My name is Alison and since a young age I’ve had a few health issues. Some, I’m not even sure all about yet. But it was only a couple years ago when I was 23 when I found out I could have surgeries for some of these problems. For out about 2 years I’ve been either in surgery or recovering from surgeries for a long time and because of this I am unable to work. And even if I decided to pause my surgeries, as I have tried, when looking for a job, it’s basically impossible to do much types of work with the pain from my health issues. I have tried a job where it didn’t affect my physical health but it did affect my mental health and i had a panic attack and got fired on the first day. I’ve had basically no money for about 2 years now and a friend is sometimes paying my phone bill when he can but I have friends that wanna hang out places but more importantly I am in debt with bills piling up including medical bills, things that aren’t covered by the insurance that my mom is paying for. Please consider helping me.

My father, Gerald Beard, is battling cancer right now (liver, colon and kidney). He has just started radiation. He has been out of work for a few weeks now. He has spent every bit of money that he has had saved up on co pays for his visits. He is suppose to go tomorrow to have a stink put in for chemotherapy. I don’t like asking people for money and neither does he but at this point he is need of help. Every where he has went has turned him away because of his condition. He has to pay $515 tomorrow out of pocket or they will reschedule the stint appointment. He has bills that he has fallen behind on due to his cancer and not being able to work. If any of you could help with a donation just to help him out until he can beat this cancer and get back to work it will be greatly appreciated. My father has always been a hard working man and it is killing him that he cant work and provide the things needed. He will going thru a 6 week process with radiation and chemotherapy. I have set him up a paypal account so he can get donations. Please, if any of you could just take a second and help him out here is the link to send your donation. We know not everyone is financially able and we were not asking you to drain your account. $5, $10, $20 will be great. Prayers would also be greatly appreciated.

https://www.paypal.me/geraldb1957

Its May 30th, 2018….the day I realized that we are completely, utterly desperate. You see I have to somehow make you believe that your money/donation is going to make a difference in our lives. So how do I do that? How do I start to explain to you the hardship we have endured the last 8 years? How do I tell you that we have lost pretty much everything we have because of illness? How do I make our case seem more desperate than others do? The only thing I can do is try to explain what we have endured and hope that our story inspires you to help. Even if you do not want to help us maybe, you will research others and help them.
Picture it, Sicily 1947…..(lol sorry a little Golden Girls humor there!) Seriously, in 2010 little did we know that we would be in this desperate situation. I have worked three jobs since I have been 15, I am a worker, always have been until I got sick. I was raised on a poor farm but was always raised that if we could work, we can make it. Nobody told me what happens when you cannot work. I am sure you are asking yourself, why can’t she get disability or government programs? Trust me, I am trying but if you are under the age of 50, it is a minimum of 5-12 years to get disability approval. Government programs are not easy to get, if you are white, female and married. Yes, my husband works, but trying to make it on one income even living in a cardboard box is almost impossible. Yes, I have family but they struggle too. They have helped as much as they can….there is a limit.
So here it is, the nitty gritty of how we ended up here. I have suffered medical issues since 2010 and just went through my 34th abdominal surgery. Until 4 years ago, I worked two fulltime jobs. I was active in several charitable organizations and was dedicated to helping single individuals. We have only my husband’s income to survive on and a 10-year-old son to support. We have incurred $10,000 in back living bills. If we cannot come up with at least that amount, we will lose our home and will be unable to feed our son. We have no options left. We have struggled and struggled and have sold everything we possibly could. I am looking at another possible surgery in the upcoming month. Every time I go into surgery, there is a 50% chance I will not make it. I would like to spend the time that I can with my family and not have to spend it worrying how we are going to eat, or keep the power on, not to mention worrying about the struggle my husband will have after I am gone raising our son alone. Please help us fight to keep living. You can help make a difference in our lives, so that we can spend our remaining time together making memories. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Hi, my name is Katherine. I am a 56 year old special education teacher, or at least I was until March 1st of this year. On this date I was asked to resign my position from work. I understood why I was asked this.

For two years I had been experiencing very frequent headaches. I would have constant headaches. There was literally not a day go by that I didn’t have one. It began to take a toll on me physically and professionally. I began to miss work on a weekly basis and many times 2 days a week.

I was seeing my doctor and tried several different medications. Nothing worked. I was reffered to a neurologist, and again more med changes.

Not muched helped and I finally decided to ask work for a medical leave of absence. This was in December 2016. I was granted it under the Family Medical Leave Act.  I was fortunate that at this time I belonged to the school districts sick leave bank. I applied for this and was granted sick leave bank. What this did was to provide pay to me 10 days after my regular sick leave ran out. Sick leave bank got me through the rest of the school year with decent finances. My monthly pay was reduced by almost half, but with what my partner made we were ok.

