I'm 57 years old with fibrimyalgia and other health issues. Back problems torn ligaments in my ankle/foot, but continued to work for 6 months after I tore the ligaments on my foot, 8-16 hours a day 7 days a week. I know I caused damage to the rest of my leg, it got to the point where I couldn't stand up straight half way through my shift (I was a cook at one job and delivery driver and pizza maker at the other) I had to quit both jobs to heal and now I'm on state disability. I'm not use to NOT working. I loved my jobs, but I know I have to heal. On mother's day I figured I could stand in one place and pitch a ball during a family game. I pitched my daughter hit a line drive right into my bad leg at my shin with a hardball. I bruised on the inner part of my leg and down to my foot. I still have a ball dent in my shin. I have no insurance and it throbs and I have to put ice on it to get some relief. When I broke my toe a few years ago, it broke down the middle and "bled"out under the skin, so I'm thinking this is cracked also. I have no insurance. I applied for Med-i-cal and I fall through the cracks no kids and not 65 and blind. So they told me at the welfare office to go to the county emergency room and sit until they see me.  This shocked me, I hear all the time about people going to the ER for non emergencies and this what I'm told by the goverment office! But, I guess this is an emergency, I'm afraid of infection or a blood clot. And the pain is bad and affecting my whole leg and hip.

There it is, my background and present. I also have that macular degenerative disease, I've had that for a long tiime, but its gotten worse. I've gained weight because I can't walk, and to tell you the truth, I'm very afraid and can't get over the sense of impending doom. I've never not worked, I live alone and am horribly depressed. My social life was my jobs.

Anyway, thats me.

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