I am suffering from the effects of menegitis and have lost everything due to
hospital bills and the inability to work anymore. I was in the Marines in
1981-1985. I was also in the Navy reseverves in 1988-1990. I worked as an
electrician from the late 90s to the late 2000s and was hospitalized with
menengitis and was given 2 days to live. I pulled through but have some
major deficits in cognitive abilitites. I had to stop working in 2008 and we

have been struggling ever since. I am not the type to beg and never have. I
have a 9 year old son who worries about me and doesnt want me to give up. We
used to own a house and I had an electrical business and we have lost
everything and am living in an apartment which is hard to keep paying for. I
didnt ask for this but the lord I guess said it was something I had to go
through. I only ask for whatever anyone can give, I dont need scammers
trying to hustle me, I seem to get that enough where I live. I only wish I
had better luck but I guess it ran out. Thanx for looking Dave

Hello, we are a family of five. We have three children and have been married
for 18 years. We are struggling as are many families and have student loans
and lots of debt. I was laid off of my job back in August. My son who is
fourteen recently developed a large hematoma on his head and also caused a
cyst. It has to be removed sooner than later according to the pediatrician.
She is going to send him to All Childrens Hospital to have it removed and
tested. He will need extensive plastic surgery because of where it is.

however we have not been able to obtain medical insurance. Our vehicle is on
the brink of blowing up and we arent even sure how we will travel back and
fourth to the hospital at all. We tried looking into st judes but they deal
with cancer and he has not technically been diagnosed with cancer. Hopefully
he will not. Please please do what you can. God will bless you ten times
forward. PLEASE BE OUR ANGEL!!! With love!

My mother is 88 years old. She can no longer walk or care for herself. I am
her caregiver and that gives my life meaning. Last year we bought a home, a
dream we’ve had for 30 years. Unfortunately with the cost of living going
up, and our fixed incomes staying the same, we are now in foreclosure.

Foreclosure is just the most recent event in our year. We need a wheelchair
van for Mom, even the used vans with a lot of miles on them start around
$15,000 When I have errands I prevail upon family when available and endure
the cost of a taxi when they aren’t available. Last Summer I broke a tooth,
losing about 40% of it. The dentist wants $600 to extract it or $1,500

(minimum) to fix it. Now I need to have shoulder surgery! Besides the cost
of it, there is the long recovery time. I have looked into putting Mom in a
nursing home for awhile, but it would be more cost efficient and better for
her if I could hire someone to help both of us. That’s providing we still
have a home to live in. I’ve tried to get loans but our debt to income ratio
is too high.

These are just the current problems that keep me awake at night. Last night
I realized that Mom is my reason for living. The severe depression that I
suffer from makes suicidal thoughts my constant companions. And who can
afford the mental health professionals that are supposed to help us through
these times? What a vicious cycle.

Please help me keep our home, get some type of transportation, and pay our
medical expenses so I can be a better care giver.

Thank you for reading my story. And many, many thanks if you can help.
Wende

I currently incurred a lot of credit card debt due to medical expenses from
a car accident I was in. I was notified today, Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
that I need to clear up this debt entirely and provide evidence that I have
paid off this debt to my employer otherwise I will not be able to keep my
job. The employer stated I have until the end of next week and I really need
help with this.

I need to work to continue to pay my bills but I cannot afford to pay off
these credit cards in a week. I have never been in this situation and I feel
completely helpless. Please, please help me so I do not lose my job! Thank
you very, very much!

Angela

I was a victim of a terrible accident. Recently I was run over by a car and
now I am having trouble walking. I have no idea who it was that ran me over
with their car. I was crossing the street down town and all of a sudden I am
looking up at paramedics and a policeman asking me all sorts of questions, I
had no answers for him unfortunately. I got to the hospital where I was
given pain medicine against my wishes. It was terrifying, I was in and out

of consciousness and they kept drugging me so I only have few memories of
the ordeal. Finally a couple of days in the hospital after finding out I had
no insurance they just gave me a prescription for ibuprofen and Vicodin and
tossed me out. I later found that they had taken x-rays and lost them
somehow so I am still unsure of how extensive the damage was. After a few
days I refused to take the large amount of pain pills fearing I would get

dependent on them since I was taking them frequently. I have to admit those
pills made me fell so good about my awful situation. I knew I had to deal
with the pain on my own. The few months after the accident were the worst I
have ever gone through even going to the bathroom was excruciating. Now I
can walk but not well. I have sharp pain from time to time, I wake up in a

pain filled days some nights and some days I just need to go into a restroom
and cry. I am getting a little bit of help for doctor bills but I need some
money for cab rides to the doctor, rent that is currently behind and other
minor expenses. The dept has piled up and I don’t see any other options. If
you can just donate a few dollars that could get me a meal and a cab ride or
a small bill paid that would make a big difference. Thank you for letting me
tell you my story.

