Hi my name is Dottie Ransom and I live in AL with a terrible disease that’s literally trying to twist my limbs and causes me to swell and fill up with fluid.
I remember when I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis at 15 I never realized how severe this would impact my life, but now that I don’t have reliable transportation to get to all the Drs appt that I have I really feel hopeless.
I wish I had my family’s support but unfortunately I lost my step dad in 2014 then found my mother laying face down in her bedroom floor but I was too late and my heart broke to pieces, then a year later I get a call that my brother had died of a heroin OD. So I can’t reach out for family bc they’re all gone.
I’m asking for 5000 or a reliable car so I can continue to get to the doctors appts. I have to treat my Ra and try to figure out what’s causing me to fill up with this fluid I’ve been in the hospital 4 times where they’ve drained 8 liters out of my abdomen and lungs. The last time I was admitted the doctor came in and told me I had ovarian cancer and sent my to a cancer specialist that has so far not found any signs of the cancer I had been diagnosed with. Which is great news but omg I sat in there a month believing I was going to die of cancer.
So if it’s not cancer what is it? That’s my dilemma to try an figure out what’s going on inside me if you can help me I’d be forever grateful because this is possibly my last hope in being able to walk again without so much pain is my treatment goal.