Let’s move forward to the start of this school year (2017-18) I started off the year with hopes of the daily headache and pain being manageable. After the first 8 weeks this did not happen. I was continuing to miss 1 or 2 days a week. On these days I would hardly get out of bed. My whole body hurt to move. I had burned through my allotment of sick days by the beginning of October 2017.

During this time I did start to see a pain management doctor and this was one of the best decisions I have ever made. He was the first doctor that wanted to get to the cause of the headaches and pain and not just have me try a different med. He ordered a MRI on my head and neck. My neck is in bad shape and could be contributing to the headaches and most definitely to the body pain. He wanted me to see a neurologist that he knew. So, off to another doctor.  This new doctor did change the migraine onset medication, and I am thankful. Far less side effects with this one. She also wanted to do Botox shots. I was hesitant, but I needed something to work. This is around December 2018. What little bit of a contract I had with school was running out. My bring home pay was less than a thousand dollars. I knew that eventually it and my insurance would stop.

At the end of April I felt for the first time my treatment plan was on the right track. I was hoping i would be ready for work in the fall of 2018, but my district did not want to hold my position and asked me to resign. I understood why but it devastated me. I now have no money or insurance. I had to take out a loan on my 401 to help get me through. Well, that money is all but gone and I am beginning to feel desperate. I will be selling my car that I love to no have a car payment. I have cancelled satellite tv and streem most everything.

I am at the embarrassing point that I need to ask for help with monthly bills until I can get back to work or get approved for temporary disability.

I humbly ask for any help that can be given. Thank you, Katherine

www.paypal.me/katherine1962

First off let me introduce myself. My name is Chris husband and father of two. Can’t believe I’m asking for hand out, I’ve never asked anyone for help. I’m out of ideas and don’t have any where else to turn. My mother in law is suffering from end stage copd. She recently lost her insurance and I’m now tasked with paying for her medications and breathing machine. She’s currently taking advair which runs about $300 a month. Combivent, an emergency inhaler that runs $250 and spiriva that costs another $300 a month. Her breathing machine which was once covered by her insurance is now going to cost us roughly $3000. We’re currently renting at $275 a week. At the moment she’s in a rehab center after her last hospital visit. She’ll be getting out very soon and needs a place to stay. The house that we were renting for her was foreclosed on. The landlord failed to pay her property taxes. All this was manageable because my wife was also working but her rheumatoid arthritis is getting worse and forced her to quit as a pre school teacher. I wouldn’t be doing this if I had any other option. I’m looking for at least $5000 to help her get her breathing machine and a place to live. I’ve always been the one to help out, now I’m asking for the help. If I only get $1 at least I know there’s someone out there that cares. That’s my story. I hope whoever reads this has a blessed and wonderful memorial day weekend.

https://www.paypal.me/ChristopherChahine

Hello, My name is Israel. I am a single dad now after my wife of 16 years passed away from a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma  high grade. Barb my wife fought like crazy for 18 months to beat it. She fought hard to stay alive and beat it for our daughter. Her favorite thing in the world was being a momma. As many of us know from experience cancer treatment is not cheap, even with good insurance. So after all the treatments, alternative treatments it drained my finances. I had to remortgage the house to pay back people i borrowed money from to make bills and pay for normal and extra expenses along the way. Just now with being wiped out all of my savings retirement money and my daughters college fund gone. I am struggling to rebuild my life. I am only asking for help because my daughter deserves more than being told no we cannot afford it. She understands we spent a lot of money to save her momma. She asks for very little, she really does not ask for much. She has forced herself to not buy makeup or new clothes, she does not go out with friends. Sydney, my daughter does odd jobs and gives what she earns and saves to help out. I am grateful for her help, but it breaks my heart to see her work hard and help pay for something that was not hers, her mommas or my choice. I work full time and do odd jobs after my day job. To tell the truth we both need a break. It would be a big help to have some of the smaller loans paid off.  I have personally sold everything of value i could, coin collection from my grandma, guitars, old jewelry, watches, vintage comic books, to make ends meet. I do not drink or smoke so your generosity will not be wasted on frivolous unnecessary items. All i ask is give what you can. A dollar is most generous and grateful to receive. If you are able to help with more that is up to you.

Thank you for listening

Israel

paypal.me/izzy454ss

I am a twenty-year-old college student who will be graduating in Fall 2019. Unfortunately, my entire junior year, (which I just finished with a cumulative 3.456 GPA) has been hardship after hardship. I developed anxiety-induced severe gastritis in September of 2017. When it was peaking in November, I was admitted to the hospital. At this point, I had lost 40 pounds and hadn’t held down food for nearly two weeks.

Whenever Christmas break rolled around I finally was able to get my tummy troubles under control, my biggest stressor (school) gone. As soon as I returned in January all of my symptoms came back full force. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly in March my oldest brother Michael Berger, only 27, was found in a single vehicle accident. The coroner’s report ruled it a suicide.

