Hello,
I am not one to ask for help like this, but things have become bad enough that it’s necessary.
I was a nurse, worked through Covid, raised my 4 children, plus 2 more. I am unable to work any longer due to rotolevoscoliosis (bent and twisted spine), Median Arcuate Ligament syndrome, Fibromuscular Dysplasia (both latter put me at risk of aneurysm). Also I’ve been losing my hearing since I was a teen. Now that I can’t work, I can’t afford the good aides any longer. I have CPTSD from abusive relationships and emotionally abusive father.
My eldest son completed suicide in April of 2019. I was able to keep working and after two years I crashed. It took me until August 2025 to get my disability. I had to sell things to keep going and have been staying with friends.
I bought a house at 28, after having been widowed at 23 with two children. I later married a psychologically and emotionally abusive man. He basically forced me into selling my house, after I signed him onto the mortgage. It would have been paid off 4 years ago and I would still have my classic car as well. He took everything in the divorce and I let him so I could protect our daughter.
I am in need of a vehicle and a place to stay (preferably my own place, but I will be grateful even for something temporary). I don’t care if it is a cabin in the woods, a motorhome, or an apartment in the ghetto, I would fix it up and make it beautiful. I believe in taking care of things as if they belonged to someone else. I was always taught that.
I really need to concentrate on my health and getting better, as well as my grandchildren. I want to enjoy them, not have to miss them growing.
I was also going to leave my home to my children when I die. I would have had like $350,000 in equity right now.
That is basically my story. I would much rather go back to nursing, I am not the type to sit around. But my body won’t let me at this point. I may have back surgery later this year, I do not have a place to go back to after surgery.
Please consider helping me get a second chance in my elder years. Thank you for reading.