Hello my name is manuel live in miami and need your help I am diabetic and
insulin I reaches only for this week should I buy it and cost me $148.56 the
bulb that lasts me a month or so and I need strips to measure blood glucose
which cost me $78.00 (50 strips) as last me a month come to you to inside
capabilities help me with these spending what can a dollar makes the
difference and what I need that to inject me I need to know the level of
sugar in blood and injections to keep controlled I ask your help and God
bless happy new year

hola me llamo manuel vivo en miami y necesito de su ayuda soy diabetico y la
insulina me alcanza solamente para esta semana debo comprarla y me cuesta
$148.56 el bulbo que me dura un mes mas o menos y necesito tiritas para
medir la glucosa en sangre que me cuesta $78.00 ( 50 tiritas ) al igual me
duran un mes acudo a ustedes para dentro de sus posibilidades me ayuden con
estos gasto en lo que puedan un dolar hace la diferencia y lo necesito ya
que para inyertarmenecesito saber el nivel de azucar en sangre y las
inyecciones para mantenerla controlada les pido su ayuda y que dios los
bendiga feliz año nuevo

I am a 29 year old with high medical bills and high rent. I just got paid
but I have no money for rent or bills. My rent is due on the 6th and I just
don’t have it. I have a loan that is due today. I also need help getting my
wife a car she has had several knee surgeries and cannot drive a standard so
we need an automatic. Our home is also about to foreclosed on because our

landlord got behind. We really need help. So please if anyone can help do
so. I do not know what else to do. I am hoping this works, because as I said
I really need help, and fast. If everyone who reads this could donate $10 or
more that would be great. I need at least $1100 to cover rent and bills this
month.

I’m a single mom of two amazingly great kids. Fortunately for me I’m healthy
and my kids are healthy, however at 30 years old, I work full time 40 hours
a week for only $9hour (which makes it tough to pay all the bills on
$1200.00 a month) I am a full time student who has just been accepted into
the pre-nursing program, and if all goes well I will graduate in 3.5 years.
Once again keeping with the positive, my school is a few miles from my work

and my boss is gracious enough to allow me to take a few of my classes
during the workday as long as I continue to keep up my work, I’m thankful
for this because then my nights are still spent with my kids. Failed
marriage and business has brought me to this place on my knees begging but I
am in need of some assistance for bills that keep piling up, past credit
card debts, my mortgage is 13months behind, so I can relax and focus on my
school studies and enjoy some time with my kids. I’m drowning trying to
handle all this by myself and still manage to keep a smile on my face and my
kids are too understanding of the word “no” they tell me it’s ok and I’m
grateful for my kids because they make my life worth living…but I feel sad
to constantly have to pay bills instead of treating them to an occasional
movie, or splurging on that babydoll or legos they stare at in the store,
but we all do what we have to do, electric is a necessity and unfortunately
so is fuel and both have become extremely EXPENSIVE, they are too kind for

my shortcomings, and they are the reason I am sooo driven to finish school
no matter how hard it may seem. I have tried so hard to keep everything
together but I’m running out of options and faith. I pray to God every
night, to give me the stregnth to keep pushing forward, I keep praying to

God, NOT for riches, but to help me make just enough money to pay the
utilities on time and groceries for my kids to eat. If you could just help
me a little, every dollar counts and I promise to pay it forward once I
graduate and I am back on my feet…..I would and will be forever
grateful!!!

Hi my name is james petersen i am 22 and growing up i didn’t make the
smartest choice’s i did dropped out of school after 9th grade and started
using drugs (which i am proud to say i am off of now)now all my teeth are
rotten and i need to get them taken out the dentist said that if i get

dentures i wont be able to wear them by the time i turn 40 and it’s going to
cost at least $30,000 and that’s a lot of money i don’t have.and i don’t
have insurance i’m a handy man but that barley keeps food on the table
please help the dentist’s say you can only take antibiotics 3 times after
that they wont work and i have already been on them 3 times. anything helps

About a month ago I received some startling news, my son’s mother was
diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and had a “Whipple” surgical procedure. To
those unfamiliar with Pancreatic Cancer, it has a 1 year recurrence rate of
86%, in other words, the odds are not good.

Some say to hope for the best but plan for the worst, that is what I am
doing.
I need to acquire a reliable vehicle as fast as possible because I may soon
become a single dad.
This is very important and the clock is ticking.

If you cannot help financially, at least share this on your Facebook page.
That would be very very helpful.

I am not relying solely on donations to reach the goal; I am doing
everything within my power and could use your help!

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I really hope this works. I’m currently working the same job I have worked
for the past two years. It’s online work and doesn’t pay much but it’s been
enough to pay my minimal bills. I’m not the type of person who needs much; I
never go out to eat, never go to movies or anything like that really. I just
work at home and read or garden during my free time.

I live within my means and don’t own many things. I have a 30 year old van
that’s been falling apart for ages but I haven’t had a need to do much, if
any, driving. It only gets about 9 MPG but that’s not been a big deal until
now. Soon I will need to drive to schools, events, doctors, etc. on a
regular basis and will need something safer and more reliable.

Currently, I live about 10 miles out of town and at least 15 miles from the
nearest applicable jobs. It’s not hard for me to find jobs, it’s getting
there that’s tricky and it’s time for me to find a suitable job for the
coming years.

I’m not a scammer and this is not a fictional situation. I’m a real person
with a real life-changing event happening. I know it may sound outrageous
but it’s the honest truth. Yes, I should have been more prepared for
something like this but understand it was very unexpected and I’m doing
everything I can within my ability.

Honestly, if I had family to borrow some money from I would, but both of my
parents are deceased. I’d rather not ask people for money online but
sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

I hope that people understand this message and pass it along. Even the
smallest amounts are helpful. A bunch of $2 donations(price of a cup of
coffee) would be enough for me to find a better vehicle. I’m pretty good
with cars and it’s not like I’m trying to buy a Lexus. I just need an old 4
door Honda to take care of my 10 year old.

