My name is Debbie. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and DDD about 10 years ago, was in two bad auto accidents, one in 92 and one in 94 in which several cervical and lumbar discs were herniated and two thoracic vertebrea had compression fractures. Since I have developed severe osteoarthritis in hips and knees and now have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I have worked for 25 years in Radiology, have taught, managed, but mostly worked in ORs.
I am a single parent with a 10 year old son and have tried to stay as active as possible but as of December, I lost my job due to health reasons and now am faced with the fact that I can not physically do the job I have always done and have applied for disability, hopefully it goes through the first time.