Hi my name is Brandie and I am 27 years old. I am on this site just trying to get some direction and/or help.  I have recently begun the fight of my life.  Just a few years ago I was a healthy happy 20year old but in the last few years all of that has changed.  I was trying to get on to the US ski team racing all over North America when I recieved a huge blow I found out not only had I boken my back, but I had a herneated disk.  With this I was able to function for quite awhile until the pain got too bad. I later found out I had degenerative disk disease, herneated and torn disks.  Even with this I was able to kind of function, but now it has gotten to the point where my life has been taken away from me. I was coaching for a ski team and going to school when last year I had a really bad accident while training Super G and then on my way to my back doctor I totaled my car.  After that I couldn't walk for about a month and have since then been on even stronger narcotics. At this point I am able to do nothing, even walking very far is to painful ( they now believe that my torn disk is pushing in on my spinal cord and unless something is done I will most likely lose the use of my legs), and worse yet I don't know how I'll be able to finish school. I was able to graduate last year but I want to go on for my doctorate in Psychology but the medicine makes it very, very hard to function because it makes me so tired.  I have mounting medical bills and no way to pay them because It's hard to get hired on anywhere when I can't really work. NO insurance company will take me and I can't fight with anyone over what happenend because I can't pay for a layer or anything else. The tests I ABSOLUTELY have to have I can't have due again to no money. So I am asking for ANY HELP at all, I can't go on much longer like this, I'm not even able to have children because of my situation and my husband and I both want them, but do to the rock and hard place I'm stuck between I'm not able to really do anything but sit around my house and wait for something....anything to happen.  I just don't know where to turn any longer and have finally broken down to asking for help.  I've never been someone to ask for help everything I've wanted I've worked very hard for and have earned, but at this point my earning potential is at zero, because something needs to change in order for me to recieve the help I need and lead the life I deserve to be leading.  I'm asking for help from anyone it would be greatly appreciated and I can make a promise that the help I recieve will go into helping me to become a doctor and help others in any way I can in the future. Thank you for reading this.