My doctors put me on disabilty for chronic health problems that I will have
the rest of my life. One causes me to go unconcious with out knowing. I have
a $5ooo bill that I am having difficulty paying. I do not want to lose my
home because I cannot pay this bill. I do not have enough money to get oil
for heating my home because liheap is not giving out as much this year.
Helping with my bill will let me use that money to get oil. Any amount will
be greatly appreciated and keep it from being turned in for collection. May
God Bless all who help me at this time. Thank you.

My doctors have put me on disability because of chronic health problems. One
of which makes me go unconscious without knowing. I have a $5000 bill to pay
and am now having problems making my payments. I don’t want to lose my home
because of not being able to pay this. Any kind of help would be greatly
appreciated. May God Bless any one who could help. Thank You
greatly.

hello my name is eric and my girlfriend and i have a 4 year old daughter
named isabella. Isabella has a rare genetic disorder called trisomey 18 this
disorder is rare and untreatable. as a result of this disorder she does not
talk , walk , sit , or stand she is 4 but looks like she is still 18 months
old however she is a very happy little girl. as a father i am trying my

hardest but isabellas medical bills are piling up and to make matters worse
i was laid off from work three months ago we are days away from being
evicted from our apartment and i am worried to death for the well being of
my Disabled little girl please find it in your heart to help us in our time
of need

My best friend’s world just turned upside down so fast. Her being disabled
and trying to get SSI (which is a lengthy process) was surviving with her
husband. Three days ago he has been diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. They have
no income coming through and though I have no money I would love for her to
be helped. I want to show her that hope can be retained.

I am disabled and my wife just found a job after being out of work for
almost two years. We survived on my disability check, food pantries and
borrowing money and food from relatives. My wife also spent two weeks in the
hospital with a bacterial skin infection called cellulitis. As she did not
have insurance we also ended up with over $30000.00 in medical bills.

I have two herniated discs, one thinning disc, two discs with degenerative
disc disease, spinal stenosis, sciatica and arthritis in my back. The lack
of mobility from my back pain has caused weight gain that has led to high
blood pressure, sleep apnea and type two diabetes.

Because I did not have insurance when I originally injured my back I was
unable to get the proper medical care and the result was permanent nerve
damage in my back. A Surgeon informed me that due to my permanent nerve
damage I can not be helped with back surgery.

I have been to more then ten Doctors, Chiropractors and Therapists with no
positive results. I am currently going to a pain management clinic that has
me on morphine twice a day, four flexerils and four percocet 10-325s a day
just to reduce my pain to a tolerable level. This with Icee Hot and a
heating pad is how I live my life.

My pain management Doctor would like me to get an electric scooter as he is
concerned about the state of my mental health because I now only leave the
house to go to his appointments… otherwise I am homebound.

My Medicare insurance will pay for 80% of an electric scooter and the
scooter company will let us pay our 20% balance in small payments that we
really can’t afford but we will have to make somehow to get me some
freedom from this house.

Our obstacle is to be able to take the scooter anywhere we also need a
trailer hitch ($275.00) installed on our car for the scooter lift
($2,099.00) and two ramps ($299.00 and $399.00 ea.) for our steps. The total
cost is just over $3000.00 that we would have to pay cash in-full and there
is no way we can come up with that much money anytime soon.

Your donation will help me get the freedom I need and greatly improve my
quality of life. So any kind gesture on your part would be very much
appreciated.

Thank you for your time and God Bless.

Sincerely,
FM West

I’ve been extremely depressed. One of us is on disability. We have nothing
for the holidays, and owe over $1,000 in bills. We are not materialistic,
nor do we spend foolishly. If you can give from your heart, and not expect
anything in return (we don’t have the ability pay it back), it will be
appreciated more than you know. Thank you.

My son was diagnosed with Acute Lymphcytic Leukemia in February of this
year. I am a single mother and work two jobs so I am over the income bracket
in order to receive Medicaid. We need extreme help for his treatment, as the
hospital, oncologist, and pediatrician will not help us any longer because
we are so behind in payments. We’ve tried to put him in a children’s
hospital nearby but there is a conflict of interest because a family member
works there.

He needs high dose chemotherapy and they told us a month ago maybe a stem
cell transplant. I’m scared of clinical trials because he watched his little
7 year old friend die after going through it.

His father will not help us and has nothing to do with his child. My parents
have used all their savings to pay what so far has amounted to $46,500.

My 4 year old son keeps asking me what we are going to do and often at
bedtime asks me if he is going to wake up.

I’m at the end of my rope. I’ve tied the knot but I don’t know how much
longer I can hold on.

My son means the world to me. Please help me as much as you can. I would
appreciate it more than you know.

My mother has had a stroke. Mom and I lived together and shared expences. We
are so very close and I come close to losing her. We have no other family to
help us, it’s just us against the world. Mom is in a nursing home rehab
center to gain strenth in walking and memory. When she is done with rehab
she will need a safe place to live, meaning a place that has no steps, easy

entry into the shower and bathroom, and close to doctors. I can’t bare
leaving her in a nursing home, I would like to take care of her in a safe
environment with easy access to doctors. We rent and shared expences and now
all the expences have fallen on me. Plus driving a long distace to see her
in the nursing home rehab. I could really use some extra money for getting
an apartment set up and moving expences. I am wanting to get moved before
the weather gets real bad. I do have a job but can’t make the money fast
enough to get moved right away. I would appreciate your help at this
difficult time.

Our daughter is going to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville,FL. to see a doctor
for her health problem.She has NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
She has to come up with close to $700 to see the doctor and this does not
include any test they will do which will need 20% of the cost of the test

paid up front.We have no idea if she will have to stay in the hospital and
how long we will have to stay there.We can be there for 3 days or
more.Please help our daughter with her medical expenses.Thank you and God
Bless all that will give.