My heart and stomach are struggling to recover. Within this year alone I have dropped to part-time status as a student and also hold a part-time job. Most days I struggle just to get out of bed. The weight of all of my medical bills from a sickness I can not seem to shake mixed with the grief from my big brother’s loss are simply too much. Any small contribution to help lessen my load would be beyond appreciated. If you made it this far, God bless you for opening your heart to me. I sincerely hope that anyone else struggling with a loss right now finds the comfort and closure they need.

Four years ago I was in a work accident which damaged my lumbar and sacral portion of my spine. I have permanent nerve damage and have taken quite a hit during my time being on disability. As it stands currently, I did receive a settlement from workers compensation but after I paid my bills with that settlement which totaled only 6500, 4000 after they taxed it, more and more just kept coming, radiology, labs, xrays, MRI’s everything else kept piling. It has been hard to get back on my feet and work but I do work full time, but with the cost of living in my hometown of Portland Oregon, me being in low income housing and the living wage my bills through Oregon Health Sciences University which treated me were given to the Oregon IRS department for collection.

If my wages get garnished an additional 25 percent which is what I may be looking at I am potentially at risk of becoming homeless. I am humbling myself to write this right now, but any help would be appreciated even if its just a little bit so I can afford to show a promise to pay. I cant beg well because its never been in me to see such hardship, but…I know out there someones heart is grand and sees a young man of 35 years old just trying to do my best for me, and my future.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and considering my case, bless you for your time.

My Paypal is paypal.me/lordronaldo

Or if you desire to contact me by email thats fine as well. Bank wires and otherwise are not something i can do due to mobility and the cost of going places, I am generally bound to where I am unless someone else helps me get around. Please dont scam me, my heart is almost on its last sliver of hope.

I’ve been disabled for a very long time with a cluster of conditions, Advanced Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Immune Dysfunction, Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism, Asthma, Post Orthostatic Tachycardia, Gout and Lyme Arthritis, Anemia, Osteonecrosis, plus Cognitive Dysfunctions, such as Audio and Visual Processing Disorders.  That’s where sometimes people sound like they are speaking in a foreign language, and I may only see or retain half of what’s written on a page.  I get terrible flare ups of bodywide nerve pain, as well.  And the last ten years, I’ve been getting numbness in my feet, legs, and right hand.  The Post Orthostatic Tachycardia is a low blood pressure condition.  The pressure drops suddenly and uncontrollably causing faintness, weakness, and rapid heartbeat.  I’ve had it so long that I now have a weakening of the left ventricle of my heart from it.

I did try many treatments over the years, nothing worked, and I tried till I was flat broke.  There is no money left, and I’m on a tiny disability income and live check to check.  I can no longer afford supplements or afford to try anything else.  I was bit by ticks when I was only eight years old.  And by the time they figured out I had Lyme, it had been destroying my immune system and my joints and other areas for far too long.  I became disabled right out of college.  I lost my life to this disease.  I lost my ability to work, socialize, do anything.  I’ve mostly been homebound for many years.

In 2015, I fell and my right shoulder was destroyed, as well as the bone in my upper arm.  I had to have it replaced, but it left me with a half paralyzed arm.

This past Summer, I started to get far worse.  The fatigue got so bad, I couldn’t walk more than a few feet and had trouble breathing, and I started to lose weight without trying.  I was found to have severe Anemia, and we didn’t know the cause.  And things got worse.  I fell in December right before Christmas.  I started to lose the feeling in my legs and feet and started to get cramping in my left side down the the bone.  Something I’ve never had before, and it wouldn’t let up.  And one night, I lost the signals to my legs completely, and I fell.

So I spent this past Christmas in the hospital where they found I have an adrenal gland tumor on the left adrenal gland.  It was pressing on nerves and causing me to lose the feeling and alternately cramping me up.  They put me on very bad pain meds like Lyrica and Neurontin, that didn’t work and messed me up worse, including messing with my mind.  They couldn’t send me home alone unable to walk, so they put me in a nursing home without telling me the nursing home didn’t accept my full insurance.  And I wasn’t in any shape or able to understand anything I signed at the time.  All I knew was they said they were sending me to the first place that had an available bed.

The cramping ended up stopping on its own after a few weeks, and I was discharged and placed on a home health waiver, so I have a home health aide now, but I am still losing my ability to walk and still have the tumor.  Because that nursing home didn’t accept my full insurance, they are trying to bill me for fourteen hundred dollars.  My insurance won’t cover that since it’s out of network and they don’t even accept that part of my insurance, the hospital’s charity refused to pay it because it’s not in their network, even though they are the ones who sent me there.  The local churches won’t help because they only help with much smaller bills.  And the nursing home actually told me that they are strictly for profit and will not negotiate or help me with the bill in any way.

