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The monday following Easter Sunday in 2004 was a day that changed my life forever. Until that day i was a full time nurse and had just moved into our brand new house when diabetic retlinopathy stole my eyesight. I had diabetes since 1990 and doctors had been unable to control my sugars for 14 years. I subsequently lost my house and 1 car due to the fact that i could no longer work. Having 2 vitrectomies in each eye and having cataract surgery in both of my eyes left me jobless and penniless. Needless to say medical bills mounted as proceedures and necessary monthly medications where unafordable. There were months where i had to do without various medications due to the fact that i had no money. I am now legally blind and the gov''t finally approved me for SSDI after 2 years of waitihg and in that time i had to file for bankruptcy due to the high debt i had obtained from medical proceedures and necessary medication.
Tags: diabetic-retinopathy, periphrial-nueropathy
Posted By: Revy Rev. 1 Year, 4 months, 1 Week, 1 day, 15 hours, 10 minutes ago
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