I have no job and need a back operation so I can stand up long
enough to work. My son lives with me but had a tree fall on him and now he

can’t do much in the way of work. My oldest daughter just had to move in with me because she just had her baby and she needs help also.

I am a mom and just had my husband decide he needs to see the world so he up
and left.
I guess had because I was the stay at home mom. Now I need a job and no one
will hire a person that can do the job. The mortgage alone that I got stuck
with is about $1700.00. The rest I am doing my best to deal with but if I
can’t pay the mortgage thy will kick s out.

Thanks for anything you can give. God bless you and go with you.

Mom

I am dying of Huntington’s Disease a non-curable disease. I have all the DNA
test results and paperwork from disability showing $300 a month payments. I
need help keeping apartment. I need help money-wise with housing, medical
bills, gas to get to dr.s appointments. Anything could help so much. Trying
to fight a terminal illness with $300 a month is impossible. Thanks in
advance.

We are living in scary times and need some help getting ourselves ahead
again. My husband was hurt ten years ago and although he is a talented and
honest mechanic, he can’t work, as much as he would like to. We are really
just a common family, at the end of our financial rope. We are about to lose

everything we have worked for. One of our children was in a rollover wreck
as a passenger this summer and we are stuck with over $50,000. in medical
bills. Another child was bit by a deer tick and has second stage Lyme
disease. We are not insured! We are just plain frightened and hope and pray
that some help will come to us.

It has been over a month my father was hospitalized. At first he just
indigestion and pain I brought to the hospital, said doctors should be
hospitalized. after several days of treatment, my father fell from his bed
at the hospital and broke his leg. My father is 76 years old, a retiree from
one state bank in my country and he has health insurance from where he

worked first. To finance the treatment, my father using his health
insurance. but because the incident fell out of bed, then the cost to
maintain a large and exceed the insurance guarantee. I want to help my dad
but now I do not work. Currently my father lying in the hospital weak and

ankle surgery can not be done because the waiting cost. I hope anyone would
help me to finance my father broke his leg surgery.

My son is almost three and a half, and cannot yet walk or talk. He was
diagnosed with global developmental delays, and needs physical and speech
therapies to reach the milestones that most children achieve at age one. Our
medical copays rose this year, and our current medical expenses are around
$350 each month. Our home mortgage is underwater so we can not refinance to
free up cash. Please help so that our son can walk and talk!

Hello. I am writing in desperation. My husband is a disabled Vietnam veteran
and the Veteran’s Administration will not expedite his disability
claim/compensation, or even schedule timely appointments to treat his

medical problems. This is not uncommon! Many veterans are experiencing this
lack of care and support. However, one never knows when or if the VA might
make a determination on one’s claim – could be next month, could be
never. You may have read in the news that the VA has altered veterans’
file information in order to justify disqualification of vets’ claims.
Outrageous.

His back was broken in a plane crash in Vietnam – it has now developed
into extremely painful osteoarthritis. He was exposed to Agent Orange and
gets skin cancers. He worked many years after leaving the service. He
suffered leukemia in the 1990s. We’re all vulnerable to circumstance . . .
I was laid off from my job this year and I have not yet been able to find
work. Our concerns right now are basic survival – rent and food – avoiding
homelessness – and my finding of work to get us back on track.

Does someone out there have a few dollars for us?

Thank you for listening.
Isadora

Ten years ago I suffered a terrible fall in the garage of my home. My left
leg got caught between two large, heavy boxes and I fell. Unfortunately, my
foot stayed in between the boxes and I broke my left tibia (the big bone)
right above my left ankle. Instead of my left foot being at a 12 o’clock
position it was now 90 degrees to the left at the 9 o’clock position and I
was in severe pain.

My kids called 911; I was rushed to the local hospital by ambulance, The
orthopedic doctor on call (lets call him Dr. Quack) was from a foreign
country and he assured me that he could take care of me. He told my wife
that I would be operated on in the morning; she left and then he rushed me
into surgery shortly after midnight.

He operated and I awoke the next morning still in pain with my wife
wondering what happened. Dr. Quack told us I would be good as new in a
couple of months. However, the pain was still unbearable so I began a daily
regiment of Vicodin to dull the pain. I tried to resume work as an Internet
Sale Manager but I was unable to go out on appointments and I could not
conduct business over the phone. I was also sleeping most of the day due to
the pain killers. Reluctantly I went out on disability.

Nearly one year later in April of 2002, the leg was still not healed. I
could not put any weight on it and my foot was hanging loosely from my leg
supported only by the muscles and ligaments. There was “failure to union’
of the bone. Dr Quack blamed me for the problem, saying I was putting too
much weight on it.

Then in May of 2002, the company I was working for went out of business and
declared bankruptcy. I lost my health insurance. However, I was able to get
insurance through my church by being added to their HMO policy for their
preschool employees. However, Dr. Quack was not part of the HMO network.
When the HMO doctors looked at the new X-rays of my leg, they were aghast!

Dr. Quack had used a fixation method to repair the bone which had not been
exclusively used since the 1890s! I was immediately scheduled for another
surgery and in September 2002, my leg was properly repaired with a rod,
plate and several screws. However, since Dr. Quack’s surgery was so bad, I
lost almost an inch of bone in that leg so that the new surgery could fuse
the bone. Dr. Quack also tore away the muscle from the bone, permanently
damaging the muscle structure of the lower leg.

