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I need help, Cancer sucks

My sister has been diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a life-threatening immunodeficiency, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), and a rare type of NHL called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and makes up only 1% of all NHL cases. She’s spent the past few months in and out of the hospital and has recently finished chemo. I am scared, she has been fighting it, but she is in constant pain and in and out of fevers that spike to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. The medical bills keep growing but I think if we can support those bills, she is strong enough to fight it. However, my mother had a back injury and can no longer work, and my father is a construction worker who barely makes minimum wage each year.

My parents are struggling financially between putting two children through college and now hospital bills. They love helping other people, but they never ask for help themselves, and they rarely accept it when it’s offered. Working a part-time job at minimum wage while being a student in college can only pay for so many bills and expenses. I would really like to be able to help my parents get my sister help so that she can fight cancer and beat it but at the same time I am very much struggling to pay for college and my own bills.

As the bills stack up and grow larger and larger my depression has as well, depression that runs in my family; my grandfather nearly drank himself to death. I have recently been diagnosed with depression, it explains a lot as everything is extremely difficult to do, even focusing my eyes usually feels exhausting.

This struggle to keep my head above water nearly drove me to let myself drown, but my therapist somehow managed to convince me to at least try to stay alive. But the bills keep growing and it keeps seeming more and more of an option as days go by. I don’t know what to do, I need help, I would extremely appreciate any given.

I didn’t know where else to turn, I tried looking into loans but as I’m still young and don’t have a credit card my credit score isn’t high enough for anyone to give me a loan even though I don’t have any negatives to my credit score. My hope is that there is someone out there who is willing to help. And someday I would love to come back and do the same for someone, but for now I really need the help.

 

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Barely Afloat from combo Medical and Vet Bills

I have been so stressed from this debt that I’ve developed crippling anxiety and depression.  Even though I am barely making ends meet I have decided to seek professional psychological help to deal with the anxiety and despair.  I know this will add to the pile but I cannot continue on my own.  Its what brought me here.  It would be incredible to be completely freed from this $20,000 in debt.  Anything would be of help.

I’ve accumulated a mountain of debt from some unnecessary purchases, medical and vet bills over the past six years.  Every time I seem to get ahead something comes up that keeps me stuck.  Sometimes of my own making but mostly from the unexpected.  About 6 years ago my cat, Krishna, swallowed a string and required roughly $4500 to cover the hospitalization, surgery, and follow up care.  In 2018 I spent another $4000 on vet bills in an attempt to stave off his kidney disease.  Unfortunately there was nothing that could be done in that situation and his physical presence is no longer on this earth.

Almost three years ago I got my first job out of college.  I got a little carried away and spent $1500 on a suit, shoes, dress pants, and dress shirts for the job.  Those unnecessary expenses I mentioned.

Four years ago, in 2015, I severely injured my arm in my first week of Brazilian Ju Jitsu Class.  A few weeks went by where I couldn’t hold my arm up, drive with it or even carry a coffee mug.  At the time I just let it go bc I was unemployed.  It started bothering me again in 2017 so I decided to try physical therapy.  While it was covered by insurance those copays still added up to approximately $2000.  Fast forward 8 months later and my shoulder went on me while using resistance bands.  I immediately had an MRI that confirmed the labrum was torn.  Surgery followed a few months later and physical therapy this past fall/winter.  The $1250 deductible in $5000 in copays added up fast.  I was so stressed out about meeting a budget that I even buried my head in the sand and let a medical bill go unpaid.  I have since reached out to the collection agency to make payments.

 

 

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Please Read Concern $18000 We Do What We Have To

Hello,

I chose to put my medical and monthly bills on a card starting two years ago when I was injured so the doctors were paid before collections started. The interest accrued but I continually worked at it. Then the card helped a great deal with monthly bills and gas for all the Hershey medical needs and trips since I get very limited assistance from my spouse. I concentrated on my daughter’s continuing health problems as I worked toward graduate school requirements instead of employment. I also started a communication server as a graduate school student project for my course study on working with bright and less fortunate students who learn better through technology. I named my nonprofit tutoring business to provide assistance to them and help them succeed through subjects with organization and learning strategies, and looking at future options. For most of them, it was just the moment of realization for all the effort and gave them a passing score no matter the middle school to college level grade range.

Now, not counting high school loans, I have one very large bill ($18000) I am still trying to reduce without a loan or chance at paying a higher amount and many options were researched that I do not qualify for. My mom helps pay bills. This is a first chance and short term request asking for funds to help with one bill. I would like to help others who ask for a chance, after this bill is paid off. I will submit payments to the bill as often as possible. I also plan to sub teach on the one day I am not doing my field experience hours from August to April. I continue to tutor students that cannot pay, pass my classes, pay toward this bill, and be there for my little girl with medical appointments with a semi open schedule to help her with school starting soon. I get asked why I paid the medical bills and I say I want a teaching job where I live. I am asked why I am not tutoring and I say I am. I am asked why I don’t get loans and I say my school loans are high with a credit issue during my injury. Would you have made the same choices I did with very limited resources?

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

Thank you for showing interest in my cause. I hope to hear from you.

With care,

Paula

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Trying to rise above medication and student loan cost to create a better future for my family

For nearly 20yrs I was a stay at home mom to 3 beautiful children. I returned to school to receive my Psychology degree at the age of 29 and with 1 year left I was diagnosed with cancer.  I did not want to give up,  being so close to reaching a dream of mine and to show my kids that anything was possible. Instead of dropping out I took a leave of absence during the worst and had amazing professors while attending during the better days.  This extended my 4yr degree and I ended up going for 5+yrs but in July of 2014 my family cheered me on as I walked across the stage to receive my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology!

Within 6mos the student loan bills began rolling in.. Even more because of the extension. Around this time I also came Out of remission. I was very sick and unable to work. This would not have been so crucial except for the fact that I also began going through a divorce in 2015. I took on the quickest job I was able to get, which was an assistant manager of a dollar store but the pay was barely enough to keep my boys fed and a half decent roof over their heads and so I put off my loans and sometimes went without my medication.

4yrs later I am remarried and have recently had to quit that job to care for my father-in-law who has lung cancer as well as deal with complications from my own disease. None of this has or will keep my student loans from accumulating or my medication cost from adding up.  My current husband works very hard but without a higher education of his own we do good to break even on our “everyday bills”. While I try to get my health and my father-in-laws health back on track I am in fear I have put too heavy of a financial burden on my husband. My medication alone is around $4,000 a year but it is not optional and although my student loans are not a financial emergency, the payments I attempt to make to avoid being in trouble do cut into our living expenses. If I can at least take a little of the burden off of my husband we can both focus on getting my health back on track so that I can finally follow my dream to help others face mental illness and in turn help my husband build a better life for our teen boys, daughter, and new granddaughter. I have a lot of pride so this is very difficult for me to post asking for assistance, but my love for my family outweighs anything else.

paypal.me/klrh98

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Disabled Couple In Need of Help!

My husband and I are currently both unable to work, thanks to surgeries that were needed due to his deployment and my mental health taking a severe downward spiral during that deployment. We were barely able to get rent paid this month and haven’t been able to pay any of the other bills yet. I have two cats that are comfort animals, since I have not been able to leave the house, and a service dog in training for when I can start to leave the house alone again. He doesn’t want me to ask for help, but I’m hoping that there are some warm-hearted people out there to help a couple down on their luck and in need. Not being able to pay bills or feed and take care of those I live with causes my mental disabilities to spike and make me go even deeper into a hole. I know my husband doesn’t want me to do stuff like this, but I know he is having just as hard a time with all this. He has another surgery soon and I know we won’t be able to pay for that either and the health insurance through the military isn’t helping as much as I wish it could. It tears me apart to see him like he is. If I was healthy enough to work, I would. I would get two jobs if I was able. I know he would do the same for me. His surgeries are supposed to get him up and walking again without pain or limping, but I know he is scared of what is going to happen afterwards. With no money in the bank and neither of us being able to work, this is really hard on us. We have no one else to turn to. I know there are people out there with goodness in their heart and that you want to help. Anything that can be given would be much appreciated. I want to be able to let my husband relax and not stress and worry as much as he is after his surgeries. If he isn’t able to let himself get better, I don’t know what we are going to do. I don’t want him to stress over all the bills and debts that have and are going to start piling up just because we are both trying to get better. If you can help, please, I just want to see my husband get healthy again.

 

https://paypal.me/karrissandco

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Isabella’s Road To Recovery

On January 9, 2019 Isabella was born. She was born a month early and with many complications. She is almost four months old and has already been to four different hospitals and is in the process of getting transferred to her fifth hospital . It has been a heartbreaking, stressful, and draining time for me and my family. She has lived her entire four months in hospitals she has not been able to come home yet.

Isabella has been diagnosed with trisomy 8, tracheomalacia, lung disease, butterfly vertebrae,     anemia and some other minor things.

She was born with patent ductus arteriosus which is a heart defect. She had surgery for it and everything went successful with that. She was also born with a hole in her heart called atrial septal defect, her doctors said when she is between the age of 3-5 they will probably have to do surgery to close it.

She has been on a ventilator most of her life, she can not breathe on her own. After her heart surgery they found out she has tracheomalacia. With her lung disease and the tracheomalacia, the only option was for her to have another surgery to get a tracheotomy and a feeding tube put in.

The doctors don’t know when or if she will ever get to have that removed. So when Isabella is able to come home she will be on machines and monitors.

Its only been four months and Isabella has already been through so much. You never expect as a parent when your child is born that you would ever have to go through this. It has been a very hard time in my life to see Isabella going through all of this.

Her medical bills are already over $15,000 and we still have a long road ahead of us. She’s been at  Riley’s hospital in Indianapolis for about a month now. The hospital is over two hours away from home, I have a seven year old at home so I’m always going back and spending alot on gas money. I am currently not working or will be able to work once she comes home she will need care 24/7. So I ask if you can please help with medical bills, gas, living expenses, home care, and for the things she will need when she is able to come home. Thank you so much for your kindness, generosity, love and support.

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Student Loans and Medical Bills (Diabetic)

Hi, I’ll start by giving a little background on myself. I come from a low-middle class family. Neither of my parents or grandparents have been to college which makes me a first generation student. I major in business and minor in finance at the University of South Florida. The greatest concern at the moment are my medical bills because not only have some of them gone into collection affecting my credit, but they are due to hospital trips that were out of my control. Being a type 1 diabetic, I am insulin dependent and need it to survive. Anytime I eat I must give myself a shot to maintain a healthy blood sugar. Due to issues with my insurance company their miscommunication with my pharmacy, I have landed in the hospital more than twice within the same school year, one of those times being an extreme emergency that resulted in me going into cardiac arrest but thankfully being saved. This has added extreme stress for me as I have missed classes for being in the hospital and that has made it hard to catch up in my studies. School is already stressful enough as it is. Diabetes, insurance/pharmacy issues, tuition & living expenses on campus, and medical bills are just the beginning of my financial struggle and I am only 20 years old.

I do not receive any financial support or help from my father who is not in the picture and my mom currently lives paycheck to paycheck to support herself and my 10 year old sister up north so she does not have it to give. I am on a job hunt at the moment as I have just moved to a new area. I have a lot on my plate, but my main focus is to get my medical bills out the way and pay off my credit card so I can fix my credit asap! Next, is to start paying back my student loans because each semester it piles up and adds on and soon I will have to start paying them back.

Any amount is appreciated as it all adds up and I count each donation as a blessing no matter how small! I am doing this all on my own and have never been the type to ask for money, but I am becoming desperate as I watch my financial situation become worse. I appreciate you taking the time to read this post and I hope you could help me out.

Thanks in advance!

Paypal.me/juju218

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In Dire Need of Therapy

Dear people of the world,

I’m a 25yo woman from Slovakia. I’m currently forced to take one more semester at uni because due to an administrative error I wasn’t allowed to take the state exams and finish my studies. I’ve been feeling very down because of it but this issue is just the tip of the iceberg.

