Hi, thank you for reading my message! In September of 2018, I went to my local ER because I was severely dehydrated and had been vomiting for several days.  I felt like a boulder was sitting in the middle of my chest. All ten of my fingers were also completely numb. I knew the numbness was due to an electrolyte imbalance because I had experienced this many times over the past 8 years. It always required IV Potassium and/or Magnesium. Potassium and Magnesium are essential to heart function. I told the medical student all of my symptoms and told him about the numbness in my fingers and that I knew that meant my electrolytes were extremely and dangerously low. When he seemed to dismiss the fact that I might know something he didn’t, I told him to check my medical records because I had been treated for that very issue three times in the past year in this hospital. He left the room and came back approximately 15 minutes later with a syringe fułl of medication and said he was giving me something for nausea. This is the last thing I remember. The next three hours have only been told to me by a friend in the room and Doctors who helped save my life. Within seconds of being injected directly into my IV, I said I felt like I was about to pass out a few seconds later I went into complete respiratory and cardiac arrest. The gentleman I was dating at the time was holding my hand when this occurred. After CPR and defibrillation they were able to revive me. I awoke in a procedure room  unfamiliar to me and I was paralyzed, unable to move or talk. No one was attending to me although I could hear people all around me. I was petrified! I had NEVER been more scared and all I could do was pray for Gods help and comfort. It was shear horror! I had no idea what was going on and no one even noticed I was awake. Finally, some one came, I could not see them because I could not turn or raise my head. They evidently put me back to sleep. I woke up at 4 am the next day tied to a bed with an intubation tube down my throat. Again, I’m unable to speak or move. I could see my nurse through a window, but she was busy socializing and wasn’t paying attention to me. Again, I’m confused and now in complete horror! However, I’m extremely strong willed and determined. After about an hour, I was able to free my right hand. I could not find a call button anywhere so I did the only thing I could to get someone’s attention! I ranked that tube right out of my throat! Alarms went off everywhere and finally after more than 15 hours I was going to find out what happened to me. WRONG! No one would tell me anything, no one would call my mother, my children or the gentlemen who I was dating. I begged, pleaded and cried. They refused and tied me back down. It wasn’t until 7 am that someone finally tod me part of what happened, that I had one into cardiac arrest and had a cardiac catheter procedure and that the needle was still in my leg and that is why I was tied down. A few hours later, a Cardiologist came to see me. He explained that he had done the cardiac catheter procedure and the good news was that my arteries were beautiful. He had found no cardiac issues and that the cardiac arrest was a result of the medication administered to me by the medical student without checking my electrolytes! My Magnesium was dangerously low and that combined with the medication stopped my heart! He went on to tell me the bad news, I now had cardiac myopathy due to the arrest and my heart was only functioning at 20%. I spent several days in the intensive care unit, then step down and finally a regular acute care room. It’s now almost a year later and I still take a handful of medications everyday and many of which have horrible side effects. The medication I take for arrhythmia causes vision loss and my vision has deteriorated significantly since starting it. I’ve managed to finally get cleared to go back to work and found a job which starts the last week of August and will pay enough for me to afford a small studio apartment. I was forced to give up the apartment I had because I was unable to work all these months. I managed to slowly make my way to a late city where I can get the proper care for my heart. I’ve been hospitalized more than a few times since and my bills just keep growing. I’ve spoken to patient advocates, hospital administrators and attorneys. I’ve gotten zero help from the hospital even though they ultimately caused the problem and now they want to profit from it. This hospital is in a small town in South Alabama and it took me 8 months to even find an attorney who would help me who wasn’t part of the “good ole boys” network. He assures me he can help, but these things take time. Luckily, my car was paid for at the time so I at least have that for now. I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve slepted in it more than a few times. Unfortunately, I had to borrow money against it to survive and pay for my medications that I need to survive. My boys help me as much as they can, but they are just starting out in life as it is. My credit score went from 750 to 520 in a matter of months. Every week it’s another medical collection showing up on my credit and I can’t make money fast enough to fix it. My parents are elderly and my father had a serious stroke in April. They are in no position to solve my problems and should not have to do so. I applied for disability, DENIED! I applied for Social Security, but it’s still hung up in red tape. I’m a smart girl who has led a very blessed life up until September of last year. I raised 3 good young men ALONE, I held a job, I volunteered my time to help others. I’ve tried my best to pay it forward in life and have always willingly helped others. Now, I find that I cannot even help myself. I just need a little help getting back on my feet. I can’t keep couch surfing and sleeping in my car. I need to get settled so I can give 110% to my new job and be an asset to this world again. I’ve never had to ask for money and I’m humiliated to have to do so now. I’m at the end of my rope, I’ve run out of options. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I can promise you I will pass it along by paying it forward again soon.