As a result of Dr. Quacks botch job, I cannot move my foot laterally, I have
little movement vertically and even after 10 years, I am in constant pain. I
have become dependent on pain killers and I was on Oxycotin, but now have
been switched to Morphine and Vicodin that I take on a daily basis to try to
control the pain.

I sued Dr. Quack and in the process of discovery, my lawyer found out that
he had 18 other lawsuits, several judgments against him and a patient who
died while under his care after a surgery to repair an foot! I won a small
settlement which was enough for my family to move into a larger rental home.

The sole source of my funds is now Social Security disability income along
term disability payment from my former employer. My wife has not worked
while our children were young, Our youngest is now 12 and after being a
homemaker for 25 years, she is taking Adult School classes in Computer
skills so she can try to get a job.

Meanwhile, we have been trying to assist our two older children with their
college expenses when possible, but they have had to pay for most of it
themselves. We have accumulated massive credit card debt to the level of
approximately $26,000. but we still have not been able to afford health
insurance for my wife or younger daughter.

We do not live extravagantly. My wife’s car is a 1994 Volvo with over
200,000 miles on it that we bought from my son after her 1997 mini van blew
a head gasket. I drive a 1989 Ford Bronco II with 255,000 miles. My
daughter’s 1991 BMW also blew a head gasket and it is also sitting in the
yard waiting to be repaired while she drives an old Buick given to her by a
friend of the family.

Then last year my wife had a heart fibrillation which was dealt with at the
local Emergency Room. However, it occurred again in July of this year and
she was in the hospital for nearly a week and we now have over $30,000 in
hospital bills we cannot pay.

The final blow to my self esteem and my financial world occurred when I
learned that for some strange reason, the IRS decided that my disability
income was taxable and now they are demanding $70,000 in back taxes and
penalties.

My 12 year old daughter has never been to the dentist. We desperately need
to get her there because she has several impacted adult teeth growing in
improperly and she will need braces.
Our 6 year old dog has developed a massive lump on the side of her face and
we cannot afford to go to the vet to determine what it is.

I am pleading for financial help so I can do the following: hire a tax
specialist who can assist me in dealing with the IRS; pay the hospital bills
that I owe, and pay off the credit cards that we owe, get my daughter to a
dentist, and catch up on our rent as we are one month behind and have been
since earlier this year. My wife and I have a dream of also being able to
buy a small home so we can eventually stop renting. I realize that this is
far off in the future.

I am involved with my local church and I sing and play guitar for worship.
God has been good to me in that I still have my health, I have three
wonderful children and a supportive, understanding wife and I have hope for
the future of my family. Thank you for reading my story and God Bless You
and your family.

I got heavy mental illness . I eat very heavy medicines everyday so i
unable to work outside . I hope people can send some money to help me, thank
you . My liver also injured so i wish people can send some money to help me,
thank you .

My father got a 22 years Nissan Sunny . More of the problem with the car and
always have to repair because too old of the car . My mother is a disability
people and half of my mother’s body cannot move . My mother needs the

transport go to hospital and also go to temple prays because my mother not
convenient to take bus . I am collecting the money to buy a few thousand 6
to 8 years second hand car that can run because me with my family are live
in a mountain but i don’t have enough the money to buy it because my income
is a little by doing the recycle jobs so i hope got people can donate some
money to help me, thank you .

Its hard to talk about some of this but you need to understand we have
always barely maintained so when disasters struck we were not prepared.
In 2007 While at work my husband’s chest starting hurting. He called me

immediately because he couldnt locate his supervisor. Explained the pain and
asked me what I thought. I hung up and paged his supervisor and got no
answer. Then called a friend he works with and asked him to take him to ER.
He did but only after making my husband walk up a steep hill to his vehicle.

ER stablized and sent him to Ar. Heart Hospital where they immediately
started working on him. After emergency bypass surgery we found out they had
lost my husband twice during surgery and he was lucky to be alive. He had
just “survived” the widowmaker.

He was never to work again and since he was only one working at the
time..things immediately got hard. But that was only the beginning.
6 months later I couldnt breath and my chest was hurting. Scared he rushed
me to the same AR. Heart hospital…only to find out I was in congestive

heart failure but…that wasnt the worse of it. They found a 10 cm tumor
that had grown out of my right lung and wrapped around my bronchi and aorta.
I was diagnosed with Extensive small cell lung cancer non-small cell lung

cancer and mixed cell. Attacked by 3 very different lung cancers they gave
me 6 months with treatment. i did the treatment and 3 yrs later I am still
alive. There are days I feel thats not such a good thing. Days where we have

no food no money and no hope. I am 10 months passed my 1 yr scans to see if
I am in still remission(doctors call me a miracle)but I am very sick. We
have no help. after my husbands disability pays first of the month we are
broke. WE cant afford all of our bills and we can usually buy enough

food..for about a week. that leaves us 3 weeks of doing without. I’ve
learned to grab napkins when i go to any store that offers them to customers
and save them for toilet paper. When I have food I make sure he and I only
eat half a serving so we have left overs next day. Have you seen grocery

prices? We are literally starving and according to our govt we make to much
money a month for food stamps. Now..we are behind on our house payment and 1
of our utilities(lights). water has been shut off and we have a water hose
running in to our next door neighbors utility room. I have lost over 50 lbs
and my poor husband is a skeleton. We desperately need help.

