Linda Payne
September 21st, 2007
My whole life I have been taking care of other people. I used to be a nurse before I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and ultimately forced to leave my job. This happened in 2005 and was a very difficult situation. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain illness that causes muscular aches, pain and stiffness, fatigue, and difficulty sleeping. Needless to say, it was difficult for me to wake up every morning and lead a normal life. To be a wife. To be a mother. To continue living out my life’s dream to be a nurse. Not only was I struggling with my disease, but the same year, my husband Vincent got very sick and was diagnosed with diabetes. To make matters worse,… after Vincent was diagnosed, he lost his job, which meant he also lost his health insurance. We were left with no insurance and no way to get the prescription medicines we needed to fight our illnesses.
Knowing that something had to be done, I started researching ways for me and Vincent to get the help we needed with getting our prescription medicines. I found some patient assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical companies that helped us get our prescription medications at no cost to us.Today, Vincent and I are doing much better, and are excited about living a long healthy life together. Lord knows we will need it with a new baby in the house.
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