Does your family understand and support you

[bodybuilder1958]

My saving grace for the nearly 4 years of this mess has been my faith, my husband and my children. Before my injury, before I fell at home related to my injury I was making close to $45,000. net a year. My paid benefits ran out in 2 1/2 months, we took out a second mortgage, that helped for awhile. We were within 7 weeks of loosing our home when I finally got TTD payment. That was a true blessing. The rest of my family thinks I'm a lazy bum, they didn't understand that for 23 months I wasn't allowed to work. Now that I've been released with no restrictions to work (I walk with a severe limp, need a cane, knee buckles, barely go down stairs), I have zero chances of finding a job. Add to that my pathetic lawyer and it sucks.
But my husband has been wonderful, he lets me vent. Now that the TTD benefits have stopped things are getting hard again. Two boys in college and it just adds up. But last month I got my mileage check, one that I'd worked for 2 years to get plus I got reimbursed for a cortisone shot. Those two checks paid in full our car tags, so that's one less problem to worry about.
Life goes on ..., find blessings where you can. But if you don't have support at home you need to go find it. A pastor, counseling, a good friend. I volunteered for nearly a year at our local nursing home reading to two patients. Both of them died within 3 weeks of each other early this year. I haven't found anyone else at the home that wants companionship.

Take care,
Joan