I am thankful that you are reading my donations entry. I feel embarrassed
that I have to resort to asking strangers for charity, but it is necessary.
I am a married 43 yr old woman. I have 3 children. I have done my best to
raise them with the little means that my husband and I have. My oldest son

is in a University studying Science as his major. He is working hard to make
something of himself. And my 17 yr old son was just diagnosed with a severe
mental illness. My daughter is 19 and still lives at home. She works at
Goodwill 6 days a week to help with the bills and food. My youngest sons

illness has made it that I must be at home with him at all times. Therefore,
I had to be laid off from employment until things calm down, and I get him
proper treatment of his illness. My husband is a Registered licensed
Electrician that does his own contracting. He has been an electrician for 25
years. In this economy we are having it so hard. We have no Medical

insurance. And he can barely keep our heads above water. He is hard working
but cannot seem to get work. Our washer broke 4 months ago and we can hardly
afford the Laundromat, this is so embarrassing!!! I would be so thankful to
God and You if you would help us out until the economy picks up. We aren’t
eligible for Welfare either. It’s unbelievable but we can hardly even eat.

Please Help Us!

Hi. I am the mother of Jason Mackey who was born with Nemaline Myopathy
Neuromuscular Disease (one of the diseases covered by MDA). Jason is 13, is
in a wheelchair, has a trach and ventilator, and has home nursing care.

Each year we give back to our community in some way. We generally contribute
as much as we can save for: BACH (Brazoria County Association for Citizens
with Handicaps), The Pregnancy Help Center, MDA (Muscular Dystrophy
Association), and Salvation Army. In addition, we consistently give clothing
and household item donations to World In Need.

My family and I are asking for donations for the purchase of a wheelchair
van with lift. Any kind gesture from you would be welcome because we are a
low-income, disabled family who doesn’t make enough money to finance a van
on our own.
Thanks and regards,
Jessica Mackey

My wife got very sick back in March 2011.She was found to have a very very
rear genetic disorder.She can no long work(that alone bother her deeply,She
was a Hospice Nurse helping people in there last hours)I work full time and

then some,but I can,t keep up with the medical etc that keep coming,(SHE IS
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND WILL DO WHAT EVER I CAN DO HELP HER)I don,t tell her
the bills are piling up.We are now going to the University of Pennsylvania
once a month,so it is getting harder and harder pay everything.PLEASE HELP
ME.

I am an at home mommy and my husband works part time. I am currently looking
for a job but right now we can’t even to afford to put gas in our gas tank
:(. We have a tenth month old daughter and she needs to get her
vaccinations. If we can’t afford gas it makes our life twice as hard. I
would ask my parents for money but unfortunately they don’t have any extra

to offer. So we are asking to help us out basically to have to option to
being able to take our daughter to the hospital at 2 in the morning in case
of an emergency because we have gas in our tank!! Also we can no longer
afford our virgin mobile service :( and being a mommy phoneless is dangerous
because what if something happens to me and I can’t even call my husband to
come help. Thanks so much its greatly appreciated :)

The family of Tequila is trying to raise money to help pay for his
operation. Please show support and thank you from the bottom of our heart

Hi! We have a wonderful puppy that we have grown to love named Tequila. He
is an active puppy that loves to explore and make friends. On 10/12/2011, he
was running around and a jack fell on his right hind leg and broke it. We
don’t have the money for his operation and are looking for any kind of help
to make this possible. He is such a wonderful being that we cannot imagine
our lives without him. Your help will greatly be appreciated and may you
receive many blessings.

I am asking for any donations to help my sick parents. Both are recovering from cancer and both have other medical problems. Neither are able to work and my dad has been unable to get his social security. My parents are trying to live off of my mom’s disability of $824/month which is not nearly enough to pay all the regular bills, medical bills, buy food, gas, and medicine.

I have maxed out my resources for them. I even sold my car and maxed out my credit cards. Dad has no medical insurance so with the cancer check ups and hospitalizations for COPD flare-ups, he has a ton of medical bills that have been turned over to collecting agencies.

Their clothes dryer and stove oven have malfunctioned and they are not able to have them repaired or replaced. All food is fried or microwaved because that is the only choice they have. We have to borrow money from friends to pay his dr office visits that are $75 and we can no longer borrow because we
have borrowed out. Our friends and family have helped all they can. Asking for any and all donations. They wil be greatly appreciated. Thanks and God

Bless.

I am a Veteran of the US Army, with a divorce that is pending, and now a
single mother of two. I have had a blessed life until the past year and a
half, and upon taking my children and I out of a bad and stressful marriage,
have found myself needing help. I have always been use to helping others,
and although I can’t financially do so right now, I still try to do my part.

I’m active in organizations that help other Veterans and another group that
prepares meals for needy families in my community. Since losing my brother
to Operation Iraqi Freedom, my children and I have joined a national
organization focused on helping the families of POW, MIA, and KIA troops.
I have never had any type of government assistance, or asked for a handout,
but due to some pride, and wanting to prove I could do it on my own, has
caused the pile up to become overwhelming. My divorce is pending until
certain documents could be provided by my children’s father. This has caused
any sources of help I’ve asked for to be declined because they still take
his pay into consideration, even though we’re living in a different state,
and receiving no financial help from him at all.

I am working full time, and was saving money to take a state certification
test so I could get a better job. Recently my son injured his mouth, and the
only option given was for a series of 10 oral surgeries. We just finished
with number two, and he had some minor complications. Since these are
considered oral surgeries performed by a pediatric specialist, our insurance
will not completely cover the cost, and I have to pay the difference up
front. I used the money I had saved to pay for these first two, but then got
behind on bills from missing work so I could be with my son for two days
after each procedure.