From 8 to 14, I was bullied by the kids in my school. They frequently called me names, lied about me to the teachers, hid my stuff, threatened to beat me up after school and so on. Luckily, I only went through actual physical aggression from them once, but my encounters with them sparked social anxiety and lack of confidence. Thanks to much kinder people later in my life, I began to overcome these issues slowly but I’m nowhere near being fully functional.

This is also because of my greatest issue. My mom is an aggressive, manipulative, paranoid person. It runs in this side of the family, her mother was the same and from what I’ve heard, her grandmother also showed this traits. I’m very scared I might become like her too.

I’ve always suffered emotional neglect at home. My dad was always away, working really long hours or working abroad. My mom did try her hardest to provide all the material necessities for me but always found a way to make me feel guilty and not worth it. Even minor missteps have been met with inadequate rage sessions during which she’s been vulgar to me, has denied everything I say, twisted my words, made excuses for herself and downright refused to listen or acknowledge my worth in any way. She always blames others for the struggles in her life, isn’t capable of taking responsibility for her mistakes or apologizing. When my father occasionally tries to defend me, she takes it very personally and insists that a good father would do the opposite – defend her and punish me. Last year, she went so far to actually physically attack me while screaming she would kill me. Dad was there and restrained her from harming me but I swear I was scared for my life.

On top of that, 6 years ago she developed some kind of paranoid disorder. She believes that They are visiting our house, stealing things from her and misplacing them. These They also manipulate with strangers on the streets and in shops to say some specific words and to give my mom strange and knowing looks, all to mess with her and to ruin her life and career. Dad installed alarm system and strengthened the security of our house but that only led to making her convinced that it’s dad and I who do all the nasty things to her.

We are both very hopeless and stuck. Dad is burnt out from overwork and only surviving because of being deep in denial (he refuses to speak about divorce or a change of job). Neither of my parents trusts psychologists. Mom gets offended and enraged at the mention of the word. Dad insists that psychologists are no use in such complicated cases. They won’t help me in this regard.

I’ve tried a lot of self-help techniques like meditation, breathing exercises, journaling, physical exercise etc but one can only get so far without the help of a professional. I need therapy. I feel desperate, depressed and traumatized. I have troubles with anxiety, I lack confidence, I’m a huge people-pleaser and I fear conflict. I internalize all my negative emotions, fearing that if I show them to others, they will stop being my friends. As a result, I developed a psycho-somatic response to stress and pain – my stomach often stops being capable of digesting food. I would never throw up or starve myself willingly, but often I have to starve because my stomach just doesn’t work properly. A lot of the time I am unable to focus properly, I’m tired, unmotivated and weak.

Can you please help me with financing my therapy? A 100 dollars would help me cover approx. three therapy sessions. Of course, I would also be very thankful for much smaller acts of kindness.

https://paypal.me/irisoid

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Help my mother fight cancer

My name is gabby. It’s just me my sister and my mother

Last year my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. One of the worst days of our lives. It felt like our whole world crashed before our very eyes. No one wants to hear news like this ever.

Shes been undergoing radiation treatment.  This is taking a toll on her mentally physically and emotionally. For my sister and I its emotionally draining and heart breaking to see our mother going through this. All we can do Is watch knowing there isn’t a whole lot we can do to take the pain away.

I’ve been working 2 jobs just to keep things afloat and not fall behind on payments.. my sister is in school full time and has a part time job to help with bills and food. My mother is unable to work.

After some research I have found that mayo clinic in texas seems to offer far more treatment options than here in Canada. So our goal has become to get her out there for treatment in hopes to prolong her stay with us here on this earth. We know that eventually this cancer may take our mother away from us but we are hoping for a little bit more time with her. Our father had passed away a few years back from a heart attack. Life hasn’t been the greatest to us in that aspect.

So I’m here today asking anyone that can help to help us towards our goal of at least $30000. This would cover costs such as air fair taking care of the bills here etc.

Every little bit counts and the more people that help the faster we can reach our goal and keep our mother here a little bit longer.

Thank you for your consideration and any help would be greatly appreciated and forever thankful.

PayPal.me/gabby0920

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Rally for Randall and family

My dad, Randy, has always been known as a man you can rely on. He is the most giving person to his family and community. He has been at every game, event and choir concert for my six brothers, sister and I no matter what. He volunteered during the Flint wanted crisis and so, so much more. 

On June 14th, my families world was completely turned upside down.

While on a business trip, my Dad was was walking across a street and was hit by a car. He sustained many serious injuries, including over 60 breaks/fractures to his right leg, multiple breaks in his left leg, breaks in his right wrist, right elbow, and a cracked rib. He has been through two surgeries with more to come.

I cannot even begin to describe the heartbreaking feeling I felt the first time I walked into the hospital room and saw the man with never ending positivity and strength so fragile and vulnerable, both physically and mentally.

He is finally back in Michigan being treating at a rehabilitation center and awaiting his other surgeries. We found out that the woman who hit him only had the minimal auto coverage and therefore we won’t be able to get and sort of settlement to help with medical bills and living expenses for the next 6 months to a year.

A gofundme page was started to to help with all the expenses, but I wanted to do something more since I have been feeling so helpless.

I want my dad to feel like he doesn’t have to worry about anything other than getting better and walking again.

I am begging from the bottom of my heart to help bring some positive to someone who has touched so many lives.

– A desperate daughter

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Hardship request

I am writing to share my request to help my family. I have been considered pre-existing condition with health insurance as has my daughter since she was born at 30 weeks with health issues and I had eclampsia 15 years ago. We have tried to be timely with our bills yet a serious  accident putting me out of work, loss of health insurance and emergency surgery almost devastated us. We found a little help via family and friends. More recently, I have started a new job with a great nonprofit. However our deductible is $4000 before being covered by said insurance. Our daughter recently had to have emergency hip surgery (7/5) and I paid $475 towards it yet with such a high deductible and with bad debt from previous medical situation, we can’t swing it and are asking for help.

https://www.paypal.me/AmeliaAtwill

 

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Veteran With Medical Issues

Hi, my name is Addison and I was in the United States Marine Corps. I am 23 years old and in a lot of trouble. I was injured while serving, but the VA refuses to pay anything for service related injuries. Currently I am about $40,000 in medical debt and have lost my job due to my medical issues. I have nerve damage in my back and in my sciatic nerve, and because of this it is hard to walk, sleep, or even stand for long periods of time. I am on the brink of being evicted from my apartment if I can not come up with money, and my car will be repossessed as well. I have thought about ending it all multiple times due to all of this and am in dire need of help.

I was never really taught about money growing up, or in school, and in the military they stress how much you need to do things and not sit on base all day. So I listed to what everybody told me and because of that I only had a little bit of money saved up. I have used pretty much all of my resources trying to avoid becoming homeless but I am almost there. I have about $87 left in my account and currently have no source of income at all. I honestly don’t know what else to do besides ask strangers for help. This is the lowest I have ever been, and I don’t think I will make it further if I can not get help.

I served from early 2014 up until late 2017 when I was administratively  separated. My leadership at the end of my enlistment hated me because of my injury and because of that, they made it to where I would not get a medical discharge giving me money monthly. I have tried applying for disability and trying to dispute my case with the VA multiple times but nobody is willing to help, because my military paperwork does not say medical discharge.

And to whoever is reading this and willing to help, thank you so much. I honestly am relying on your kindness to survive right now. Currently I am looking for a job that would fit my needs medically, but in my area there are not a lot of jobs that fit that. These donations would also help me to potentially move to an area that I could find a job to better fit my needs, Thank you again if you made it to the end.

Paypal- paypal.me/onepurewin

Venmo-@addisonjones1121

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PLEASE HELP: I have lost the will to live due to financial burden related to health issues

 

URGENT: I am sorry this is long, but I do not know what to leave out

  • Extreme mental and physical health issues prevent me from working consistently
  • Cannot afford medical bills, medication, or therapy
  • Huge Debts
  • Nearly homeless

Hello. My name is Ashley, and I am a 20 year old college student. A few years ago, I never would have imagined I would be needing to ask anyone for money, at least not a lot of money, because I have always been smart with my finances and been able to work, but here I am. For the last three years, my life has been spiraling apart, and I have officially hit rock bottom. My mental and physical health have been failing me, and this has caused my financial situation to plummet. I have zero dollars in my bank account, had to close my savings account, have huge student loan debt, can barely pay rent, cannot afford more to eat than ramen, can barely afford to feed my dogs, and my doctor’s and medication bills are racking up. I find myself feeling more and more overwhelmed to the point where I often wonder about the point of living if I am forever going to be miserable. The only reason I am still here is because of my dogs and the small bit of hope I have left to turn my life around.

My mental and physical health are horrible, and keep getting worse and worse. When it comes to my physical health, the doctors cannot figure out fully what is wrong with me. I have severe chronic body pain and fatigue, digestion problems, chronic migraines that occur several times a month, severe acid reflux, sinus issues bad enough that I have begun loosing my sense of smell, chronic and painful cystic acne, issues with vertigo, numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, and memory issues. This list may seem crazy and random, and that is because it is. It is incredibly frustrating and debilitating to always feel miserable every day but have no answers as to why. I have been to countless doctors and had countless tests done with little results and huge medical bills to pay. If I ever do figure out what is wrong, I am sure whatever the treatment is will cost outrageous amounts as well.

Now, just due to my medical issues, the work I have done in the past to make money as a swim instructor and as a food service worker are extremely stressful on my body, and I am unable to do them anymore. I have no idea even where to start when it comes to work, as I am not very good with logical, technological, mathematical, or organizational based tasks that would involve desk work, and calling people makes me extremely anxious to the point of panic attack.

When it comes to my mental health, I have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, anxiety, OCD, and ADHD, as well as a learning disability related to math. I take several medications for this, but they can only do so much when your life is constantly full of financial stress and physical pain. Often times, it is hard to even  get out of bed, or I am too anxious to be around people or even talk on the phone. There is little enjoyment in my life, other than what my dogs give me, and everything feels utterly hopeless. I am so constantly overwhelmed, tired, and anxious that it is hard for me to even begin to dig myself out of this financial hole I am in.

My mental health has gotten so bad that I am being forced to take a break from college after failing all of my classes in the last semester due to anxiety and depression getting in the way of me going to class. I have always been an excellent student, having over a 4.0 all throughout high school and even being in the top 10% of my class upon graduating, so this failure really hurts. I have always loved learning, but my mental and physical health, as well as my financial situation have made me dread school and the extra stress it brings. I desperately need weekly therapy, but I cannot even afford the 20 dollar copay needed every time I go. I will not be able to afford to go to my psychiatrist anymore either to keep getting my medication prescriptions. I cannot even afford my medications themselves anymore, and I have no idea what I will do when I run out. Luckily, I do have health insurance through my mother’s work, but I have reached a point where even the co-pay is too much, and that is incredibly overwhelming.

Every time I go looking for jobs, I run across constant roadblocks. Either I cannot physically do them due to my medical issues, my mental health would prevent me from being suitable for the work, I do not have the skills and abilities necessary for the work, or I do not have the qualifying experience or the degree required for the job. Every time I do a job search, it ends in frustration, tears, and panic.

I would ask for help from my family, but they have their own financial struggles, and I would never want to burden them with my problems. They have sacrificed enough for me in my life.

If you have made it through this entire rambling mess, I would appreciate it from the bottom of my heart if you could help me in any way. I owe more than 10,000 dollars just in credit card debt, and my student loans are even worse. It would be even more amazing if I could afford to buy a house for me and my family to live in, to at least confirm I will always have a roof over my head and relieve financial stress from my mom, but I know that is crazy to ask for. I’d be happy even for a few hundred dollars just to buy food for me and my dogs and get into regular therapy. I need to relieve some of this burden and stress, and try to prevent my life from being completely destroyed financially as much as possible, so I can move forward with my life. No matter how much you donate, I would truly be grateful with all my being.

