[tangodream]

I feel like I'm reaching the end of my rope. I've been out of work for so long & my business is so slow. My family is drowning in debt & it just seems to get worse & worse. I need a new furnace for my house & do not have the money to pay for it. I asked my brother if he'd help me & he said no.

I am going to have to give up some of my pets because I can't afford to care for them anymore & it is breaking my heart.

I am just full of so much pain right now. I wish it would all just stop. I'm trying to get thing done day by day but it is so hard. I've got a family that loves me & I love them. I hate seeing them worried about me.

Just don't know what to do anymore.

[Rohag]

That is a terrible situation. Heartbreaking.

Who to assist you?
2-1-1?
Minnesota Department of Human Services?

[Rose76]

If you say you are managing to get even one thing done per day (especially if it is a painful thing to do) then you may be doing way more than you realize. I give you much credit for that. (((HUGS)))

[tangodream]

I have called 211 & am sending paperwork to various agencies for help. My husband is working 12 hours per day everyday to make money for our family to survive on. He swears that he'll work all summer long to make sure we have a furnace by the time winter comes. He works outside in a rail yard loading & unloading cargo containers. It is exhausting work & leaves him no time for a life outside of work.

I see my therapist on Monday but she doesn't do medication changes. I would have to see my the nurse who takes care of my meds. I have a feeling I need an adjustment.

It is hard to tell my step-daughter who lives with us that she can't even have six bucks to go ice skating because we can't afford it. I used to have a job that paid $19.00 an hour, paid taxes, & felt productive. One day at work a week before Christmas in 2008 the company laid off 240, including me.

I am trying my best to do what I can.

[Rose76]

I so sorry that you lost a well paying job. I know, first hand, how bad it hurts to lose employment involuntarily. I believe you are trying your best.

[tangodream]

I am trying to hang on, to keep the faith. I am praying a lot. I am trying to stay up but it is so hard.

[Waterbunny]

tangodream, I feel your pain. I'm in the same situation only I can't work anymore so I barely have any money. I also completely alone. So I suffer from great loneliness. I don't know how long it's going to be, but I think I will be thrown out of my house like many others who's lost theirs. All because I got sick. I think I will go lay in bed and just cry. If I died, no one would even know.