All of my family passed away ten years ago.  I’ve been all alone since, I have no relatives to ask for help.  I have no way of paying it.  I get in a very tiny amount in Social Security because I became disabled at too young an age to have worked enough to get more in.  I’m very low income.  I cannot afford extras, I live check to check.  I have no life from the medical conditions I have and spend my days bedridden from the pain and going to different doctors.  The adrenal gland tumor has taken over the left gland, but they aren’t even removing it yet.  They are making me go for more tests because they think I have cancer in a different area.  So I’m facing all that, and now being harassed over money from this nursing home.  I have no way of paying them, I cannot afford to even make small payments.  I have to ration the papergoods in my apartment every month, like be careful with using too much because I cannot afford to buy more.  And I don’t even have the money to file for bankruptcy.  There are fees involved, and the legal aide here told me they don’t even deal with bankruptcies.  I cannot afford a lawyer.

It would be a great help to me if you could please help me pay this bill.  The stress of dealing with the debt is more than I can bare right now.  It’s bad enough that I do not know the full extent of the medical issues I’m now facing.  I’m still going through horrific medical tests.  I really cannot deal with being harassed over money on top.  Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated and help give me some peace at this trying time.  Thank you.

paypal.me/helpjcarri

Hi!

My name is Jeremy, and I’m a 17 year old transgender  male. I’ve never quite felt comfortable in my own skin, especially my chest.

I knew I was transgender since I was about 12 years old, but I’ve always felt different ever since I could remember. When I was younger, people used to say I was a tomboy, since I wore masculine clothes and liked playing sports with guys and all that.

I never felt comfortable calling myself a girl, or even hearing someone refer to me as one. Which sucked, especially when I hit puberty.

I came out to my parents and close friends when I was in 7th grade, and now, being in my last year of high school, feels so long ago. I began going by a different name at school, and referred to myself as a man, which got me some hate, but whatever. Ever since then I’ve been hoping for the day that I could get on hormone replacement therapy (Testosterone) and get top surgery.

Here I am now, almost 18 years old, and finally on hormones. But here’s the issue..

I can’t afford the one thing that’ll make me finally feel comfortable with my body. It gives me dysphoria.

I have to wear a binder everyday in order to feel remotely comfortable with myself, which is taking a toll on my physical wellbeing. My ribs and lungs cannot take the compression anymore, but at the same time, I can’t just not wear it. My chest feels heavy.

The procedure is very costly, and since I’m about to go to college, I won’t be able to afford most of it, that’s why I’m asking for your help.

The total cost of the procedure is $10,888. Right now, I’m only asking for $2,000.

I appreciate everyone’s donations, even if they don’t seem much, and everyone’s shares. Thank you!

Hello,

i never thought I’d be on a site like this asking strangers for help with bills. I am thankful for those of you here at least reading my story.

A little over a year ago I was diagnosed with lymphocytic colitis. I’ll spare you the ugly details about all that. It’s a rare type of colitis. Anyway, I was out of work for almost 6 months while we did testing to find out what was causing me to feel so miserable. Then I had an abscessed tooth which lead to oral surgery and lots of antibiotics. Then I ended up with C-Diff. Out of work again and completely exhausted my sick time. At this point my son and I struggled financially. It’s not been good for us. Fast forward to the present and I again had another abscess and oral surgery and more antibiotics. Again… C-Diff. This being the second round of this. Getting no real relief from being sick and out of work. Bills are completely piling up everywhere. I’m stressed out which seems to only aggravate my lymphocytic colitis. We need some luck. Maybe a kind stranger to kindly help us dig out of this never ending hole of debt.

I’d really appreciate any help I can get. Thank you for your time to read my story and any type of help you can offer.

paypal.me/CSticha

Hello, my name is Carly Smith and I am currently looking for donations to help pay for my mother’s chemotherapy treatments and medications, as well as to help with other bills we’ve fallen behind on since she was diagnosed in July of 2017. Things have been really tight as my mother’s insurance does not cover all medications and treatments that she is receiving. 

A little background here, my mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in July 2017 and began her journey with chemotherapy shortly there after. It’s just my mother and I and my son, and she has been unable to work due to her condition. I myself only make roughly $1,200 monthly and my mother’s disability is only $287 a month. In December 2017, we got more bad news as my mother was diagnosed with early onset Breast Cancer in her left breast (thankfully it was caught early on) but it’s made things worse financially. A lot of times, I have to take off work to drive her to and from her Dr. appointments, which we really can’t afford. We’ve fallen behind on rent (my landlord has been amazing with letting us make small payments every week but we’re still behind) and I am unable to provide the healthy diet my mother needs to get better and that I need to help stay a float to care for her. My son’s daycare payments are becoming too much that I’m afraid I may have to pull him and then I wouldn’t be able to work because I’d have no one to watch him, besides my sick mother. I don’t normally ask for handouts, but my family is sinking and I’ve tried everything else. Thank you for listening and thank you for anything you can donate. God Bless.