Thank you so much, even if you just read this and listen to my story.

 

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Mystery illness can no longer work.

Hi. My name is John.  I’ve always been a hard worker but about a year ago I started having these sensations that the world was moving as if I were on a boat along with debilitating headaches.  I have been to 15 + doctors, about 40 different tests and 100 appointments with no real diagnosis.  So much money spent trying to find out what is wrong

I went from a fully functioning person with a job, family, and friends to being unable to work and out of money. Sadly, when you are down, people start to disappear.  I am alone.

I can’t get disability because they can’t find what is wrong with me.

I have found a doctor who is trying vestibular therapy but I don’t have the money to keep going.

Ive never begged for things but I have to now.  I feel like if I can get my health back, I can get my life back.

Anything will be appreciated and I will send a prayer blessing to anyone who helps.

https://www.paypal.me/findingbalance1

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Debt prevents us from caring for our children.

I am a married pregnant mother of two. My husband and I have been trying so hard to provide the life our children are worthy of. We married at 19 and 22, went to college, and have good jobs at a public university. We volunteer, pay our taxes, and care for those in our communities. We have tried to do everything right. However, we are just not able to make ends meet. We have cut out everything that is not a necessity, we cannot stock our fridge and instead rely on school meals for our children. We’ve tried to get second jobs, but he is a Boiler Operator and works shifts, and I am a Recruiter and have to travel. We have no family nearby to help with babysitting or picking up and dropping off our kids at school.
Because of mistakes that we made in our early twenties (credit cards, loans, non-essentials like cable, etc.) and medical bills, we are around $10,000 in debt. That doesn’t include student loans, rent, groceries, diapers, electricity, water, etc.
Everything has interest fees and late fees that keep preventing us from catching up and just when we start to get a hold of things, something else happens, like me getting pregnant despite being on birth control and tracking fertility to avoid getting pregnant. Or having our wages garnished because of a past due bill.
The icing on the cake has come recently. The garnishment came at the exact same time I was hospitalized for pre-term labor. I have been on bed rest for the last four weeks and will be for the next four weeks. I am given FMLA through my job, but it is only paid for with the amount of paid time off I have. I am about to receive my last pay check for at least 2 months.
When we were in a better position – before our second child (who was also conceived while I was on birth control) – we would cook meals for college students who didn’t have family in the area, we would take them in for holidays where breaks were too short for them to travel out of state to be with family, and we did it out of the kindness of our hearts. We always knew that it could be us that needed help one day. We don’t like to ask for help, because there are so many people who will consider you “lazy” or “irresponsible” and many other things. However, we have to put our pride aside now for the sake of our children. They shouldn’t have to suffer because of our inability to provide as parents. $10,000 would at least take the weight of debt, late fees, and interest rates off of our backs and allow us to just focus on our monthly bills for our household until I am able to return to work. At some point in our lives, we will be able to pay it forward once again.

https://paypal.me/Charyte

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Post Surgery Debt

So a few years ago my ex fiancé and I were trying everyday for a baby. It’s all we wanted out of life. Well one day it finally happened. That second line showed up and I couldn’t have been a happier mother-to-be. We started saving up, looking for a house to buy, I was applying for insurance to help with the baby because I wasn’t working at the time. Fast forward a month; I was sitting on the couch, cuddling my man, his hand on my belly, watching a movie…. *sharp pain* …. “Babe are you okay?” *pain intensifies and then dulls* “Yeah I think so. It’s common to still have period-like cramps this early on. That’s all it is.” So we continued our movie… *abdominal pain that felt like a hundred knives stabbing me* I start to cry. “Baby! I’ve never seen you react like this to cramps. Are you SURE you’re fine?!” *pain subsides slightly* “I promise. I’m fine. This is normal. I’ve had really bad cramps you just haven’t been around when I’ve had them.” I go to get up to use the restroom.. I can’t move. My ribs felt like they were breaking. I called my cousin to pick me up to go home because I didn’t feel good. I could barely walk to the car. I was in more pain than I’ve ever felt in my life. I’d just wait it out. Everything was fine. I’m in bed crying and crying because I physically cannot move without feeling like my organs were exploding and my ribs were cracking along with my spine. I yelled and screamed for my mom. She rushed me to the hospital. I knew now something had to be wrong with my baby. I was in more pain than I knew was possible. The ER nurses gave me pain medicine, nothing was working. I went in for a CT scan even though I told them I was pregnant. They didn’t care. They gave me more pain medicine. It finally started to kick in. 3 hours pass in the ER, waiting for my test results. Next thing I know the doctor is rushing in the room saying I need emergency surgery and it can’t wait. If I didn’t get into surgery I might not make it. I was rushed to the operating room and then I was counting down. 10… 9…. 8……. 7………… I was out. I woke in a room with my family sitting next to me. The doctor comes in and asks my family to leave the room. “You had an ovarian cyst rupture and cause a massive amount of internal bleeding. This was caused from a failed pregnancy. If you had waited any longer to come in to the ER I wouldn’t be talking to you right now.” I lost it. I couldn’t believe what he was saying. I had to tell my fiancé. He had to know our baby didn’t make it. I had to tell him. I’m trying and trying to get ahold of him. He’s not answering. I call his mom to see if she knows where he is and why he isn’t answering. “Oh he left with [female coworker]. He said she needed help with something. What’s going on, hun?” Fast forward another couple months; my fiancé broke things off with me because I found out I had PCOS and will have a hard time conceiving and I now am thousands of dollars in debt because of my emergency surgery and he “didn’t want that kind of stress” on him. I found out he was literally cheating on me as I was having emergency surgery to save my life. He never was going to help me through anything or even probably stay with me to take care of our baby had I had it. I am still currently $20k in debt. I’ve been working nonstop but have yet to be able to get the money to pay it all off. I need all the help I can get. Anything will help. Love you all, thanks in advance 🖤

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Helping Wynter

Hello. I am not requesting money for myself, but for my niece. My niece’s name is Wynter. She is a beautiful 13 year old that is very intelligent. Unfortunately she is going through a very tough time right now.

About 2 years ago she went through some trauma that has affected her mental health. My father, her grandfather passed away from stomach cancer. He was diagnosed in January and had passed by March. She was so close to her grandpa. Ever since she was little grandpa had watched her when needed, would go visit with her during summer vacation and was always there for anything she needed. This was a tremendous blow. Then a few months later her other grandpa had a stroke. Fortunately he survived this but has many health and mobility issues. This was a lot for an 11 year old kid.

She started having issues with anxiety and depression. She was seen by her doctor and was given a medication to help her with this. She also started counseling which helped. One problem is she is a perfectionist. She is an overachiever at school and needs to have straight A’s, her room has to be perfect and over all she just needs to be perfect.

About 6 months ago she started volleyball for the first time. They did a lot of conditioning for volleyball. She really started to like that part. When she wasn’t at volleyball she was exercising at home every day multiple times a day. She was always a healthy eater but she started just eating salads and fruit. Then is progressed were she wouldn’t use condiments on with her food and she started not eating as much. So with exercising and not eating enough her health was disintegrating. Her parents started bringing her to her primary doctor for help with this. After a few months it just wasn’t helping. So the doctor said that she needs to see an eating disorder doctor.

She was seen the next day. At this appointment her weight was 75 pounds, and her BMI was at 13. It was decided that the best care for her would be residential treatment for anorexia. She was admitted that day. At first the plan was she would be there for 7 to 10 days. The plan is now she needs to be there for 2 or 3 more weeks. This is the best way for her to get the help and tools she will need to beat this disease.

Now for the money part. My brother is a very hard worker and a wonderful dad to Wynter. Her mom also works hard, but she has colitis which causes her to miss work occasionally for infusion treatment. During this treatment time both of them have missed many days of work. My sister in law’s work has been letting her work remotely while she is at the treatment center and she has PTO hours to use. Unfortunately her dads work is much different. If he is not at work he is not getting paid. There are days he needs to be off for appointments with Wynter. He is a very involved father and will do anything for his little girl. Do to this there has been lost income to pay for normal bills. Plus the added expense of treatment costs. Even with insurance the out of pocket cost is quite significant. She will also need out-patient treatment after residential and anything else that is needed.

No matter what she will get the help she needs to get healthy again. It breaks my heart that she is going through this and it is tough on her parents. Anything can help the family with the financial strain that they are going through. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

If you would like to donate the my pal link is: paypalme/helpwynter

 

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Cancer has taken it all for me… Please help!

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to read this! I find myself in a place I never thought I ever would be, asking for help, but I am in desperate need of financial help and I am hoping that you find it in your hearts to help me and my family. So putting aside my pride I am asking to please help me and my family.

I honestly don’t know where to even begin..I am at a loss for words, because the tears are coming down so hard that I just can’t believe I am at this point in my life that it has become this bad. It has taken everything piece of me, my laughter, my smile, my body, my being and I am lost..

Well, here is my story as best as I can tell it at this point.

I  have been struggling with so many medical issues over that last few years but the biggest being Stage IV Melanoma, though first I had stage 2 tumor, then two years later, it came back and came into my lymph nodes in my groin. With all that I was on a full year of chemotherapy. This took everything I had out of me. It was this worst of the worst and I just wanted it all to end, one way or the other. The chemo was $4000 a month and insurance only paid 1/3 of this, on top of hospital bills, doctors, therapy, so on and so forth! On top of all of that, I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, severe depression, chronic pain syndrome, lymphodema in my leg where I can hardly walk, neuropathy and several other issues that have prevented me from returning to work. I have had multiple surgeries over the last few years including a broken ankle and neck surgery. Day after day of doctors, week after week, month after month.. I was always seeing someone for something.

We are over $60,000 in debt due to all of my illnesses, as we have come behind on all of our household bills, loans, credit cards, cell phones, insurance payments, you name it, we owe it. I have such a feeling of guilt over me and feel I have taken everything away from my family because we cannot afford to do anything, have anything anymore because cancer has taken it all away from us. I have no where else to turn and I am asking for help of your donation, whatever that may be, would be so greatly appreciated and would help our family get out life back,

The stress and anxiety that I have over this financial burden that is on me is so overwhelming, I feel like giving up most days. If I could just get some relief, I feel that I would be able to concentrate on my health more and hopefully start feeling better and one day in the future return to work and then I would be able to pay it forward once our family has our life back in order.

I am completely embarrassed to even put this out there for anyone to even know my business, but that is how desperate I am. I have no family or friends to ask that would be in any position to help us and we have no where else to turn. All I can say is please! Please and thank you, I thank you in advance for even reading this, and considering help me. I will be forever grateful for your generosity.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart – Jo

My paypal link is:  paypal.me/melajo04

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Help bring U.S. citizen home! Air ambulance needed!!

Faustino Vargas, 61 years old, was visiting his mother in Mexico to help care for her and their farm when he was brutally beaten and left for dead on the side of the road in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico.

What we know:
On the night of May 12 2019, Faustino was in the small rural town of Ojos de Aguas when he was jumped, dragged, and beaten with a hard object (doctors suggested a bat due to severe skull fractures). His assailants then left Faustino stranded in the dark. When the ambulance finally arrived, he was barely breathing and did not receive any proper medical treatment at the local clinic (it is a very small town with no emergency hospital). He was finally transferred to an emergency hospital in the nearest large city 5 hours later. Faustino was unable to breathe on his own and began to seizure, so the decision was made to induce him into a coma. It has now been over 3 weeks and he is still in critical condition. The doctors say that he still has brain activity, but all we can do is wait due to the physical trauma his brain has endured. There are many speculations as to what exactly happened the night of the incident, but we are currently seeking legal justice against those that were involved.

Faustino Vargas is a father, a husband, a grandfather, a brother, an uncle, and a friend.

Faustino Vargas is a U.S Citizen.

We are currently trying to bring him home to California, but the only way he can travel in his critical state is by air ambulance (i.e. by helicopter). Insurance does not cover these expenses and the air ambulance is requiring us to pay $30,000 USD out of pocket. This is the only way they will transfer him to a hospital in the states where he can receive the proper medical attention that he desperately needs.

