About Me

Born in Eatontown, NJ and living in Fl. since 1969 with a gap of living in Laurel, Maryland where my youngest son was born in 1982 and he has 1 son. I got married in 1972 for the 1st time and all 3 of my sons were born during that marrage. DJ was the oldest born in 1974 has 1 daughter and he passed away in 2004 at the young age of 30 as a result of Hurricane Frances. Joey was born in 1977 and has 3 children Jenna, Joseph and Rylee. My 2nd marriage ended in divorce and had the same problems as the 1st except for the drug addiction in this marrage. Alcohol & abuse were the basic problems of both. I seemed to have developed a problem of co-dependence and finding the same type of man with the same type of problems so I've decided to avoid those situations and stay home most of the time. 1992 was my first fall and at that time I had herniated disks in my neck. I fell and hit my spine on the wall. My second injury came in 1995 when I caught a resident 2 times neither of us hit the floor. From that day on I had problems with my neck and left shoulder.In 2002 I couldn't take the pain any longer nothing relieved it trigger point injections, acupuncture, therapy, epidurals and medications. I had a 4 level cervical fusion in Nov.of 02 returned to work as a Director of Nursing for an Assisted Living facility in June 04. lost my oldest son in Sept of 04 and finally had to stop working in Nov. of 04. Between the pain and the medication I was taking I was really unable to function. My Fibromyalgia was getting worse, arthritis, muscle spasms in neck and legs, Restless Leg Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Spinal Stenosis, arthritis of the spine & sciatica both sides also along with the depression and my anxiety attacks. Losing a child is something that I wish on no one. Since becoming disabled I have sold my house, divorced and moved to be closer to my children and grandchildren. I have started now going to a DR. here where I live and not having to go over 100 miles to see my old doctors. He is very considerate or my feelings. My blood pressure is now very high and we are trying to conrol that and making adjustments. The pain doesn't seem any better either I live with it every day and some days I don't even want to get out of bed. I have started going to church this past year and am enjoying my time with the lord. The experience is helping me to understand and try to deal with situations differently then I have in the past.