I finally realize that everyone needs some sort of help sometimes, and if it
were just me, I wouldn’t ask for anything. My kids are my world though, and
have been my motivation through all of this. Wanting them to be happy and
healthy motivates me even more to do whatever it takes to get us back out on
top.

In addition to my son’s medical expenses and medications, I’ve lost my auto
insurance, my car is facing repossession within the next 2 weeks, and our
phone service is being disconnected one week from today. I’m doing the
absolute best I can with what I have, and I know if I could just get a small
push to get ahead again, I can stay there. I tried a loan as well, but I
have zero credit. After marrying at 18, and being almost 27 now, I was never
allowed to put anything we owned in my name. Not even jointly with him, so
now here I am, almost 30, and no credit history at all.

The total amount I’m seeking is $8,000, but anything at all helps. I’m even
willing to do some sort of peer to peer lending where I pay you back on your
terms. In one way I’m thankful for this experience because it showed me how
strong I can truly be, but like any parent, I just want to provide the best
life possible for my children.

Awhile back I had dental insurance but I had to cancel it to save money. I have two teeth that are really hurting bad now constantly but I can’t afford to go to the dentist. If anyone could help me with a couple hundred dollars
I could get this needed work done.

I know how it is now for those unfortunate people who have to live in constant excruciating pain and I can
sympathize with them. Please help me with any or all of this.

Thank you and
God bless!

Hi my name is Peter i am a south African single fathers suffering from lupus.I am struggling to secure a monthly income as im sick most of the time,and have a child to look after and get trough school.

I do work but can only do so when im not sick and medicine is costing too much.I am asking for some kind of donation to help with my boy he is 3 years old now. I have tried online work but did not get money that way either.I am desperate.

Please help me!
I hope you will find it in your heart to help others so i can help to.

I have been ill since Nov of 2010 to MArch of 2011.I have used all my savings and I am asking for a blessing to help me get back on track and help pay my sons college fees.

I work two jobs and trying to keep up with my health.I have a hole in my colon and I cannot afford to take time off work to get surgey.I had short term but it did not last long.

I have two beautiful children and a husband. My son has been recieving services for speech delay, and occupational therapy. My daughter was just diagnosed with Celiac disease and her white blood count has came back low so, she will have to get pulled again next week. I am looking for help her insurance has been denied as of Nov. 1st and I can not afford her medical bills.

I work in a call center for $10.00 an hour and my husband has been unable to find a job in the last 4 months. He has been donating plasma and recycling cans to help with bills and our childrens extra expenses. Any amount would greatly be appreciated to help give our daughter the medical care she needs.

Also, our vehicle has offically decided to fall apart so I will also be using any donations after her medical bills are paid to try and make a safer vehicle for us to drive. Thank you so much for your kindness and your help! I hope to do the same for someone else someday.

I have two children, ages 5 and 3. I have been unemployed for a year. My fiance has been the sole breadwinner for this past year. My fiance was diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis in 2006. It is a condition that causes cancer of the colon as well as the digestive tract. He had his colon and ampulla removed in seperate surgeries. The ampulla was the latter surgery.

Two months after the surgery they saw that the pre-cancerous cells came back. It is growing at a very fast rate. He has to have another procedure on the 13th of this month at a place that is almost 100 miles from our house. He has been going back and forth to the doctors down there, racking up co-pays and travel costs. This disease is becoming  very expensive.

We owe two months rent at 600 dollars each, our electric is about to be shut off owing 519 dollars. We’re being shut off on the 13th. He owes the hospital 2,00 from his past surgeries. I am hoping that those of you reading this will be able to help us in some way Whatever you can manage, we will be so appreciative.

I am 47 years old. I was a self-employed electrician until about june of 2011 when I suffered a minor stroke. It left me with two nearly dead fingers on the left hand, 33% of my vision in the left eye completely distorted over the pupil and my balance severely impaired.

The doctor said that the optic nerve was inflamed and possibly ruptured. The incident wasn’t work related. I have no savings and am not able to do electrical work anymore because I lose my balance on a ladder completely.

I have no vehicle and $ 4000.00 worth of bills and my rent is $ 500.00 a month. My parents have helped what they can but they are elderly and on fixed income. I should be helping them. I hate to bother them. Help me to tread water so I can teach myself a new
skill and start again. Thank You. Greatly appreciate your consideration.

I am asking for help to pay the house mortgage, power bills, car payment plus buy groceries. As a single parent with a disabled Autistic child I am having a hard time paying everything. My house is close to foreclosure and my car is on the list to be repossessed. Everything was going ok until the public school system in our town refused to serve my daughter.

The staff including the Principal refused to include her with others, keeping her in a caged in area in a small classroom, with 3 adults forcing her by physically putting their hands on her, to sit down all the time! Furious with that type of behavior I had to withdraw my daughter from that school system and now I am having to home school her! That meant I had to quit my job.

The bills are coming in so fast now and I have no money! What a horrible sick feeling I have when I think everything I have worked so hard for over the past years are going to be taken from me. The thought of being homeless, and without transportation is very scary for me. I can’t sleep at night wondering if the next morning my car will be gone from the repossession guy in the middle of the night.

If you can help me and my daughter please donate through Paypal. It would be everything to us! It would enable me to keep our home and car, and to put food on the table.

My daughter needs therapy services but I don’t have insurance and can’t get her the help she needs. Thank you in advance for helping us!

I am in desperate of a gastric band operation, I don’t think I will live much longer without such operation and have my children to worry about.