What we are asking:
We do not have the sufficient funds to move Faustino on our own, so we ask if you could find it in your hearts to help us bring him home. We need $30,000 USD in order to transport him and any amount will help us tremendously. Thank you.

 

Paypal account:

paypal.me/HelpBringMyUncleHome

 

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Drowning in it

Hey I’m Lin. It says I should tell you the actual story, so here I go.

 

I grew up in a poor family with a heavily abusive mother. I mean, she was abusive to all of us, but she mostly took out her anger on my dad and I. Eventually, my dad left.  After that, she was solely focusing her anger into me. I was already being bullied at school as a young gay kid, so I had nowhere to go and no one to protect me. I started cutting, I would have anxiety and panic attacks. As everyone does, I eventually moved away and moved closer to my dad in Texas. I worked and lived my life.  I tried to give my mother a second chance but that didn’t end well. I officially cut her out of my life October 2018 and I’m not looking back, but the scars are still there. Before that, i had landed a good job and moved in with my best friend in Austin, but I was still miserable and sick all of the time. Things just got worse and worse until February 2019, when I attempted to kill myself. I spent 10 days hospitalized for the attempt and when I got out, I found out my friend wanted to break out new lease and leave. This put us in a decent enough debt already, and I also had to quit my job and move in with my brother. I get calls and emails everyday about a shit ton of different debts I’m in. Im in the negatives in my bank account. I’m past due on credit bills and hospital bills and I’ve yet to be able to find a job. I feel like I’m already dead.

 

to cut it short, I just need help. I don’t know how this sounds to others but I know how it feels and I can’t breathe. Anything that you’re willing to spare would be so deeply appreciated you don’t even know. At one point, I even tried selling fetish porn and I hated myself for it. I just need help.

PayPal.me/lifelikeslemons

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Chronic Pain Hindering Career & Study Goals

Hi everyone, I am really hopeful that this will resonate with others that suffer from chronic pain.

I’m 27 years old and have chronic pain that is getting in the way of my goals. After suffering from hormonal issues my weight ballooned to 308lb, which I thought was the reason for my pain. Since 2016 I have lost 110lb and am sitting around 198lb, which is AMAZING and I am so happy with how hard I have worked to lose it. Unfortunately, even with losing the weight my chronic pain issues are getting worse and not better.

I take 4 different medications every day to ease the pain. One is an anti-depressant, one is an NSAID, one is to stop the possibility of ulcers forming in my stomach and the last is for energy. I have found that a spray originally made to desensitize the male “downstairs” area is the cheapest way to ease neck and back pain with topical anaesthetic as it’s active ingredient. I see a physio every two weeks, I try and walk 5km once a week, do bodyweight exercises once a week and stretch/foam roll every single day.

I really enjoy doing a lot for myself. I have studied graphic design at university and event management through an online college. I have completed both courses. I would like to continue studying, doing short courses on sustainable living and horticulture some day.

I have been working as much as possible through my study to keep on top of normal bills and rent, and without the medical bills I would be able to afford the basics in my life with no issues. These excess costs are overwhelming!! I wish I could say that I’m not in debt over ongoing costs, but I am – and I can’t keep up with repayments and the interest is getting the better of me.

I am trying really hard to be able to do everything I want to do – work and study, pace myself, but still not miss out on living my life. To try and save money and still be social I volunteer with some really cool organisations that plan events for people that like either science or fitness. The 5km I walk once a week is usually at Parkrun (which is a free timed 5km that happens at 8 am on Saturday morning in parks all over the globe!) and that is a bit of a community event so I can be social then too.

I have just started getting more tests done to help find out if there is anything that can be done further or differently, as I don’t want to be stuck on anti-depressants if I’m not depressed. The tests are going to cost a lot of money, and on top of physio appointments and medication, I don’t know how I’m going to afford it all. I just can’t give up yet.

I’m young, I have so much I want to do.

That said, I am stuck in a vicious cycle of not having enough money to do the things I need to do because of medical bills. Sometimes I have to spend more than what I get in my paycheck. My chronic pain is a pain in itself, but my financial situation is holding me back from finding a way forward to achieve the things I want to achieve.

Maybe you can relate. Maybe you had chronic pain when you were younger and understand how much of a financial burden it is. How much of a mental burden it is. How much it would mean if someone that understood and could afford to lend a helping hand, helped in a way that you couldn’t thank them for enough.

Thank you for reading, and I am so grateful for any support you are able to provide.

paypal.me/jesmas

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Medical Costs and the constant No’s I am needing just a little break

Hello My name is Melissa. I started working at the age of 14 and continued until I was 36.  During this time I suffered 2 strokes as a result of a violent strangulation attack from who I though was a friend and within 6 months was back to my call center job. However at 36 I was diagnosed with a rare bone disease called Avascular Necrosis or AVN for short. I am 43 and I am positive in 8 joints for this disease both wrists, knees, hips and ankles and need joints replaced or removed which because of my age and lack of knowledge of the disease doctors are resisting I did manage to get one knee replaced..but it didn’t go so well and i am now disabled. Due to the fact I worked hard for my working life I have to pay 279$ to the state of Missouri for what is called a spend down…that brings me down from my SSDI income to SSI income..however Snap benefits and section 8 still use my original income to calculate benefits so …I don’t get a lot of help from either. I have been struggling through the last few years trying to just keep going..and to be honest I am tired..tired of being in pain that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, tired of going to doctors only to be told yeah no..you have to wait 10 more years though my pain doc says there isn’t more we can do, the appeals to try to get my income adjusted to try to get more benefits..and on top of all of that the only open MRI closed in my town and now where I finally do have a doc to operate at least on my wrists I can get there but the cost to stay the night and food I can’t afford it is 3hrs away and my body cannot handle a 9hr day like that. So what am I asking for..well to be honest..help to make the trip happen for the MRI would be awesome..we have priced that at about 200-250$ depending when I am able to go. But if not even that much every penny I can get that can go toward a bill lets me breathe a little easier..I don’t do anything but eat one hot meal a day and sit on my computer..I have mental illnesses so I don’t go out and really don’t socialize. It would be nice to get a small break from some of the bills so i can get some clothing that fits (I have lost 50lbs in the last 2yrs) or a cane that is covered by medicaid and medicare but no organization will order it because its a rare type and its not in their catalog. I guess all I am asking for is a breather..Each week something new comes up and I fight to get through the best I can for no reason..just that I don’t know anything else TO do. So if my story reaches you I will tell you even .50$ will let me know someone out there read and cared enough to try. Thank you very much for your time and I wish that anyone reading this stays in good health..I would never ever wish this nightmare on anyone.

https://paypal.me/dizzyscorpio

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Major Surgery help

I am a twenty-six year old college graduate, and I am currently living with my incredible fiancée and our two year old little boy. My partner and I both work hard to try and give ourselves and our son an amazing chance and experience in life. This year at the end of October, 2019 I am having major surgery on my chest. For me, this surgery is not optional. However, this surgery is most certainly not affordable in my current situation. This medical procedure could be life saving for me, and certainly life changing for all of the people heavily involved in my life. However, it is not covered by my insurance and I am being given no choice but to come up with the funds out of pocket in order to have access to this surgery.

The total cost for my needed surgery is going to add up to over $10,500 dollars out of pocket. That cost is not counting the travel costs to go halfway across the country to access this surgery, as well as accommodation to stay in town for two weeks, one before and one after my surgery date for observation. We have been trying to figure out if it would be cheaper to drive to the state my surgery is taking place or to take a plane and fly there. There are pros and cons to both options and, as money is tight in this scenario, we plan to travel this most cost effective way we can find as it dawns closer to the day of my surgery.

Aside from the travel in and of itself, my partner and I would be out of state for several weeks. This would involve my fiancée and I both to take off work for the weeks I would need to be out of state, as well as myself taking off work for at least a full month after the surgery is complete. I’m struggling to come up with the money and can’t afford to take out loans or to not get this life saving procedure. I have been working to save as much money towards this surgery as I am able, however I have fallen incredibly short from the mark and need assistance to make this happen and not be denied or left in debt for the rest of my existence.

I work in a school setting, and while I love working with the children and seeing them learn, grow, and turn themselves into amazing people with unique traits and personalities, my wage is simply not enough to cover bills, family life, and medical expenses when needed. I am hopeful that I will be able to get this surgery and spend many loving years with my small family afterwards.

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

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Please Save My Family / updated

Please save my family.

This is new to me, to my family. It’s hard to know where to begin or exactly how this works. In spite of the overwhelming stress and lack of hope I feel, I also have a strong feeling of gratitude. If you are reading this, you must be someone just simply looking to help others. That is extraordinary and your selfless acts will undoubtedly change people’s lives. If nothing else, know that I am grateful for the time you give reading this and for your desire to help those in need. Bless you.

It is the greatest joy in my life to be a husband and a father. Simultaneously, it is also frightening and an enormous weight to carry when true adversity strikes. Two years ago my family and I set out for a life changing new adventure and moved across the country not knowing exactly what would unfold before us. We did not know a single person in our new community but we knew we had found home. My wife and beautiful children immediately felt a sense of peace, belonging and even inspiration with this new start. What a relief. Nothing makes me happier than the smiles and laughter of my family.

Shortly after this move we were inspired to open a new business and put all of our efforts into serving our new community. After months of research and due diligence we found the perfect fit for my skillsets and our primary goal to incorporate service into our professional lives. Life was good and my family was thriving.

In that same timeframe we had more opportunity for advocacy work and volunteering. We have a philanthropic passion to end slavery around the world and I have dedicated every free moment of my life to this cause. I serve as a statewide volunteer leader for one of the largest anti-slavery organizations in the world and it has been the most rewarding work I have ever dreamed of. I wish I could continue spending my life saving the lives of strangers.

This upward trajectory of the amazing life my family was experiencing began to shift dramatically a little over one year ago. My incredible wife began experiencing horrific and unrelenting health issues. Suddenly, she was no longer able to consistently care for our children or completely take care of herself. On the bad days she couldn’t do any of it at all. The bad days far outnumber the good days now.

After more than a year of investigation, doctors’ visits, dozens of “specialists” and any so called remedy suggested we are left with too few answers. We know what some of the issues are but not enough to formulate a plan of attack any doctor can agree on. The only consensus from our local doctors seems to be that this is completely out of their depth. It is now recommended we go to the Mayo Clinic to see their specialists and seek proper treatment. Meanwhile, my wife lives in agony and life unravels around us. My children want to know why mommy is in bed all the time and always in pain. We all want to know.

With me having to spend most of my time taking care of my wife and young children our new business has been crippled. Our bank accounts and all our reserves have been completely depleted. Our family is now in crisis and rapidly losing hope. Our closest friends have selflessly given us what they can so we may eat and keep our electricity on but this is not sustainable. Shockingly, we have found the wealthy people we know too afraid to part with any of their excess to save a family so desperately in need.

I now look to the kindness and generosity of strangers, pleading for help. Above all I want to get my wife the help she needs. I need to work so I can provide for my family. I need to pay off our debt so we aren’t choking on credit card bills, medical bills and completely destroying any future our children might have. I need to pay for the medical care she needs which means going out of state to the Mayo Clinic and our insurance will not pay for a dime. Our health insurance only provides coverage in our state.

We are now $43,000 in debt. We have very little income due to me being a fulltime caregiver. I need to pay someone to help my wife while I work and hopefully salvage our business. I need to raise money to travel to Minnesota for a one week stay at Mayo. I need to raise money to pay for those doctors since I have not help from the insurance we have paid thousands for. My prayer, my hope, my plea is that somehow we can raise $70,000 to make this happen.

I have nothing left. Nowhere to turn. Please help.

paypal.me/chsjh

 

Thank you.

