Not sure where to start with this. I am in my 60s and for the better part of my life, I made terribly bad financial decisions. I own those bad decisions. They were all on me. I realize I cannot correct my past. In November 2023, I suffered a widow maker heart attack. For about a week prior to that, I was having chest pains, but I thought it was heartburn. However, this one day, the pains became more intense. I drove to the emergency room. I was coherent. I was moving freely. But the pain was intense. I was immediately seen by hospital personnel. After about an hour or so of being hooked up to multiple machines and personnel coming in doing various tests, the doctor walked in and informed me I had a heart attack. He called it a “Widow Maker”. He also told me that if I had waited one more day or so, I would have died. However, he did tell me, they would be instilling a stent the following morning and he fully expected me to be ok.
That night, as I was laying in my hospital bed with wires hooked up to all the monitors, I could not stop reliving my past. Things I should have done differently. How stupid I was. I had these thoughts over and over again. I hardly slept. If I had died, I would have gone to my grave with absolutely nothing. I have a full-time job as a lab courier. I love the job because I feel like I am helping people who are having medical problems. I am the person getting their specimens to the lab as quickly as possible so they can get the results as quickly as possible. The downside of my job is I live paycheck to paycheck.
The stent installation went well. I watched it all on the monitor. I was amazed by it. The Doctor who performed it was incredible. I never felt more at ease. But once again, after I was taken to the floor for recovery, all I kept thinking about was my past and how I could change things since I got a second chance at life. My first immediate concern was and is today, how am I going to pay for these medical bills. As I mentioned, I have nothing in savings. I literally live paycheck to paycheck. I was discharged from the hospital the following day. It was at that point; I felt a sense of relief that I survived a heart attack but at the same time I began to stress out the upcoming medical bills. Eventually the billing statements started to roll in. Each and every day, the thought of paying these bills never leaves my mind. The debt. All I think about is the debt I have. I am never going to be able to enjoy any type of retirement whatsoever. I will be working until the day I leave the earth UNLESS by the grace of the higher power, I get help financially. I want to be debt free so I can contribute the maximum I can out of each paycheck to a 401k for the next ten years. Between that and social security, I might just get a chance to have a simple retirement. Nothing special. No mansions. Just a small apartment potentially taking care of a little dog that will provide me companionship. Today, I am asking for $29,515. That is my total debt. I am asking for your help in reaching that goal. I want to make the most out of my second chance at life. Thank you and God Bless you.
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