PayPal.Me/carlyjanesmith

Hello,

My name is Erik, and I am 21. I’ve come to this website with a positive mind, and I’d like to ask for assistance. My family is in a bit of trouble medically as well as financially.

In early March of this year, my father had a stroke, which left him in the hospital for a few days for evaluation and scanning for possible tumors and/or brain masses. In about late March, my mother had surgery to burn off ovarian cysts.

They both are now on multiple medications, attending doctors visits, physical therapy, and the medical bills are piling up. It’s very difficult for me to see them struggle so much and not be able to help out as much as I want. All I can do right now is find work for minimum wage, which is why I decided to come here.

I’d like to try and help them out. I’ve been moving from job to job just to try and find one with more pay, and doing various tasks for friends and strangers ranging from laundry to physical activities, just so that I can continue to help my parents out, but find myself constantly reaching a negative balance before the bills are completely paid off, and I would just like to help them out and have them actually relax for once.

My father is a Marine Corps veteran and has always worked extremely hard to make sure his family is fed, warm, and clothed. My mother is a sweet and caring woman, and she is unfortunately unable to work due to physical issues, such as back problems, knee problems, and general arthritis, as well as epileptic episodes, yet she is always working hard for the family by taking care of children in the family, maintaining a clean home, and offering assistance to her friends, no matter how awful she is feeling.

We are looking at roughly $20,000 in bills, but of course, to be realistic, I won’t expect all of our bills to be solved and taken care of by this site, however, I am staying hopeful. Still, any and all donations would be greatly appreciated. I thank you all so very much for taking the time to read this, and I hope someone can help out a little bit.

Below, I have attached my Venmo username as well as my direct PayPal link.

Please help my mother and father get back on their feet. Again, thank you for reading, and I hope for a positive outcome.

Thank you,

Erik

Venmo: @ohseetow

PayPal: PayPal.Me/erikmata179
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I’m reaching out to you because I’ve finally started a GoFundMe for Treatment of my Apraxia of Eyelid Opening /Blepharospasm. Apraxia of lid opening is a condition in which patients who have otherwise normal eyelids have difficulty opening the eyelids. A combined surgical and botulinum toxin treatment can be very effective. Untreated, conditions are visually disabling and may create functional blindness.

https://www.gofundme.com/apraxia-of-eyelid-blepharospasm

HELLO ,

MY HUSBAND WANE HAS COPD ( CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ) HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IT ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. AND 2 1/2 YEARS AGO THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM HE HAD ABOUT 3 YEARS TO LIVE.

WANE HAS STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE BEING ASTHMATIC , PRESCRIBED INHALERS , STEROIDS DIFFERENT RESPIRATORY TREATMENTS AND MEDICATIONS  . BUT NOW , DUE TO HIS LUNGS BEING WEAK AND DAMAGED FROM ALL OF THOSE MEDICATIONS , WANE STRUGGLES TO EVEN GET A HALF OF A  BREATH , IN AND OUT. AND HAVING COPD , MAKES IT EVEN HARDER , FOR HIM TO BREATHE.

WANE WAS SICK , WITH THE FLU , HERE ABOUT JAN. 15TH , A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS AGO, AND I RUSHED HIM TO THE ER TO GET HELP , HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A WEEK . WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL , WANE WAS SO WEAK , I HAD TO WHEEL HIM IN , IN A WHEELCHAIR , WANE WAS TO WEAK TO WALK, AND WORE DOWN FROM TRYING TO BREATHE. WANES OXYGEN LEVEL WAS SO LOW , AT 72 % , THE DOCTOR ADMITTED HIM INTO THE HOSPITAL. THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED TREATING HIM , OXYGEN ,  REALLY STRONG STEROIDS , AND STARTED AN IV , FOR ANTIBIOTICS. WANE WAS ALMOST TO THE POINT OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK , THEY DID AN EKG , TOOK HIS BLOOD PRESSURE , AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WAS HIGH , HE IS NOW ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION , AND VALIUM FOR PANIC ATTACKS , FROM FIGHTING TO BREATHE.

SINCE THIS HOSPITALIZATION , IN JAN , WANE HAS NOT MADE ANY PROGRESS OR SIGNS OF GETTING OVER THIS , THIS TIME . WANE IS NOW ON OXYGEN 24/7 AT HOME , HE HAS A TRAVEL OXYGEN TANK , FOR WHEN WE GO ANYWHERE , SO HE HAS AIR AT ALL TIMES.

