I knew I would retire from the prisons at 20 years (put me in my 40s) and then I would accept a job doing what I wanted to do, not what I needed to do, plus with all the extreme savings I would travel and see the world.

MS showed up, I fell, broke my back, was forced to take SSDI and an early retirement put Medicare as my primary insurance which covers nothing, and travel?? forgettaboutit...im tired! im confused, im dizzy, im constantly having to see an MD or have an appointment in the way so I cant leave, and then...lets talk about the sick cat who ate my savings! I love this cat, but dang could you have picked a more expensive disease?

So, here I sit, about to turn 50 in a couple of months, no energy to travel, my savings is purring at my feet, my calendar is full of MDs not full of states to see, and its nothing like what I expected.