We need your help
I am an older veteran and was involved in a car accident in 1982 in which I
broke my neck – over the years, arthritis pain in my neck has gotten
progressively and I am having trouble walking, sitting, sleeping, and unable
to work since 2010 – I have lost nearly everything and have recently
applied to the VA health network for medical attention. But that is not
really my purpose in asking for your help.
The lady I have lived with for the last 12 years was diagnosed early 2011
with cervical spinal stenosis, a bone disease which causes disintegration of
bone resulting in collapsed vertebrae that pinches the spinal cord, which
leads to severe pain and potential death if not treated. My lady friend has
always been a hard working woman, but she had to have an operation on her
neck last April because she was very close to total paralysis or death had
she not. Since the operation, she suffers daily with severe pain caused by
damage to her spinal cord, which will never improve. She is able to walk
with a cane, but mobility is very difficult and painful, and we live in a
low-rent upper duplex, and she (and I) struggle to get up and down the steps
of the building. My lady friend gets disability social security, but it is
barely enough to pay the rent. Life has been hard on both of us for quite
some time to the point where I have been reduced to ask people like you for
help.
To make matters worse, our cash flow barely meets our most basic needs and
both our cars are old and need work – this is especially problematic
because we live about 60 miles from Toledo, Ohio, where the VA clinic and
her doctors are located. We live in an area of Northwest Ohio that was hit
hard by the recession and there are no jobs, and even if there were jobs, we
could not work in our present condition. I am optimistic I will be able to
work once I get treatment on my leg through the VA.
I believe in God and I trust he will provide a way. But I also believe God
works through people. People like you who may have the power to help.
Posting this request for help is hard for me to do, but times have grown so
desperate that I have come to my wits end.
I would like to raise the money to buy a ground level mobile home or a house
closer to Toledo, fix our cars and have a little economic relief… I cannot
put into words the stress of living on the edge daily, wondering how we will
survive or move forward without outside help.
Thank you for reading my request and we appreciate your help!
Sincerely,
Jim