Hello,

My name is Samantha, I am a teacher and a single mom. I am asking for money to help me pay for my emergency breast surgery. I want to start by saying thank you for your consideration and generosity for sharing with people in need.

As a teen I developed extremely asymmetrical breasts one being an A cup and one being a C cup. When I graduated from college, I decided that I wanted to finally get them fixed and feel better about myself and get breast augmentation(implants).

However, 5 years later (this summer), after getting pregnant, and working to hard to get back to my pre pregnancy weight my implant ended up poking out of my breast, leaving my in a lot of sharp pain.

After speaking with the doctor who performed my surgery, they said it can happen over time specially in my case. The doctor told me that by moving my implants under the muscle it would take away the pain and leave a cushion so the implant would not poke through. In case you do not know insurance does not cover surgery deemed plastic even if it is an emergency, they only covered half of my anesthesia and hospital fee which was under $1000.

After spending over 10, 000 on this reconstructive surgery. I am now still left in the same terrible pain, and now the doctor claimed I needed another breast surgery to fix it. This pain is constant, I can’t even wear a normal bra, or sleep through the night without waking up in pain.

After hearing this I met with another surgeon for a second opinion. The second doctor told me that the original surgeon should have known moving the implant under the muscle wouldn’t be enough as there is not even enough tissue there to begin with, and he should have done a fat transfer to my breasts at the same time.

I am a single mom of a 1-year old boy, and a middle school teacher. I do not make much, but just enough that I do not get help from any program. It was hard enough to have to have to put 10,000 on a credit card for this last surgery, and now I have to some how pay that off ($400 a month) and come up with another 10,000 for another surgery in order to get rid of the pain, that was supposed to be taken care of already. Basically, I paid this doctor 10k to do a surgery on me where he fixed nothing and there is nothing I can do about it.

Thank you for hearing my story and considering helping me out. Although I am asking for $10,000 to pay for the surgery, I need to make the pain go away, anything you can do helps!! I am not greedy and asking for more, or even for help to pay of my credit card from the first time. I just am in pain and am begging at this point for help.

Please feel free to ask any questions. I would be happy to provide you with more details, evidence, etc. I have attached a picture of my current CareCredit bill for the first reconstructive surgery. I would be happy to provide you with further details about my surgery and any paperwork needed to prove to you that is what the money is being used for.

Thank you again. This would mean the world to me. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this.

paypal.me/MissSN9

Thank you again,

Samantha

Hello Everyone my name is Jacob Ferreira, I use He/Him pronouns, I’m 24 Years old and I’m a Transgender Male. I am currently going through the early stages of my transition. Unfortunately I have been unable to work due to Covid-19 and I’ve had to make some changes in my life because of that. I’ve Moved to my natal country the Dominican Republic with a very close friend in the meantime in order to afford rent, food, and any other living expenses as it is more affordable than The United States.
As someone who grew up in a very catholic driven country, I wasn’t able to start this transition earlier, and have been closeted for many years. I’ve always felt like there was something wrong with me in certain ways, and it wasn’t until moving to the United States I was able to fully accept myself. When I came out as a transgender male, My family was not supportive of my decisions of transitioning and getting testosterone making it harder for me to accept the changes I’m dealing with. I’ve been in this journey alone for about a year or so learning a lot from lgbtq+ communities and researching as much as possible about everything that I’m going through.
I’m starting this Donation request to raise money for my top surgery as I have a lot of gender dysphoria around my current chest. It is very hard and uncomfortable for me when it comes to wearing binders as they can make my breathing heavily restricted, It can cause permanent nerve damage, but it will also make most shirts show that I’m wearing a binder limiting my wardrobe & making myself very dysphoric, and conscious about my own body.
For those that may not know, top surgery is a procedure that creates a more masculine chest and is fairly common for trans men and non-binary people. I am unfortunately unable to use my insurance to cover the cost of top surgery and will have to pay out-of-pocket, however it will be more affordable to be done in the Dominican Republic than the United states which helps me slightly. The cost of my top surgery comes out to approx $3,500, plus some additional fees for the overnight hospital stay and any medications needed.
I am also a Cartoon/Anime Artist, I will be taking drawing requests for those willing to donate. any help is appreciated!

Please see below my Paypal.me Link:
https://paypal.me/YaboiNoct?locale.x=en_US

I’ve always considered myself as a proud woman. Working hard for myself and my children. But, things have come to a hault. My health took a turn. I’m not able to work. I have heart problems, back problems, I get back injections. I have fibromyalgia, hurt all the time. Intractable severe migraines almost daily and nightly, I’m on medication for that and have to take Botox for that. I do have Bipolar/depression and anxiety and foot problems I had surgery and have arthritis in it also. I have Barrett’s esophagus, motility problems with my esophagus, where the esophagus doesn’t push any of the food down to the stomach and I do not digest food. I wind up in the hospital several times yearly in horrible pain and throwing up. I have tons of hospital bills and I’m on 13 different types of medications and I’m not getting any type of government assistance. Some medications that I need, I can not take, because just one of them is over 1,000, that’s for my esophagus and that medication is called Dexilant. I’m on pain medications for my fibromyalgia and back problems and medications for my mental health. It’s very hard to pay doctors, medications, regular bills like phone, electric, water, housing, insurances, things like that and my daughters have mental illness and other illnesses also. This makes it even worse. It’s so very hard. My parents were helping me for awhile, my dad had an extra job. But, he had to quit and get double knee surgeries and they both are just living off social security. They are in their mid seventies. I feel so guilty that I even had my father working and helping me. That’s uncalled for. I swear if I could work I would, but, the pain and everything I go through is just too much. The last job I had, I loved it and would still be working there if it wouldn’t be for all of this. They worked with me on my problems till it got worse. I’m getting knee problems and had elbow surgery and the elbow is popping out again also. So everything is taking it’s toll and I really do not know what to do anymore. I really need help. I need my medications, I need procedures, I need to see the doctors. I need to pay the hospital bills and all my other bills. This bill attached is only one of MANY bills I have for the medical bills I have. Not including other bills. I can’t be on the street with my girls and Ill. I seen this site. I don’t know if it’s a real site, but, I guess I will try. I’m just hoping for a Blessing. If it’s not real, I know I’m still Blessed with my babies and will figure something out somehow. The good lord has looked over me this long, I died twice on the table and he brought me back, so I’m thankful for my life!