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO , WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE LUNG INSTITUTE , IN SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA , A LUNG TREATMENT CENTER THAT CONTACTED US ABOUT STEM CELL TREATMENT . THEY TOLD US THAT WANE IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR STEM CELL TREATMENT , ITS A TREATMENT PRIMARILY FOR PATIENTS THAT HAVE COPD. AND ASKED IF WANE WAS INTERESTED IN IT, AND EMAILED WANE THE BROCHURE , EXPLAINING EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TREATMENT , AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

STEM CELL TREATMENT CAN BE DONE 2 WAYS , ONE THROUGH DRAWING WANES OWN BLOOD , SEPARATING ALL OF THE OTHER CELLS FROM THE STEM CELLS , THEN PUTTING HIS STEM CELL CONCENTRATED BLOOD ,WANES OWN BLOOD , BACK INTO HIS BLOOD STREAM. THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS , WHEN YOU HAVE BLOOD ENTERING BACK INTO YOUR BODY , IT GOES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR HEART. THEN IT GETS CAUGHT IN WHAT IS CALLED YOUR PULMONARY TRAP , EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT , EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE. IT THEN THE BLOOD GOES INTO THE LUNGS , AND THE STEM CELLS START REPAIRING , REBUILDING , AND REJUVENATING,   THE STEM CELLS ARE MAKING NEW TISSUE INSIDE OF WANES LUNGS , REPAIRING THE DAMAGED TISSUE , AND MAKING IT NEW AGAIN. AT A FAST RATE . THIS STEM CELL TREATMENT IS PERFECT TREATMENT FOR COPD PATIENTS , IT IS DESIGNED TO REBUILD THE DAMAGED TISSUE INSIDE YOUR LUNGS.

THE 2ND TYPE OF STEM CELL TREATMENT IS DONE WITH YOUR BONE MARROW , AND HARVESTED THE SAME WAY BY SEPARATING THE STEM CELLS FROM THE  OTHER CELLS IN YOUR BONE MARROW, AND PUTTING THE CONCENTRATED STEM CELLS BACK THROUGH YOUR BLOOD STREAM . AND THE STEM CELLS GO TO WORK DOING THE SAME REPAIRS AS THE FIRST BLOOD TYPE OF PROCEDURE.

THE ISSUE THAT OUR FAMILY IS UP AGAINST IN GETTING THIS TREATMENT FOR WANE IS , IT IS NOT COVERED BY MEDICAL INSURANCE , LIKE MOST ALL OTHER MEDICAL PROCEDURES. THIS IS ALL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE . IT IS $ 7500.00 FOR TYPE 1 ( BLOOD DRAW )  TREATMENT , AND $ 12,000 FOR THE TYPE 2 ( BONE MARROW ) TREATMENT.

THEN THERE IS THE EXPENSE OF TRAVELING TO ARIZONA , GAS , FOOD ,EMERGENCY MONEY AND A PLACE TO STAY DURING THE 2 DAY PROCEDURE , THAT WE NEED FINANCIAL HELP WITH.

WANE AND I, HAVE ASKED FOR HELP FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS , AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE WROTE US CHECKS FOR A TOTAL OF $ 300.00 , AND WE HAVE COLLECTED $ 685.00 , FROM OTHERS TOTALING $ 985.00 ,AND HAVE RUN OUT OF PEOPLE TO HELP US .

WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM YOU , PLEASE SUPPORT WANE IN GETTING THIS STEM CELL TREATMENT , THE LARKINS FAMILY NEEDS YOUR HELP.

WANE IS NOT JUST A HUSBAND , HE IS A FATHER OF 5 LOVING CHILDREN , HE IS A PAPA TO 15 GRANDCHILDREN , AND 1 ON THE WAY , DUE MAY 3RD , HE IS A BROTHER TO MANY , AND AN UNCLE TO I LOST COUNT . BUT WANE IS ALSO A SERVANT TO GOD , HIS DESTINY IS NOT FULFILLED , IN THIS LIFE . WE NEED WANE TO LIVE LONGER THAN THE TIME HE WAS GIVEN , BY THE DOCTORS.

IT WOULD BE ANOTHER PRAYER ANSWERED , TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS STEM CELL TREATMENT FOR WANE. PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TODAY . GOD BLESS TO ALL , THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY STORY , MY STORY ABOUT MY WONDERFUL AND LOVING HUSBAND , WANE LARKINS.

