Dawn Durden:  

Lets see. Graduated 1974. 10 years with SSA. 1 year industrial. 5 years with lawyers. 8 years with investment consulting. Back to lawyers - WHAT was I THINKING - SHOOT me if I try that again. Married in 1991 and had a baby boy 12/26/91. Bought large house in city 9/1995. Marriage went south almost immediately. Kicked hubby out May 1998 and moved into the basement of house in order to rent out the upper levels. Hubby crawled back in September. Asthma, stress, smoking and basement dwelling started a series of annual hospital visits (9 years - 10 visits) with pneumonia and/or pulmonary flare of some kind. Each hospitalization started in ICU for at least 2 days with an entire stay of approximately 9 days. Each series of steroids to combat the inflamation left me with a weight gain of 5 to 10 pounds. Have been on oxygen in various degrees since the first visit. Left hubby on 9/9/99. Stayed 2 years with son at shelter - the things I could tell you! Got apartment in Cockeysville 10/10/01. Notice a pattern with the dates! Ex-spouse died 11/05. That was hard. I left him because I couldn't live with him - not because I didn't love him. Bought small condo in Timonium 6/7/06 (refused to sign on 6/6/6 or the pattern would ...Expand for more