https://paypal.me/michelleleebeard?locale.x=en_US

Hi, my name is Mignon Felt. I am not made of money and never have been given anything in my whole life. My biological mom gave me and one of my brothers away when i was 5 and he was 8. we were both being abused by her pimp, then as he grew, he began abusing me. I finally told my new adopted parents at the age of 16 and they didn’t believe me. I have had trust issues all my life, and don’t make friends easy. I finally got married and you guessed it, he was an abuser. I was strong enough to leave him after he was beating my child with a belt for no reason. There is a lot of stuff I left out and if you want to know more I can, but I wanted to kind of get to the point. I have worked since I was 15. I started at a local Dairy Queen store, where the manager also sexually harassed me to the point where I kept switching schedules so i wouldn’t have to work with him and I eventually got fired, just to have to work with him a few years later at Walmart. I worked there for many years until I was attacked and had my son. My parents helped me a lot with the baby and a lot happened in between there as well. I have never gone long without a job. I have always been taught work hard for what you want. So I finally worked my way through college (while having no money for internet, going to McDonalds at midnight sometimes to submit homework paper and using their internet, i was going through a horrible divorce and having two children, one was 10 and the other was less than one ) and earned my master’s degree, but now I can’t find anything living in a small town and have no money to move to the city. I found a job at a local hospital and finally got insurance. I do not make enough though to pay the hospital bills for me and my children.

I need $3000 for my daughter who was in the ER for 5 hours and it cost over $8000.00 , I have been going to the Heart Doctor, but my deductible is $2500 each or $7500 for all three of us. plus, my current husband is disabled and became disable a year after we married, can’t work, going blind, partially deaf, and verbally and emotionally borderline abusive.

I just want to be able to get caught up on my hospital bills, maybe take them on a little vacation to a hotel in the city area and maybe watch a hockey game. I would honestly like to pay them all off, and to do that, I would need $10,000 but I’m not greedy, I am willing to accept anything anyone can help me with.

Please find attached the copy of just one of my bills from BCBS saying what I owe for medical bills. Thanks

paypal.me/MignonLangford

Just recently my mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and quite honestly I’m terrified. More scared of everything then I’ve every been.

I know there are many people out there who have are going through something similar. This is also not my first time hearing the diagnosis of cancer.

But no one ever tells you about the fear or the overwhelming heaviness.

No one every warns you about the sudden shift in dynamics and how quickly your whole life can change.

How a single phone call can make you feel like your whole life has been ripped out of you.

I’m currently writing this from a cot next to my mom’s hospital bed. Waiting for Thursday morning, when they are going to put a drain in and praying that it will help with the pain. Worried because it will be the second attempt, since they could not get it through the first time.

Then terrified, because she was in so much pain after the last attempt. All I could do was hold her hand as the nurses administered authorized pain meds and my mom cried.

Watch helplessly as someone I love so much is going through so much pain.

I’m awake, worrying about the chemo treatments she will be starting soon. Hoping they can get the drain in. Wondering if she’ll ever be able to eat without the searing pain that seems to reside constantly within her stomach. Feeling useless.

Wondering if they caught it in time. If we will be okay. Or if this will be like watching my grandma fade away. A diagnosis and then within four months, she was gone.

Im tired and scared.

My mom is my rock. She is my best friend and number one supporter. Without her, I would be lost.

I’m writing today to ask for help catching up bills and collecting money for my moms medical expenses. Before her diagnosis we were getting behind, though we were staying a float. But I don’t know how we are going to get everything paid. The accounts started overdrawn before we were paid due to last month’s attempts to catch up.

I could go on listing everything that has went wrong these past two week’s but then I just feel like all im doing is focusing on the negative.  And I can’t right now because all I would do is cry, which would probably wake my mom and she needs to focus on resting.

I guess over all I’ve just ran out of options. I don’t make enough money to really help right now though I’ve put all of it to gas money and a couple groceries this week.

I honestly don’t know what else to say, except for:

Please help.

If anyone can help I am truly thankful. Any amount will help. I’d like to get to $2000 but honestly I’d be happy with $10 for gas.

I know we are all going though a lot, so even if you stumble upon this and are unable to donate, still thank you.

Thank you for taking your time to read this and I wish you all the luck in the world.

My mom was sleeping so I posted a picture of part of the hospital we can see out the window.