Oct 2005 my world came to an end. I was driving to work, nice drive to a job I loved and was good at, Very good, promoted to manager after only 3 months. I had at the time of the accident, been with the company almost 3 years. Out of no where, a 70 year old woman decides to run her stop sign right in front of me. Thats all she wrote.
I was able to collect short term disablity and that was it. I am a single grandmother and was the sole supporter of the household. I tried everything. Social services told me that I didn't seem to be pregnant, certainly wasn't blind, and didn't look to be 65 and I didn't have legal custody of my grand children so they couldnt help me.
I applyed for home energy assistance and after sitting for 8 hours for 2 days and used my last tank of gas was told that I qulified. Well, the help never came. My file was "misplaced, never entered into the computer" and this was my fault not theirs because I never followed up. My phone had been turned off, I had no money for food let alone gas. This place was the next town over, I couldn't walk.
I have 2 herinated disks in my neck and a bulged disk in my lower back. I'm in pain everyday of my life. I had to take a loan on my home just to live, which I will lose probably within the next 6 months or so.
I had arbatration last month, I may walk away with $30,000. which will stop me from losing my home for maybe another year, but thats it. My lawyer actually got angery at me, yelled at me because I didn't want to agree on the amount. He says that this money is not for me to rebuild my life. I started crying, I told him I guess I should have just gave everything up 2 years ago and lived in the gutter cause thats whats gonna happen now.
I'm losing everything, including my grandchildren , who are my heart, and I have no choice but to sit and watch it all go.