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Helping My Beloved Mom Pay for her Surgery

My name is Chase and I am 19 years old. I am starting this campaign on behalf of my family, more specifically my mother. For the longest time I’ve placed myself at the center of everything, as I struggle with my health and well being which caused me to seek out attention and support instead of earning it righteously. It took some time to get back on my feet, but eventually I did, and I have all of the gratitude in the world for my mother for helping me through my tough times. My mother is the type of woman who will do anything and everything in her power to make everyone around her smile even when her life is in shambles. It breaks my heart to see that my mother is going through a hard time of her own right now, and there doesn’t seem to be much I can do to help out, at least not nearly as much as I’d like to. She quit her job to take care of me when I was sick, and hasn’t been able to find another job since, and now that I’m about to graduate high school she’s going to need me even more around the house. She is very passionate about fitness, exercising every single day and tries to eat right- but after being diagnosed with a throat condition that prevents her from eating the majority of what she used to eat to stay healthy and after suffering yet another leg injury, I am worried that she is going to start to lose herself even more, falling deeper into a depression. My father is the money-maker, and my parents have a rocky history that has over time bled into my life, creating a rift between him and the rest of the family. I’m going to have to go to college soon and start working, which on its own scares me. I care about my mother so much, and I just wish that there was some way that I could prove to her how much I care that goes beyond “I love you”’s and an extra hug at night.

My father does his best to provide for us, but the bills have been piling up and I am beginning to worry that we are in over our heads. I’ve been saving up for a long time, and most of my savings have been directed towards a car of my own, to drive myself to the doctor or to run errands for my mom. I am constantly being told not to stress over the finances of my family, however I am still a member of this family and if there is any chance I can help them, I can rest assured knowing that my concerns haven’t gone unnoticed.
If anyone would be so kind as to donate, the proceeds will go towards helping my family pay bills, sort out medical expenses, and most importantly, help pay for my mother’s leg surgery so that she can get back to her best self before I have to leave for college. I’ve decided to take a gap year to save as much as I can, and this is only a small gesture, but still a gesture, which goes a long way.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I promise you that your generosity will never go unnoticed.
Donate: paypal.me/jayB8

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Family in Financial Crisis…I Never Thought I’d Be Here..Please Help me

Hi, I’m Jacqueline…and I’ll state again, I  never thought I’d be here…asking for money. I’m putting aside all my pride and ego, because I’m so lost at this point, I don’t want to stoop to something I’ll regret later on in life.

I’m a 24 year old girl, well, 25 in 2 weeks…with Major Depressive Disorder Which I’ve dealt with for the past 8 years. Everything started last November…I had a good paying job, I was happy. I then lost my health insurance, because I’m considered “medically frail and disabled” I had always been protected under my state’s health program…they discontinued coverage because of my income being over the limit. Mind you, I was being paid well for my family and I’s lifestyle, which is pretty humble and simple, so $15 an hour was decent for me.

Once I lost my insurance, I lost my ability to see my psychiatrist, and my GI…I also have severe chronic IBS, which needs to be kept under control. I used credit to cover medical costs for the first couple of weeks after losing coverage while I tried my best to regain it. Well…those credit cards soon got maxed. I no longer could afford my medication for anything, or even my appointments. I started getting really sick at work by January, extremely sick. I was in so much pain all the time because of my horrible GI issues, and mentally I was distraught. I started having withdrawal symptoms from not taking my anti-depressants, I started missing work, and the cycle began. I ended up losing my job in march of 2019.

I started struggling further and further..I take care of my mother who is very ill. She has rheumatoid arthritis, and I take care of my younger brother who is also disabled. My mother and I recently got bronchitis somehow, and I’m freaking out because I don’t know where or how to get money anymore. I’ve done the loans, I’ve pawned what I could, but nothing is really helping me ge out of this loan. I’m terrified of losing my home…my credit took a hit..it went from 700 down to under 500 in just the past couple of weeks. So when I saw I’m spiraling, I literally mean it. I’m behind on ALL my payments, including mortgage, car note(I only owe 2k on my little car and cant even make a single payment on it) I need medication mostly for my mother right now, I can hold off for a while, but she’s too delicate in health(yes even more than myself) and I’m afraid for her.

I just started working..literally just yesterday..I have 2 more weeks before I get paid, and I’m not even making as much as I originally was, but I don’t think she can wait for medications any longer.

I’m still working my insurance issues out..(Indiana freaking sucks) I have an appointment today because they need to process me through as a disabled working person..because they ‘forgot’ to do so years ago.

I don’t even care about the rest of my debt with my medical bills…I just want to get my mom to get proper care…she almost died pneumonia when I was 11, I don’t want her to go through that again.

All in all, it’s May 28th 2019, I’m asking for donations of any amount. I can tell you all the debt I’m trying to clear before my house or car get taken…my car being the only ride I have to continue working.. I owe 2100 on my car. my Mortgage is behind $1K, my living bills and medical bills add up to about $11K. I’m not asking for you to donate 11K, I’m only asking for help with whatever is possible…even a $1 helps. I’m so desperate and depressed and I feel useless, I don’t understand why this happened to us at such a horrible time. My Bank account is approx. -$140 ..in RED.

And as I’m typing this my mother just asked me if I could take her to the hospital tomorrow morning if she doesn’t feel better…which I obviously will, but I know she’s worried about the cost it will incur..

 

If you’re reading this, I don’t know if you’re legitimate, if there are any kindhearted people in online that could see this and help, so I’m begging you….please  help me out this crisis. I’ve done everything I can and continue to do so. I just need help with paying bills, I’ll be attaching pictures soon, there are so many bills its ridiculous. I pray this gets to the right person, I hope it touches your heart and if you can’t donate, that’s okay, just share for me please. I’m truly lost at this time, I’ve no other idea what to do.

Thank you for reading through this, it really means the world to me at this moment in my life.

https://paypal.me/solsnow

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Temporary Help Needed

Hello,

My husband and I have always lived paycheck to paycheck and despite that fact, we were always able to pay my bills on time. Recently, my 19 month old daughter came down with an illness that an unvaccinated child brought to her daycare. My daughter is up-to-date on all of her vaccines, yet she still got sick. Because of the unexpected impact of her illness on our finances, we have fallen behind on our bills. We need help catching up otherwise we will continue to be behind. We have health insurance, but there are still amounts we have to pay.

We owe the following amounts:

$2102.83 in combined medical bills for my daughter and I. I had it set up under a payment plan, but they discontinue it once you miss a payment.

130.62 for WE Energies bill.

1040.50 for our mortgage. That amount includes our past due balance of 527.51.

I can provide proof of all of the bills, if needed.

I just need a little help trying to catch up, so I won’t keep falling behind. Any little bit will help.

Thank you,

R.C.S.

https://www.paypal.me/KeniaCS

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Urgent breast surgery

My names Sarah and I never thought I’d be in the position where I am telling my ‘sob story’ and asking for help online but hey here we are.

Basically, I have breast implants, one of them has ruptured and I need to have them replaced as it is slowly poisoning me as it leaks.

Unfortunately I am in no financial position to have this surgery and my family are fighting their own battles medically so I am unable to get any assistance from them.

On Friday I was told that the company I work for are going broke and I have 2 weeks left of employment so have the added pressure of looking for another job so I can continue to pay my rent and bills and try to save for the surgery.

For my surgery I need close to $11,000 and am doing all I can to get it. I am doing side jobs where I can as well as my normal Monday to Friday (while that lasts) and where my health allows it. The leaking is making me quite ill so I have to push myself through to keep the money coming in so I can get the surgery done. It’s bit of a struggle but I just want to get better so am focussed on the solution rather than the problem.

My credit isn’t great and I am unable to get a loan on top of the minimal credit card I already have. This is what happens when you trust a boyfriend (now ex thank goodness) who turns out to be a drug addict, takes all your money, leaves you to default on loans and basically sends you completely broke and starting again at the age of 30.

I’ve never been one to ask for help, I’ve always been the one to give it. I believe if you give out good, good will come back to you. Even though I don’t have a lot I always help those around me where I can.

This is the first time I have asked for assistance from anyone and to be honest it is killing me to do so however if I don’t get the money I am slowly physically dying so it’s bit of a catch 22.

I am single and don’t have that support of a partner to get me through this and I want to be able to live the rest of my life happy and healthy and find that person that is right for me but while I am so sick and working so many hours and basically just trying to survive I can’t find that and get that support.

I don’t want people to feel sorry for me, I am just hoping there are people out there who read this and just want to help someone who is really struggling, who is a regular person, with a regular life. I would be so appreciative to anyone who can help no matter how big or small your donation. Every little bit helps.

To donate to me please use my paypal link below.

https://www.paypal.me/S1985G

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Spinal Surgery Needed!

I should start by saying what a hole I have dug for myself. I have suffered from low back pain since my teens. I have battled my weight in determination to stay healthy and mobile. My worst fear is becoming my mother. I didn’t and don’t want to be disabled in my 20s or now. I am 32 years old and have been diagnosed with a sequestered herniated disc and osteoarthritis. Symptoms include severe left leg pain from irritated nerves. The pain has pretty much been debilitating. I was able to see a spine surgeon and get an MRI done with bill money I had in the bank.

My spine surgeon suggested surgery as my best choice. A herniated disc fragment has migrated down my spinal cord and needs to be removed. Conservative treatment may help temporarily but the continuing pressure on my nerve may cause damage and the result being loss of feeling in my left leg for good.

Surgeon’s cost $3609 plus surgical center and anesthesia. Which may run me another $3000.

I am at my last resort and trying to utilize all options available. I am a surgical technician who’s employer provides the worst insurance available. My reason for staying is my boss. He is amazing. He has been kind even allowing me to work from home so I can keep paying bills. I recently took out another installment loan to help with my medical bills. With all the loans I have taken out I barely have enough to pay for my rent. My bank account is currently at $130. I took out a loan of $1000 to put towards my medical bills. Then after all is said I will be so far behind I will probably have my lights and water turned off.

I am praying that this works. I am begging that I am blessed with a some financial help. I am drowning in bills and pain.

In advanced, THANK YOU! Thank you from the deepest most sincere place in my heart. If you would like to check the validity of my story check out my instagram. Some before and afters explain the reason for my fitness journey. One reason being the health of my spine. @fit_amandarae

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Brother & I Fallen Behind

I would like to thank all of you who take the time to read this. I have never needed to resort to this before, but I am running out places to look for help, and I’m not sure what else to do, so I am humbled to be here and speak to you.

I have fallen behind on a lot of financial responsibilities; keeping up with rent, student loan payments, credit card payments, my car, standard bills, etc. and I need help at this point to stay on track.

I’ll do my best to give you the best short version of the story I can offer, as not to be long winded. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis back in 2016. My twin brother was diagnosed back in 2009. Since my brothers’ diagnosis, he has developed several other medical issues that have left him unable to work, so he lives here with me on disability. I am in much better shape than he is with my UC, and I have been blessed so far to keep my ability to work. Because of this, I bring in the majority of the money between the two of us, so I cover anything I can manage. Our rent is $1,200 per month and we’re also responsible for electric on top; about $200-250 per month, depending on the weather. I pay $800 of the $1,200 in rent, $183.86 per month for a student loan payment on almost $5,000 of remaining debt, just over $500 per month in credit card payments, about $100 per month for my car insurance, groceries, etc.

These past few years have been tight, especially this past year. I started to get sick more frequently. I ended up in the hospital for a month back in September of last year, and was out a lot of pay from not working. I went from being 1/3 diseased “left-sided colitis” to 100% diseased “pancolitis” we found out on that stay at the hospital. My treatment was no longer working, and we decided to look into a new treatment. I started building up credit card debt to keep up after getting out of the hospital. My insurance covered what they could from that stay, but I’m still looking at over $16,000 in medical expenses that I’m responsible for.