YOU CAN SEND DONATIONS TO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT WHICH IS :

paypal.me/CynthiaLarkins

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL

We have always been people to do everything our selves when our friends were getting money from there parents for their weddings we were working 2 jobs to pay for ours when they were getting money for a house we were again working 2 jobs to pay for ours. Recently I was laid off and lost our health insurance I have found a new job but have to wait 2 more months for insurance to start we have all been there praying nothing happens until that magic date arrives. Unfortunately we did not quite make it this time. We fell a little behind but have been managing but 2 days ago our son was playing at the park and fell off monkey bars and broke his arm very bad. He is going to have to have pins put in and go to several doctors and many xrays to watch it and make sure it heals correct. We are told he will probably have at least 2 surgery’s and a cast for at least 8 months and then most likely physical therapy for a couple months. We are just at a point of breaking even right now and with no insurance to help pay for this we do not know how we are going to make ends meet and still put food on the table and a roof over our heads. We just need some help right now they tell us it is going to cost around $10,000 to get his arm fixed with everything if you can help in any way that would mean the world to him and us.

Please help if you can
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My name is Kimberly Wells. I married my husband Mike Wells last year. We met three years ago. When we first met I told him I had polycystic Kidney disease. Which means that I have cysts that grow in the kidneys. The cysts basically eat the good tissue away and my kidneys also keep growing bigger. My kidneys were functioning at 28% when we met. I told him I would understand if he wanted to run the other way. He stood there and looked me in the eyes and said I am not going any where. Three months into our relationship out of the blue he said I want to be tested to see if I am a match to be able to give you one of his  kidneys. Now almost three years later my function is under 20%. Mike went and was rested tested and by a miracle he is a match. With my kidneys being so big they have to remove one kidney to be able to fit his kidney in me. They are going to remove one of my kidneys. I have to heal for 6 weeks. I will need to do dialysis for the 6 weeks. Then they will take both of us into the hospital. He will go into the operating room first. About two hours into removing his kidney they will start getting me ready for another operating room. Once they remove his kidney they will bring it straight to my operating room. He will be in surgery for 3 1/2 to 4 hours. My surgery will be 6 to 7 hours. We will both be off work. Me for at least 12 weeks and Mike 3 to 4 weeks. The meds are going to be 1,100 to 1,500 a month is what the transplant team told us. I have an awesome husband with a big heart. Mike works construction and as we all know when you are looking for a job it sometimes takes awhile. We have tried to figure out how to pay medical expenses and also how to pay for the meds. Any donations will very much appreciated. I have the best husband in the world even if he was not giving me one of his kidneys. It takes a special kind of person to be willing to do something like this. I love you very much Mike Wells and I want the chance to spend the next 30 years with you. We want to thank you for any help you could give us.

We want to thank you for taking the time to read this.

Kimberly and Mike Wells

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Love for Lisa Fund

My wife Lisa broke her wrist a few years ago; she had fallen while skating…just like all of us trying to get out and have fun…to take off a little pressure from the daily rigors of work, right.

Well, she had gotten advice from our doctor to have surgery to put pins in her wrist. He had said that a cast would not fix the issue….as her wrist was severely twisted and her fingers were also broken.

So, we got the surgery done….it cost us 21, 000$. Afterwards, the doctor wanted her to do therapy….on her hand. Both of us noticed, she had no flexibility in her fingers. We asked the doctor….hey what is this.

…the therapy didn’t work, and we were so upset at the doctor. Recently we went to a new physician. He told us that the procedure done on my wifes wrist was botched.

Lisa has lost confidence, she is self conscience about herself, and its difficult for her to find work, as you know…society does not see everyone the same…

She is a strong, loving, loyal woman…and I want to bring joy back into her spirit…its been a hard road to pay for fixing this medical condition for her and honestly it has affected her mentally…the doctor didn’t mean to harm us I know…but the fact is it did…we didn’t want to sue or arbitrate…we just need help….15,000$ would be a miracle to us…and it would put a smile on Lisa’s face…

…please donate

Love for Lisa

Thanks so much!!!

Good day,

My name is Lynn.  I am a 49 year old single mother having financial struggles due to the increasing costs of my health care for recurrent cancer.  It goes back to 2007, the year that didn’t kill me and made me stronger as a person.  In 2007, I was going through a terrible divorce from an abusive (now ex) husband – requiring the retention of 2 different lawyers, a custody battle for my daughter and my first time being diagnosed with cancer.  These events occurred over a 12 month period and drained more money from me than I have ever had.   I have been struggling to make ends meet ever since. I have always had a job/career with health insurance. Even so, cancer is very expensive.  I have a type of cancer that can, and did, come back last year in 2017.   It requires a lifetime of monitoring through various types of scans and blood work every 3 months.  My health insurance deductible is usually met by March and then my expensive co-insurance kicks in.  My cancer is not expected to ever go away and, most likely, will require different treatments as the years go by causing even more financial hardship.  I am unable to give my daughter (an excellent student and athlete) the kind of life she deserves from me because I never have enough money to eat sometimes, let alone pay for extra curricular activities.  With a little bit of help from some kindhearted people, it would help me with some medical bills and help a 13 year old girl with her sports and school activities.  I also have to miss a lot of work sometimes due to my health.  This just compounds the financial stress.  The stress over my finances and health are getting to be too much to bear.  I appreciate any help that is available.

