOTHING.  There was NO work to be done, my boss KNEW that & STILL made me come in both weeks just to sit at my desk.  Grrrr . . .

I'm moving to WI to move back in with my MOTHER at age 32, which is totally making feel like a loser.  I'll pay her $300/mo rent, which is still cheaper than living on my own, otherwise I just couldn't swing all the bills on unemployment.  Since I'm still working on my dissertation, I'm now worried about how I am going to collect data to do the study.  MAYBE UW-Milwaukee will let me, it's where I got my undergrad & I was a research assistan for 3 professors, so that will help, but it's still a BIG maybe as it will have to go in for faculty vote.

On the flip side, I am truly happy at the thought of returning to my family & old friends so in that case, it is a blessing in disguise.  I'm not depressed, but I do feel shiftless without a job.

Thanks for asking, Nancy!!!  How are things going for you as a post-op or in general?

Good luck!  It's a great adventure.  I wasn't nervous going in, just excited, which is a good thing for me b/c they couldn't give me Versed, that "twilight sleep".  I was given it once before & stopped breathing briefly (no harm done!).  My surgeon didn't require that I go on a diet ahead of time & only required a 5-day liquid diet.  Sweet Jesus, "only" is an understatement in the firsty 2 days of only liquids - but, of course, that depends on your dr.  I think I had "last supper syndrome" for about one month straight prior to that liquid diet!

I am kinda freaking-my surgery is in one week, and I am so nervous and excited all in one.  It is really hard to concentrate at work, I have to finish Friday, monday, and tuesdau, then i am done!  Wendsday I am getting everything together, and then Thursday is the big day.  I am trying to decide what to have for my "last supper".  I am thinking scallops.  They are healthy, and ohhh so yummy.   We will see. I just want to get this part over with, get on with the recover at home! Anyways, wish me luck!