Things were really bad for me financially for the rest of 2018, and this year has proven to be the year of the snowball effect. I began a treatment called Remicade for my UC, as I’m no longer responding to previous treatment. I have just begun my full dosage after my “warm up” dosages that started back in January. Although Remicade is about $10,000 per infusion, I only have to pay about $200 after they signed me up to a special financial program. I have continued to build up credit card debt, amounting to just shy of $8,000. I ended up back in the hospital for one week in January, and again for two weeks in March, and I just got back out of the hospital again this past week on the 23rd. I started seeing a rheumatologist for severe pain that I’ve been developing, which looks like something new developing, and the bills keep piling up. I can feel the pressure just rising and rising day by day. Just thinking about how many things there are to take care of is so overwhelming, I just want to curl up in a ball and turn everything off. I can’t get ahead. I went to take out a loan today to consolidate some of the credit card debt and make it easier to pay. I couldn’t even get a loan because my utilization is too high. They offered to look into an option for a secured loan where they would hold my car as collateral, but I drive a 2002 Hyundai, which they weren’t interested in holding as collateral, so I was denied my loan.

My goal is to pay off the credit cards first. Just knocking those out would save me over $500 per month to put towards other debt. I would then take care of my student loan debt, which is about another $200 per month that can be focused elsewhere. Just those alone would provide tremendous relief!

At this point, I am desperate for anything. It doesn’t matter what amount it is. I am grateful for anything anyone can do, and I want to thank you all a million times over for even taking the time to read this. I’ve simply fallen way too far behind, and I can’t bail myself out faster than the water is pouring in at this point. I love my brother, I care about his health more than anything, and I need to continue to support him, and keep our living situation stable. Thank you so much, and all the love in the world to you.

http://paypal.me/fallenbehind

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The First Time asking for me.

Hello, I am an 18 yr. Army Veteran. I got hurt in the military & was not able to walk, nor have full range of body function for 3 yrs. In that time, I gained a lot of weight, not being able to move or exercise. My Fiance left me because I couldn’t have sex. I went into severe depression. So adding to what I was already going through I was in a very bad place in my life. With lots of physical therapy & injections I am back to being able to walk with no pain & do so many things I couldn’t before. I lost a lot of the weight & trying to gain my confidence back, although when I look in the mirror, I dont see the girl that I was. I have much loose skin now & it drapes down my front, it’s hard to feel comfortable & I have other issues that the skin arises like shaft skin & odor due to the over lapping skin. It is hard to fit in my old clothes & I went to the Dr. & he said it’s stretched skin which won’t go back to place, so it has to be cut. Last year I had the money (15G) but my aunt told me they had diagnosed her with Cancer & I flew her to live with me & began taking her to good Dr.’s to do test on her. She started treatment here and Thank God one of the Cancers they found is gone. Before she left the Dr. told me she had a yr to live but I am faithful that she will be here with us for more than that. She is strong & thanks for the treatments & God she is doing well. The year before that, I took care of my sister that fell into kidney failure. This is the reason I have no money in the bank for me. What I had saved when I was able to work was spent on them for their health. My friend was the one that told me to come here. she said “You have gone to countries & helped so many & I watch you be kind to everyone & anyone, you never do anything for yourself, let other’s do something for you for once”. I never do anything for a reward or a trophy. I love being kind. I like to see others be happy & well. I live in a Fixed Military Pension which at mid month Im broke by paying the bills & food. I have an introvert teen that I solely support. I just want to take my life back. I don’t want to keep hiding because my ex Fiance told me that my body was disgusting. I became fat because of my injuries for serving my country. The procedure to cut the drape of skin costs $15,000. $13,000 for the cutting of the loose skin & $2,000 for someone to take care of me & help me to shower & cook for my kid. I have re written this 3 times, because I feel no one will listen. But maybe someone is as kind as me and will understand my situation and will help me.? They say Karma gives you back what you give to others 3 times fold. I will pray you all will hear me & I can cut this hanging drape of loose skin that it’s also a part of those dark day of my life. God Bless you all. Thank you in advance and I am sorry for being forward with this. I really hope someone helps me like I do help others. It will be beautiful to see that there’s so many other’s with a heart like mine. I love helping other’s and I have always paid blessings forward. Please help me look in the mirror and not feel disgusting. It’s not only hanging loose skin, it’s a whole mental & physical challenge.

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Please save my family.

Please save my family.

This is new to me, to my family. It’s hard to know where to begin or exactly how this works. In spite of the overwhelming stress and lack of hope I feel, I also have a strong feeling of gratitude. If you are reading this, you must be someone just simply looking to help others. That is extraordinary and your selfless acts will undoubtedly change people’s lives. If nothing else, know that I am grateful for the time you give reading this and for your desire to help those in need. Bless you.

It is the greatest joy in my life to be a husband and a father. Simultaneously, it is also frightening and an enormous weight to carry when true adversity strikes. Two years ago my family and I set out for a life changing new adventure and moved across the country not knowing exactly what would unfold before us. We did not know a single person in our new community but we knew we had found home. My wife and beautiful children immediately felt a sense of peace, belonging and even inspiration with this new start. What a relief. Nothing makes me happier than the smiles and laughter of my family.

Shortly after this move we were inspired to open a new business and put all of our efforts into serving our new community. After months of research and due diligence we found the perfect fit for my skillsets and our primary goal to incorporate service into our professional lives. Life was good and my family was thriving.

In that same timeframe we had more opportunity for advocacy work and volunteering. We have a philanthropic passion to end slavery around the world and I have dedicated every free moment of my life to this cause. I serve as a statewide volunteer leader for one of the largest anti-slavery organizations in the world and it has been the most rewarding work I have ever dreamed of. I wish I could continue spending my life saving the lives of strangers.

This upward trajectory of the amazing life my family was experiencing began to shift dramatically a little over one year ago. My incredible wife began experiencing horrific and unrelenting health issues. Suddenly, she was no longer able to consistently care for our children or completely take care of herself. On the bad days she couldn’t do any of it at all. The bad days far outnumber the good days now.

After more than a year of investigation, doctors’ visits, dozens of “specialists” and any so called remedy suggested we are left with too few answers. We know what some of the issues are but not enough to formulate a plan of attack any doctor can agree on. The only consensus from our local doctors seems to be that this is completely out of their depth. It is now recommended we go to the Mayo Clinic to see their specialists and seek proper treatment. Meanwhile, my wife lives in agony and life unravels around us. My children want to know why mommy is in bed all the time and always in pain. We all want to know.

With me having to spend most of my time taking care of my wife and young children our new business has been crippled. Our bank accounts and all our reserves have been completely depleted. Our family is now in crisis and rapidly losing hope. Our closest friends have selflessly given us what they can so we may eat and keep our electricity on but this is not sustainable. Shockingly, we have found the wealthy people we know too afraid to part with any of their excess to save a family so desperately in need.

I now look to the kindness and generosity of strangers, pleading for help. Above all I want to get my wife the help she needs. I need to work so I can provide for my family. I need to pay off our debt so we aren’t choking on credit card bills, medical bills and completely destroying any future our children might have. I need to pay for the medical care she needs which means going out of state to the Mayo Clinic and our insurance will not pay for a dime. Our health insurance only provides coverage in our state.

We are now $43,000 in debt. We have very little income due to me being a fulltime caregiver. I need to pay someone to help my wife while I work and hopefully salvage our business. I need to raise money to travel to Minnesota for a one week stay at Mayo. I need to raise money to pay for those doctors since I have not help from the insurance we have paid thousands for. My prayer, my hope, my plea is that somehow we can raise $70,000 to make this happen.

 

I have nothing left. Nowhere to turn. Please help.

 

Thank you.

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Couple Could Use Your Help

Hi there. My name is Rick. I’m sharing the following in hopes that someone will feel touched/lead to help my wife Sandra and I. Back in 2013 I was working as a caregiver, when I starting experiencing pain in one of my knees. I found out through a series of checkups that I had arthritis in that knee. It wasn’t too much longer in time that I developed arthritis in the other knee. It ended my work career, and I was out of work for one year. Lots of phone calls to work out payments with creditors. My wife was working at that time, thankfully, so we kept up on bills as best we could. I did get disability after some time, and we tried to get caught up on things. Sandra fully retired in June of 2018. So, we come forward to 2018. In December my wife took a fall, within our home, and hit her head into a wall, very hard. I had to have her taken to a local hospital by ambulance. She was then transported to another hospital, to handle her situation. She fractured 2 vertebrae in her neck, and 3 in her upper back. They tried to have bones heal with a long neck/back brace on her for about 4 months. They then did x-rays and found that healing had not happened. 4/26/19 they did the first of 2 major surgeries on her neck, and the 2nd surgery was done on 4/30/19. She was in this hospital for 7 days, then came home. I am the primary caregiver at home, as I was for that 1rst 4 month period. The result so far is that we are paying on 2 different hospital bills, and on an ambulance bill. We have not gotten a total hospital bill, as to her 7-day stay, so that will bring about one more payment. We are trying to keep things paid up but could use some help. I’m also trying to catch up on some credit card balances, as I was out of work for about one year, after I had arthritis, before getting disability. If you can help us, I would greatly appreciate it, and it would be a big blessing to Sandra and I. Thanks in advance.

www.paypal.me/beblessed2

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Suicide Hospital Bill

Last month, I tried to take my own life due to depression, this being my first and only attempt. Thankfully, I was taken to the hospital and I survived. However, with the cost of the emergency room, hospital, ambulance, and psychiatric hospital bills all piling up and my parents being too poor to pay it, they told me I had to pay it. I agree with that because I made the attempt, but after taxes I only get paid $9.06 per hour, and with other expenses like toiletries and vitamins and medication, it’s a slow process. The payment dates are coming up soon! I need 317.79 by June 7th, and 1,298.48 by June 19th and I know I won’t be able to pay it off in time. Please help me. Please! I put a picture of the costs from the medical website. Please, help me out.

http://paypal.me/kayla21222

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Credit Card/Medical Bill Help

Hello,

My name is Austin, and last year my wife and I had an incredible opportunity to introduce a beautiful little girl into this world, Lyla. During my wife’s labor, we ran into some difficulties which led into an emergency C-Section. Luckily, my wife recovered well, and our little girl is completely healthy. Fortunately, we have health insurance that paid some of the bill, however with the difficulties added in the labor, and having to remain in the hospital for 4 days after, the medical bill still had to get paid by us, so we placed it on our credit card. What I didn’t realize was how high the APR was and so the interest fees balance out our minimum payments. Right now, I’ve sought to sell some things I no longer use to help pay it off, because this is our last thing before we’re debt free. This being said, we still have a remaining balance of about $5,100 on the card left. Some of this money has been utilized to purchase groceries and gas, but most of it . I figured I’d post this to humbly ask for helm in paying this last balance off in order for my wife and I to finally begin saving money again. Thank you so much for your consideration.

https://www.paypal.me/raurky

 

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The Name of Father Is Another Name For Love

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for taking the time to read this personal request.

My father is average man with 4 children who strives hard, never shy away from responsibilities, determined to give University education to every one of his children which he has successfully accomplished.
Everyone of his children has good careers and unfortunately, he now has stroke and has had mini strokes and a major one which he requires intensive medical attention abroad. Doctors have advised to take him abroad for immediate medical care.
With the problem at hand, none of the children except me (the only girl), are pulling their weight, or willing to help with finances. It now clear they do not want to participate and the burden is just on me.
In order to raise funds, I have sold some personal belongings here and there and I have been able to raise about £6000 and now requires about £31,000 and I just hope someone can help.
It is very unlike me to reach out externally for any kind of help. However, the present circumstances seemed insurmountable. Hence my appeal to those that can help to show compassion as I am at my wits end at this present time. Its my utmost desire and wish to give back the respect and all the love my dad deserves. I hope I can find someone who can help me give him this love he so much needs now.

I am willing to pay back whatever it takes if you leave your details via the same platform as long as the contributors leave their details via the platform.