Thank you…

Hello, I am a desperate thirty-year-old mother of an eleven-year-old kid. At fifteen years old my life turned into hell. When I went to high school like a regular teen would do, I would start bleeding out my nose and gums. One of those days, I lost so much blood that my parents took me to the emergency room. That day the doctors told me that my liver was very swollen and I needed urgent follow up with a Hepatologist. That’s exactly what my parents did. There was a lot of tests and blood work done; my liver numbers in blood were 1400 (normal for a healthy liver was only 70). Doctors were not sure of its caused, so they decided to do a liver biopsy. That was the most painful process I have had experienced. The results were not what we all expected but worst. I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver through autoimmune hepatitis stage 4. It was a traumatizing experience to hear my diagnostic at such young age. In a kid’s mind, I thought “how could I get that sick; that illness gives only to people who are alcoholic.”

Furthermore, I did not get to finish high school, I had many absences due to my sick days and the depression. Even though we explained the situation to my counselor and the school principal, I remember one day at graduation practice I got kicked out. They told me I couldn’t be there since I had failed two classes. This horrible news hurt me so bad that I literally went straight to bed and didn’t come out of my room for days.

Time went by and these last fifteen years I had so many infections; some of them very painful. I remember I had skin infection once and needed to be cured without anesthesia. They will squeeze and clean deeply with gauzes over and over again and then burn them with nitrogen, pneumonia, e-coli, vitiligo, etc.

Three years after I was diagnosed, I got pregnant. My son is a real miracle. The doctors told me I have to abort the baby; it was a high risk pregnancy where one of us was not going to make it. Ignoring all the doctors’ warnings that the baby might be blind or might have down syndrome I still decided to have him. I also suffered domestic violence while being pregnant but I made it out of that; the strength of a mother is invincible. My son was born perfectly healthy and with no problems at all.  I have gone to all my doctors’ appointments and have been evaluated multiple times from the same doctors, but lately it has gotten worst. Recently, I have been to the hospital too many times for many days even weeks. They have used plasma to raise my white blood cells count but it has failed. Not that long ago, the doctor came to my room with the worst news ever, “its time kiddo, its time to get a transplant.” My whole body paralyzed. I got into shock just to think that at this point I will be having 50% chance of survival. Then, the first thing that came to mind was my kid. His mom will leave him all alone and who will take care of him, he is only a child. His biological father doesn’t even call him, doesn’t help me financially, he is just not present at all. But I know I can’t give up!

At fifteen years old when diagnosed I was stage four, now it is stage twenty-six. Unfortunately, I do not have insurance, only charity care, which would hopefully cover the surgery. However, I still need $30,000 to get into the waiting list for a transplant, and $30,000 for post surgery care including medicines for year after year. I also had to leave work because I would get very swollen and looked like I have a seven-month pregnancy belly. I have no muscle mass; I can wrap around my upper arm with one whole hand. Moreover, I have lost lots of hair due to the medicines I have to take. I am currently taking eleven different medicines on a daily basis but they are very harsh, side effects also include feeling nauseous and getting many cramps. My parents cannot help me. My father makes minimum salary with no health benefits and my husband income is all spent in medicines and day to day necessities.

This is why I am asking you all good hearted people for help, it will be impossible for my family and I to get all this money together by ourselves. I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY KIND OF HELP I CAN RECEIVE FROM YOU. The sooner I get all the money together the faster I will go into the waiting list for a liver transplant. I want to stay alive for my kid; my son needs his mom. Please help me, Thank you!

I am requesting help for my daughter Shelby Grace who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 10. By the time her pediatrician took my concerns seriously the dysgermenoma tumor had destroyed her right ovary and uterus. Diagnosed on Friday the 13th of November 2015, our 10 year old had a hysterectomy at doernbechers children’s hospital in Portland Oregon  one week later and spent the next five months enduring four types of chemotherapy and living at the Ronald McDonald house or hospital through the holidays and into the next year. The conversation we had with her several days after surgery was something no child should have to hear.  She was brave and she tried to be strong but her first concern was whether she would be able to have babies or at least a baby. We showed her the news article about womb transplantation and it’s success. This gave her hope and appeased her and she went through treatment like a warrior.  She still faces uncertainty in her future and she is very eager to get her eggs stored just in case cancer strikes again and robs her of her last precious ovary and eggs . She will also need funds for a uterus transplantation if her dream of having children is ever going to be a possibility.  Our family is middle-class. ..although both of Shelbys parents work these are expenses we can never hope to afford.  If you are able to help, please consider  Shelby and her future expenses that will enable her dream of being a mom become reality.  She has endured more than anyone should and she truly deserves this blessing.  Thank you for your consideration.  Shelby is a special and wonderful person.