I have done all I can to naturally lose weight and now this is the final answer to my problem. Unfortunately I am unable to currently fund this and worry for mine and my children’s future.

If someone can help us pay hospital bills.My wife Bozena two years ago she had breast cancer operations and chemotherapy entire year. Because at the same time I lost my job for 3 months, our medical insurance has been terminated and 70% bills is still not paid now is over 60K. Every month I fought in court for a reduction of these bills,without any effects.

We are struggling financially even I working 14 hours a day seven days weekly.My current earnings are not sufficient to cover all payments and unfortunately my wife can not get no work anywhere and the money earned by me are mostly spent on doctors,food and fuel. At the moment we are on the way to lose our house because we pay as we can.Our two children are no longer happy, because
in most of the time usually they eat cheerios and instant soup.We really need desperate help to stop this madness, If there is anyone that can help we would be grateful for any donations (every dollar counts) .

Thank you all
very much and God Bless you!
Kris

I am hoping this site is a good way to get help…First of all our 2 1/2 year old son Brayden passed away in a tragic accident…Some good did come from that because we decided to donate his organs and he saved 4 lives in the process….We did not have Insurance at the time and now have around $80,000 in debt because of it….

We ended up having another baby and he started having seizures at two months old and the last stay in the hospital with him we ended up coming to our house filled with 3 inches of water….Which was a nightmare and insurance did not cover it…they did cover the building being fixed though and the owners were happy about that..we found out quite a few pipes burst and it ended up costing us a whole lot because none of our stuff was covered…I am pregnant again and am due in about two weeks…

We are so far behind at this point we need quite a bit to even catch up…It is a day to day struggle because we don’t have any money and go without because of it…
We are about to lose everything!…I pray that someone can help us out!…We have been through so much and haven’t caught a break yet…Please help by clicking the donate button and donating!! I pray that you will be blessed 10 fold…

Thank You and God Bless!

My husband is suffering from Deep vein thrombosis and he is not able to walk properly. I have spent more than two lakhs for last 5 years and still no improvement at all. I want to take him to Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences at Thiruvananthapuram for a major surgery in veins and I have to pay 3 to 5 lakhs. If anybody is willing to help me, please donate it through my husband Account No.609501502315 of ICICI Bank, Kottar Branch.

In 2005 I caught crytococcal menegitis and was misdiagnosed with pneumonia and eventually collapsed after 6 months trying to work and seeing doctors.. I was told I had AIDS and a complication in the form of a OI Opportunistic Infection. I am still here 5 years later but my health is slipping. I have an 8 yr old son and we survive on 15000 a year and live in an apartment.

Unforutunately I contracted AIDS and came close to dying. It was my fault but I did work 30 years and was an electrician and a US Marine in the 80s. I also was in the USNR in the late 90s. I think I may have come in contact with HIV in the late 90s to early 2000.

I have problems with light due to the menegitis so I usually stay indoors. I dont expect to make it another 3-4 years but I feel Ive tried to live with this disease as best I could. Ive lost everything, my career, my home my status as a journeyman electrician and any hopes and dreams I once had..I know its over for me but I just hope the best for my son in the future…He still loves me and knows Im sick and Im sure he feels sad.

When he was born I was working like crazy trying to get us a house which we did and times were good for a while until I got sick. I continue to survive but we need assistance, the social service sytem has been nonexistent to say the least for us in the town of Durham NC and all I hope for is a prayer to be answered at this point. If it isnt thats fine and I will try and survive as we have done. With that said, thanx for listening. Dave

A few weeks ago I had to rush my mother to the hospital with a very sharp pain. After a colonoscopy she was diagnosed with diverticulitis. The infection in her intestine was really bad. She needed a surgery right away. She had the surgery the same day I took it to the hospital. After the procedure, she was in intensive care for two weeks.

She came out from the ICU and two days later she was rushed to the operation room again to have another surgery. This time because she was coming into coma without any visible reason. The doctors were in need to explore what was happening inside her after the first surgery. She was in the intensive care unit two more days. She passed away august 2, 2011. She was 86 years old.

I did everything I could to keep her alive. Hospitals in third world countries don’t offer the option to make monthly payments. I had to get a loan and used the credit cards of two more friends. The total cost is U$17,446. I don’t have the money to pay my monthly payment and survive every month.

If you can help me, any amount of money will do it. A penny donated is a penny less to pay. Thank you very much and god bless you.

I fell into a deep hole I was doing good ad a good job paying my child support ever week on time. Then I got hurt injured my back, which left me unable to work with out extreme pain, Which I still work some to make money to pay my child support so I don’t get prosecuted. But all in all I tried getting on disability but they denied me say there is some type of job I could possible be able to do some were in the United States.

But with economical times like now that’s virtually nothing. and all the work I do do when I can are only temp jobs at agencies for minimum wage a few hours a week. Which no were covers my $1200 a month child support. I have medical bills piling up for doctors and hospital visits due to my injury.

The doctor doesn’t want me to even lift anything over 2 pounds with leaves me to do nothing. I have been looking for jobs every possible way I have to keep on moving from friends to friends just to have a place to stay.

Now the worst part is that since all this happened I can’t see my kids any more since I am falling behind in payments, Which everything I do make go’s for them. Disability is a long process now I’m waiting to here about a hearing to see if a lawyer can get me qualified, which if I do that still wont pay all my support.

Every little bit will help and I would greatly appreciate it. It would help with food and things that i really need and hope it can get me back on my feet to get me out of this deep hole.GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR HELPING EVERYONE IN NEED.