I have created the following “Paypal Me” account for all donations –

paypal.me/estherajei

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Hospitalized while Volunteering Overseas – Medical Expenses – Please Help

I need to ask for help, I’ve gotten myself into a situation I thought I had planned for, and I’ve ended up in a lot of trouble and debt. My medical bills here in Thailand are already over $46,755.00 USD and I haven’t been discharged yet. I also have bills from back home in the US, although they are much less and I can get a job and pay those off when I am healed and allowed to go home.

Honestly, I planned for this volunteer trip responsibly and for a long time. I worked through University, applied and received some academic scholarships, graduated with very little debt, then worked two jobs until I paid off my student loans and saved up to go on this volunteer trip. I don’t have savings or anything after paying off my student loans and for this volunteer placement. Before arriving in Thailand to volunteer at an orphanage school, I took all the recommended vaccines, I checked in with the embassy, and I bought medical insurance which was required by the contract to volunteer. I mention this so that you can see I had planned to be personally responsible for myself and not be a burden or reckless.

So why do I have medical bills?

The insurance company will not honor their policy, they say for two reasons. They claim I was involved in a dangerous activity, as the motorbike operator who caused the accident falsely claimed I was driving the motorbike and not on the bus which is untrue. He gets a new motorbike out of doing so. My personal bag and passport could not be found at the scene of the accident and I was knocked unconscious, so I could not identify myself to the first responders. The insurance company was not notified within 48 hours, and I was unconscious longer than that, during which time medical treatments were carried out without their approval or knowledge, and that negated the policy.

Incident: That morning I was on a songthaew, and open air type of bus, on the way to the orphanage school to volunteer as an English teacher, when a motorbike ran into the back of the bus I was on. I was standing at the back with other adults so children could sit. I was thrown off the back and apparently into the motorbike, however I was knocked unconscious and I woke up in hospital.

The owner of the motorbike said I had rented his bike, and placed a claim with the police department. He took my passport from the accident scene, claiming I gave it to him when I ‘rented’ this bike. The logic here is missing – I don’t know how to ride a motorbike, I was going to teach a scheduled class so I couldn’t have used the bike that day to go anywhere even if I knew how to ride it! My personal bag with passport and wallet was ‘missing’ from the accident scene, so at first the hospital didn’t know who I was. The motorbike owner is claiming in his police report I owe him for the motorbike to the tune of 29,000 baht (about $900USD) and because I did not get the contacts from others on the bus for their account of the accident or photos from the scene as I was unconscious, I can not back up my side of events.

I don’t yet have the final bill for the hospital as I am still here, the English speaking nurse showed me the bill in Baht and did the conversion which was almost $47,000USD on Monday. I started to cry.

This was supposed to be a lovely way to give back some of my talents and teach children who didn’t have much, as I didn’t either growing up and education really gave me opportunity and community. Being at the school was amazing for me, but this accident has turned into a nightmare.

I am including a photo of me and my students, as well as a shot of some of my injuries healing and the type of songthaew (bus) I fell from. The doctors had to shave some of my hair off because of the head injury, so I’m a bit emotional about a selfie right now.

I will update this with a selfie and the final medical bill when I get it.

If you can help at all, all I can say is I would be humbly very, very grateful. Thank-you and many blessings.

http://www.paypal.me/erikakristann

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Need Help Paying Materinity Bills

My wife gave birth to our first child recently & because of an issue with her employer, her health insurance ended without her knowledge just days prior to giving birth. The hospital recognizes that she did nothing wrong, but after pleading her case for her, the insurance company still declined to pay. They were able to find us help but it still left us with about $5,000 to pay. They have given us an extension & I managed to make about $1,500 selling things. Things I loved, some irreplaceable family heirlooms, but my family comes first. Our savings has been virtually non-existent since we found out a baby was coming & right now it’s just my salary, the bulk of which is going to rent & utilities. About the only way we could save from my pay is by cutting out groceries. We’re just about $3,500 short of getting rid of this nightmare debt.

Getting this bill off our backs would be a great relief & it’s getting harder to hear her crying every now & then because she thinks it is her fault that this happened & that if she went back to work before she’s ready everything would be okay. She’s not ready & honestly paying for childcare for a newborn would create another mess, & I can’t take her away from our baby when they both need each other so much. I’d attach a more personal photo but my wife doesn’t know I’m doing this & I am trying to keep things as anonymous as possible, knowing this will probably hurt my chances here. I know a lot of people need help & I don’t profess that we’re any more deserving of generosity than others. If you can help, please do. Thank you.

 

https://paypal.me/ryankf27?locale.x=en_US

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Final Transition Surgery!

My name is Aydian. I’m doing this to ask for help because I’ve ran out of options. If you can’t tell by the title i am female to male Transgender. I have been my whole life which hasn’t been easy as I am the middle child of 5 and not accepted by a lot of my family. I’ve been on my own since for years now. The most supportive person in my family was my mom. But financially she couldn’t even support herself. I helped pay her bills since 2008 when I was still in school. My mom opened bills in my name and since then they have been been put into collections leaving me living paycheck to paycheck go negative in my bank account every two weeks just to pay these payments. Since then she has passed away at 43 years old on 1/15/2019 leaving me with all this debt. And I live with my disabled non verbal autistic brother that takes most of my money each paycheck from his medical expenses. I’ve been on hormones for 3 years almost that I’ve been able to pay for because that’s the cheapest part of my transition. I’ve had my top surgery that I’m currently doing payments for on a credit card out of pocket. I’ve tried insurance,credit cards,everything to try and find a way to get the money for my final surgery but it’s to much money for insurance or a credit card. The surgery is $120,000 dollars. Since insurance won’t cover any of it. The surgery is called Phalloplasty. I’ve had an appointment with the surgeon that will be doing it but even he said he only had a couple people have insurance coverage for it. My insurance is through my work which I’ve even tried to ask them to cover it but they denied it. I work 160+ hours every two weeks as a provider for special needs individuals. I work 7 days a week and that does help at all I’m stressed to the point I cry and scream because I see myself as a failure I would never ask for help if I wasn’t needed but so I can finally feel happy in my life and pay for my brothers medical bills I need to get mince covered first

I will be forever grateful of anything.

Thank you to anyone that will help!!!

 

PayPal.me/AydianCost

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Desperate but hoping

My story isn’t the most moving, but I’m running out of options. I can only hope that even a few of those reading this may be willing to help.

I have been struggling with bipolar 2, anxiety and panic disorder, and PTSD for a long time, though diagnosed officially 6 years ago. I’ve been through various programs, to various psychiatric facilities, see a therapist every week, and a psychiatrist every few months.

I am working hard on being able to manage it, and to be able to function as well as anyone else. Unfortunately, I have had 15 jobs over the course of the last 6 years because when the episodes hit me, I’m unable to handle it, and lose the job. I’m really close to my music therapy degree, but have had to drop college more than once for the same reason.

Debt and bills are piling up. If I can pay off all the debt, and get my bills under control, that would be a wonderful relief. Medical bills, college loans, rent, utilities, etc.

There’s a mental health program that keeps patients there for a month or two that I believe could be extremely beneficial. They assist in everything from counseling, medication, and cbt/dbt classes to being there to help you learn how to better manage the symptoms and illness within work and school environments with the goal of helping you become a functional member of society. This program does not take insurance, however. It’s private pay and costs $49,000 a month.

I’ve tried a lot. All I want to do is get better, find ways to manage it all that’ll work, and be a functioning person. School can come after things are in order, and then I’ll be able to help others. Between the debt and the program, I’d need between $60,000 and $100,000. But to be honest, right now, I’ll take any help I can get.

The picture is of a screenshot from the website for the cost. I can provide pictures of the bills and debts as well if needed.

I’m sorry for the trouble. Thank you, even for just reading this far.

I hope you have a great day.

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I’m terrified, please help me

My name is Kylie. I’m an eighteen-year-old college student raised in an extremely Christian household with a conservative family. I’m sexually active and I recently found out that I’m pregnant, even though I always use protection. I’m so insanely scared. I’m already struggling to provide myself with student loans and car payments and insurance and food and my job barely pays minimum wage. My medical insurance doesn’t cover abortions. There is absolutely no way I can support a child, and I know if I go to my family for help, they will force me to keep the baby while not offering me any backing. I can’t do this on my own. It will destroy my future.

I know this is asking for a lot, but I’m desperate. I don’t want my life to be ruined by one mistake, and I’m scared my parents will disown me if they find out I’m pregnant. Since my school year is almost over, that means I won’t have anywhere to live in the summer. I can’t end up pregnant at a women’s shelter. I don’t have any friends nearby where I go to school, and I’ve lost all of my high school friends to stay with. I’m so scared. I don’t know what to do. I can’t tell the father. He’s not well off either and I don’t want to put any pressure on him and I don’t want him to try to convince me to keep it or try to marry me because it’s the ‘right thing’.

I’m so scared that this will be the end of any life I had planned, the end of both of our lives. I’m studying to become a nurse and I’m almost done with my first year. I’m about eight weeks pregnant now and I’m trying really hard to afford the pill, but it feels like my paycheck is gone before I even see it. Please help me, if you can. I don’t know what to do. At my nearest clinic in Texas, an EMA costs almost $700. I don’t have much time before I can’t get an abortion at all in my state. It’s illegal at twenty weeks, and at sixteen, it has to be at a hospital and will cost thousands of dollars. It feels like my life is falling apart. I’m so scared. Please help me.

My paypal is paypal.me/flamehead7

Thank you so much for your kindness. You’re saving my life.

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Help Maria Beat Brain Cancer

PLEASE DONATE NOW!!!

Maria Johnson started life as an ordinary child up until her teens when all of a sudden her life changed for the worst and she developed a large Tuma in her head and neck.
She went through sevearal major surgeries to remove the cancer and had nerves taken from other areas of her body to replace feeling in her neck and cheek leaving her severly scarred for life down one side of her body. Even with all this going on she fought through it all and had been cleared of the cancer untill she recently hit 50yrs old.
Maria kept getting dizzy spells and repeatidly went to her GP to complain about them. He was not much help and diagnosed her ear canal from her previous surgery was very narrow and caused a build up of wax that was causing the problem. She had several appointments cancled by nurses saying there was nothing in her ear, untill Maria argued the pain was getting unbearable and to do something, when they finaly did they clearded the wax giving Maria some form of releif.
However the dizzy spells remained and finally she was sent to St georges hospital to have a CT scan, this was when she got the news the dreaded tumer was back and in exactly the same place as before. Since this news she has been back and forth to the Marsden and St Georges Hospital for disscussions on the next form of action which has taken over six months for them to act. Maria has slowly become more and more fatigued.
She has been told the Tumer cannot be removed this time as its in a very dodgy place near her brain which would be too risky to opperate. So instead they have suggested chemo and medication to deal with treating only the symptoms of the cancer. This means Maria will have to live with this for the rest of her life growing slowly inside her head.
In the meantime she has a daughter aged 8 who passed out in hospital this week due to worry and not eating right because she is so worried about her mums illness. And now Maria has to give up work and can no longer collect or take her child to school as the journey is too much for her. The bills are mounting up with hospital visits – parking – rent and its all getting too much to cope with even with the small amount of benefits and grants available.
She needs this help now!!
This money can do one thing for her which is take away the financial worry and stress so she can concentrait on getting through Chemo and getting better for her daughter.
Please Help Maria by making a small donation NOW!!!! It doesn’t have to be a lot as it all adds up. Thank you.38706858_1556098397991630_r.jpg

 

Donations can be made here:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/profile

Or here:

https://www.gofundme.com/support-maria-johnson-with-cancer&rcid=r01-155613638449-fb5317a343b74a41&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

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Unexpected medical bills

Hi, I appreciate any help I can get! I am a recently divorced mom of 2. I work full Time and am pursuing my bachelors degree. I was hospitalized with what ended up being a food borne illness from contaminated lettuce. I spent 4 days in the hospital resulting in a bill over over 20,000. After insurance I still have a debt of over 6,000. I am asking for help
To pay down my debt to avoid garnishments to my paycheck.
I am also working nights for a family member to generate more income. Any help is so appreciated and I will pay it forward when I am in a position to
Do so.

paypal.me/KristenMinix

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Lost Everything, Please help save us

Dear everyone who is reading this. Please help me. I am in a situation where I have to ask anyone out there for help and that is how desperate I am.

