Thanks for the welcome, Tonia....funny, I slipped on hydraulic fluid that leaked from an operating room table where I worked...ended up having extensive back surgery and being disabled for a year and a half, with two toddlers - husband left and I thought I&#39;d never make it  I ended up in the new specialty of forensic nursing - I managed to survive, even with no child support but it was terrifying.  I had to file bankruptcy but I was able to provide for my three sons and, though I could never afford a home in the San Francisco area, we always had food to eat, and a little left over to travel&#33;<br /><br />I hope you will find work that sustains you and that you enjoy.  This last twenty years as a forensic nurse, as a pioneer, in fact in this new speciality, has been incredible - and I never would have pursued it if this calamity had not happened.  Through forensic nursing, I have also gained some of the dearest friends and colleagues of my life.  In fact, eight of them sailed with me on the Monarch this past week.<br /><br />RNSANE ( for registered nurse, sexual assault nurse examiner )