I am an LPN and have been for 36 years. I have been unemployed since Jan 2011 when I got terminated for being absent too many days during an illness that lasted 3 months and put me in ICU for a couple days. I had worked there for 14 years. I fell into depression and gained 60 lbs. I finally started feeling better after my son suggested I get a Yorkshire Terrier puppy. I got him in July and have been feeling better ever since. I have started walking him twice a day, meeting lots of neighbors during the process. I have been looking for work this entire time without success so I have decided to start my own business of offering in-home private duty nursing services.

Update: May 2017. I am on permanent disability now. I found I have a family genetic disease call Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I have multiple joints that dislocate and cause daily pain. This limits my activity. I also suffer from depression and Bi-Polar type II. I have just started to come out of it and trying to get my weight back under control.