Here’s my story, a year of hardship

A year ago my mother was admitted to the hospital due to a severe asthma attack followed by a cardiac arrest. This was an unexpected medical emergency. It was so bad that she has to end up In hospital for over two months going on three. She wasn’t a citizen or resident in Australia, so her bills were in huge amount. This where our bills started stacking up, and we cannot keep up.

I had to put my life on hold on paused to perform as a caregiver for her in which all my bills were overdue and went to debt collections. I need help for both our bills to be paid.

This was the hardest decision I have to make in my whole entire life was Choosing my life or my mothers. It took me nights and days to think of what’s the right thing to do, and it came down to choosing her. No one will ever know or understand the struggle was real at the time and up to now and how it was like for us. However, the only thing I know is to choose what’s most important and that’s life. Being a caregiver and not earning any money was hard but I did it because of love, care and respect.

Today my mother is getting better and that is a massive achievement Therefore I am now looking for job but still no luck. The debt collectors are after me now to make payments asap, or it will go to illegal activity in the next few weeks if I don’t pay something and I don’t want this to happen. This is why I am writing this and seeking help. The little change you give it will help change and save us.

My mother’s bills is between $300,000 – $250,000 all for her medical bills at two hospitals.

My bills is between $30,000 – $20,000 for bank, phone, medical bills at hospital and money owes to government.

PayPal.Me/konehw

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Scammed Instead of Loan for Medical Bills

Hello, I appreciate you reading this. My name is Caitlynne, I’m 23, and I am struggling right now. Over the past year and a half, I got $7850 in medical bills after a bunch of gastrointestinal issues where I was not keeping down any food and had to be hospitalized for malnourishment. I also have complex PTSD from childhood abuse which, with all the medical issues, came back in full force and I had to be hospitalized a second time due to suicidal thoughts.

To make matters worse, when I applied for a $5000 loan, I was scammed. I did my research and the company looked reputable, but I was being contacted by someone pretending to be them. They asked for a few google play gift cards after doing a “Credit boost” even though I have decent credit and their deposit ended up not going through and so I was out $1,000. The person then took almost $3,500 of my personal money out of my checking account, making me so broke I’ve barely been eating. I work as a medical transcriptionist but am not able to make enough to pay my medical bills and living expenses. I absolutely hate to be asking for money but I’m at a loss on what to do. I don’t want to apply for another loan and my parents are out of the picture. I so appreciate anything you’re able to contribute and will be sure to pay it forward once I have found my footing again.

paypal.me/caitle95

 

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Grandma really needs help

About 2 months my sweet loving cookie baking, feeding the birds and stoking up a strong cigarette smell grandma was now diagnosed with Stage 3 Lung Cancer. She is now 80 years old and has a long road of chemo and radiation coming. The MRIs crowd her days with constant tests, every morning She would get a good dose of chemo for about 15-20mins. She is depressed and really needs a positive look on life and to realize not everyone is bad. That people can come together. I could really use this money to take her out. To buy her high protein food, new wigs, to get her nails done, to pay her medical bills and utility bills for the next few years. It would really mean the world to me to help her and to make sure she was no longer under stress, that she was relaxed and free to do what she pleases without worrying that her SSI check was going to be the only way she would be able to get food. If I was able to cover the cost, she could finally save up for herself. She would be able to have that weight fall off her shoulders. I would take her on trips, buy her anything she wanted. I would just want to see her smile when I hand her the money, to see her cry and know she wont lose the house to property taxes or have the electric turned off. She is so caring and has always been there for everyone, I think now its time to give back to her and to show her, it’s going to be alright. My grandma is the most important person in my life, if I could do this for her. It would complete me. I just want enough to make her comfortable and be able to cover the cost of her bills just long enough.. for her to pass. To make her old painful age sweet. I want to give her the dream my grandma wanted to give to her before she passed on, to show her that there is still faith in this world and to comfort her and let her know that when she leaves this world, her family will be taken care of and to carry on her name. To show her that grandpa is waiting for her on the other side of that white light. She is my world. Please help me make this a reality.

Goal: 300/2,500$ needed to help her so much, any amount helps please.

https://www.paypal.me/annameye

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I do not know what to do!!

Hello my name is Micaela and this is my first time asking for help. I am in debt and I really do need some help.

It started about four years ago when my mother passed away when I was 27 and it was a really hard time. After that I have been getting bad anxiety and even going beyond and having depression so bad that I was hospitalized for a couple of days and even thinking about suicide. Luckily I have been getting great help from my family and friends and I do not have those tendencies. Now with going to doctors, medication, hospital stay, loans I have put my debt up to $20,000. Now I wouldn’t mind paying this bill little by little, I do have a job but right now, I do not have the resources to pay my bills, rent, groceries, gas, car payment at the same time. I am going to be 31 years old soon and I live with my sister, brother-in, her two children and my father. I have never lived in my own before and with this debt, I cannot even think about living on my own for a very long time.

I do not want to be a burden to my family and I have already asked for what I need and I do not want my sister to spend what little money she has on me and instead give it to her family and our aging father.

Like I said, I have never asked for money from anyone because I am not a begging person but I am pleading to you to help me out. I know I need a lot of money but right now with bills being due soon, I will take anything.

If you decide not to donate, I completely understand. There are others who are in more dire need than me. All I ask for you to read my post and see if you can help in any way or form. Thank You.

paypal.me/MicaelaGamez

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Donations for Alternative Medical Treatments- Verified Documents

My name is Andrea, will not provide last name until I trust this site a little more. I’m 27 years old, I’m a full-time college student, and I cannot work until my chronic pain diminishes or decreases. I would have dropped out by now but the measly amount of financial aid I receive is enough to pay my bills and see a few doctors. My story has been documented by the online newspaper, MotherJones. I’ll retell my story here and provide the link to my verified story.

In October 2016, I was injured badly through the Amazon warehouse. I have multiple disc herniations, carpal tunnel in both wrists, and TMJ. Over time, these injuries have caused me fibromyalgia and I now have chronic pain and inflammation from morning to night. I wound up receiving a small settlement from Amazon which I used to fund a chiropractor, a physical therapist, a massage therapist, and a natural medicine doctor who practices acupuncture, herbal treatments, and something called Chuna and Acumata. After 7 months of treatments, my settlement is now done. these treatments have been working very slowly. I’m still in constant pain and need to continue treatments for at least another 3 months. I have calculated what the total would cost and it would be at least $4,610. The most important doctors are the natural medicine doctor and the chiropractor. Everything else can wait. In total, the cost is $5610 .

Natural Medicine Doctor – Deal of $2,950.

Acumata – $82.99 – 28 sessions (3 sessions a week). Promotes blood circulation within organs.

Chuna – $45.99 – 10 sessions (2 sessions a week). Stretches muscles and tissues and promotes strengthening.

Herbal Treatment – $400 (30 days worth). Promotes healthy gut and digestion.

TMJ Chriopractor Total – $1,190 – 2x a week for 7 visits

TMJ specialist/Chiropractor – $85 a session (2x a week) –  Adjusts my neck and stretches my jaw muscles and tongue muscles.

Massage Therapy – $280 monthly

Massage Therapy – $70 a session  (1x a week) = $280. – a months worth.

TMJ Dentist – No more than $470 total.

TMJ Dentist – $170 a visit – $300 for the appliance. I only need to see him once or twice for an appliance.

Physical Therapist – $720 total – $80 a session 3x a week for 4 weeks.

**This is not as important as the rest. I can’t rebuild my muscles until everything else is healed.

My Chiropractor – http://www.drgerardo.com/services/chiropractic/

My story is here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/amazon-workers-compensation-amcare-clinic-warehouse/

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Please help me with funding my Pectus Excavatum Operation

I have a chest condition known as Pectus Excavatum (sunken sternum) which I noticed I developed in my teens. Having this condition affects my confidence knowing my chest is not as it should be, so called friends make fun out it if they see it, I’m not confident taking my shirt off around other people because of it and it probably does affect my cardiovascular system from having less space around my heart & lungs although I haven’t had testing to confirm this.

Living in England, UK I was offered an operation called the NUSS procedure on the NHS, which is where a curved metal rod is inserted through one side of the ribs/chest and out through the other side, underneath the sunken part of the sternum pushing/holding it upwards into a normal developed shape. This bar is then left in on average of 3 years in hope that the chest will then mould into the flat shape.

Out of fear from my thorough research of reading into it I declined having the NUSS procedure. It is a very painful operation, and devastatingly there are cases where the bar moves out of place in those 3 years and causes damage to the lungs, nerves and heart. Some people have even had the bar taken out at the end of the 3 years or so’ of having the bar in and the chest goes back to the way it was in the first place!

I obviously didn’t want to have the risk of those things happening to me so I’ve just continued to put up with it. Anyway now to get to what I am asking help with financially.

There is another operation/procedure which fixes Pectus Excavatum called Pectus Up/Taulinoplastia, which isn’t available in England, UK it’s only in Spain. This procedure is far better than the NUSS, because instead of using a bar which goes underneath the sternum sitting above the lungs & heart, it uses a metal plate which goes on top of the sternum and the sternum is pulled up and tightened into position, so there’s no risk of damage to the internal organs like the NUSS does. Like the bar, the plate could be removed after 3 years but it can also be left in forever, in which case theres no need to be worried about the chest going back to the way it was, if the chest hadn’t solidified into the shape by the time the plate was taken out. The pain & recovery time is much less than the NUSS, but as it’s not available on the NHS. It is only available on the private health care system.

I’ve been quoted it would cost around £13,000 if done by Dr. Laureano Mollins in Teknon Barcelona. I don’t have this sort of money and probably never will do by myself. So although it may be a hell of a long shot asking for help with thousands of pounds, I’m aware there are people out there who have so much money they wouldn’t even notice much of difference in their bank account if they donated thousands of pounds. Which is what I’m hoping for could be the case with me.

What I can say is I believe my life would truly change for the better if I were able to get this Pectus Up procedure done and would just love it if my Pectus Excavatum were a thing of the past. I want to be confident in my self/body and really hope that there is someone out there that could take this burden off me once and for all.

Faithfully
Willow
paypal.me/WillowArran

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Recovery. Please help.

This is a painfully honest post… but.. I’m willing to try any option that I have. ( ethically ).

A couple years ago, while being a supervisor at one job during the week, and bartender on the weekends for another, I began to make more extreme choices in my life. At least, more frequently. I’ve always been a bit more of a “risk” than my friends.

I ended up becoming addicted to gambling. After creating myself a hole, I finally quit. I haven’t gambles in 2 years now.

I have a good paying job at the moment at $25 an hour  honestly… things have slightly gotten better, but, with bad credit and high interest rates from credit cards during my darkest times, I just can’t seem to recover

A couple months ago, I considered suicide  however l, do to my best friend, as well as having a BS in therapy, I decided to check into a mental hospital. It was a positive experience, one that seems to have changed and even saved my life. But even that came at a cost of a $3000 bill after insurance, not to mention my already existing debt.

There, I found out that I’ve actually been living a bipolar life without medication for 27 years. I am now adjusting to the medications, making clearer and better decisions, and really trying to recover from the times that pulled me down financially and mentally.

Im not saying I deserve anyone’s help, but I am begging. This suffocating feeling of not being able to clear up a couple things in my past to allow me a brighter future has been a true depression pit of my life.

My goal is $5000, however, ever dollar counts  even 1 dollar.

 

If anyone one who sees this is willing to help someone making an effort to recover, even if not deserving, I would greatly appreciate it beyond what I can describe

 

if you have taken the time to read this, thank you

 

i added a picture of my face, so that you can have a face for the person begging you.  Again, thank you for your time

 

my paypal link is

paypal.me/J9A9Y9