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Hello everyone. My name is James. This is my first time doing this, and I honestly never thought my life would come to this. Having to ask random strangers for help to pay the rent. A little about me. I am 31 years old. I have an amazing 6 year old son with my ex wife. We were married for 6 years, but as things go in life, we just were not meant to be. I have lived a very rough life. Not as rough as some, but it has been a struggle none the less. I lost my mother when I was my son’s age, and never new my biological father. I lived with my abusive step father until the age of 11, when I was left in Comfort, Texas at a youth camp. He called my grandparents and informed them if they did not get me and take me in I would become a ward of the state. One of the counselees stayed with me for about a week until my grandparents took me into their home. My grandfather was an alcoholic and diagnosed bi-polar schizophrenic, so my teenage years were rough as well. I made far too many bad decisions as a youth that negatively impacted my life. At the age of 17 I moved out and jumped from place to place for a couple years. During that time, I suffered through many indignities. Homelessness, drug abuse, legal troubles, beatings, etc. The worst being I received 11 staples, 23 stitches, and a blood transfusion after a beating at a local concert venue in my hometown. A couple years later I was hospitalized again due to a pulmonary embolism in my left lung. Yet through it all I overcame. By the age of 23 I had decided I wanted to turn my life around. I met a good woman, had a son, and got married.i worked hard everyday to support my family. And did what I felt was a good job. Over time however, the stress broke through the love and my ex wife and I separated. This was 2 years ago. In the beginning I lost my mind. Got back into old habits, old friends, and new troubles. I found myself every night at the bottom of a bottle. Grief stricken and overcome with depression, I contemplated ending my life on numerous occasions. Until one day, about 6 months ago I met up with an old highschool friend. She showed me I was worth so much more than I thought, and explained to me that my sole purpose here on Earth was to be there for my little boy. Today, she is the woman I hold every night and the one I call Love. Since meeting her, I have attempted to get my life back on track yet again. Found a job, got my first apartment at the age of 31 years old, the first place I have ever been on a lease. My son has his own room, and is finally able to see me whenever he wants to. Unfortunately however, as fate has it, my good fortune recently took a turn for the worse. I was let go from my job due to a dispute with another employee who had been there far longer than I had. I did not instigate said dispute, but because of his seniority with the company, they let me go. I am now struggling to make ends meet and keep my home. I have my rent due August 3rd, and no where near enough to cover it. Let alone put food on the table. Everyday I have been applying anywhere I can. But time is running out. I cannot allow myself to lose this place. To see the look of disappointment on my little boys face. The lowest amount this site would allow me to ask for was $1000. I honestly don’t even need that much. I could easily get by with $350 to $500 and still make ends meet. I hope someone out there reads this, as it is a genuine cry for help. Something which is not in my nature. I would even be willing to pay it back or pay it forward. I just need help. Thank you to anyone who reads and considers this.

Sincerely humbled,

James

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Hello all,

Just to give some background information. I’m currently heading into my final semester of undergrad at Arizona State University and plan to go on to law school in the Fall of 2020.

This summer, however, has been a brutal one. I had been working in the bar industry since March making very good money for a college student who is almost exclusively financially independent and was paying bills and everything on time. Although when I came into work on June 15th, I was told to not clock in and to just turn around and head home. The bar I had been working at had just closed permanently and summer in the valley is almost impossible to find a job. Immediately I turned to Postmates and with the little money that I did have saved up was able to kind of get by throughout the rest of June and up until this point. I was able to afford rent, utilities, water, car, and groceries for the past month and now those funds that were able to keep me afloat have since diminished. My rent is due to go up at the end of the month from 450 to 650 with a roommate leaving. I did just start training at a new job, another bar, however, I won’t be consistently on the schedule for another two weeks.

On top of this, my family who has been absolutely incredible to me in assisting me throughout this roadblock have also had some chaos. My grandfather recently took his computer in to get fixed and while doing so, the shop decided to take and outsource all of his bank and financial assets to a location in Pakistan or elsewhere and they now have all accounts frozen while an investigation goes on and they can hopefully track and reattain all of their assets. My mom is struggling herself after helping my sister and I move down here for college and her job simply does not pay her enough to even think about owning a house.

I really don’t like doing this, but to any stranger on the internet who can help me and even make it so I can help my family while all of this is going on would be greatly appreciated. I don’t think I could show enough gratitude to those who help me even the slightest. I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for your time.

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

Hey there!

My name is Tom. I’m a 21 year old living in Montana, and I am currently living with my parents. The reason I am coming to ‘Begging for Money’ isn’t because I’m lazy and hoping someone will throw money under me as a safety net. I came here because I have been trying to move to a town two hours away from where I currently live (and another reason that I will reiterate later on). It’s a beautiful, hip and lively college town where my best friend is living. I’ve wanted to move there since I graduated from High School in 2016. 

It seems like no matter how much I work my ass off (whether it be two or three jobs), things keep getting thrown in front of me and delaying me (I also have a phone bill and car insurance to pay on top of everything). I have a Honda Accord from 2003, and as many can suspect there may be a few issues with an older car. It seems like 2019 is the year of car troubles for me. I had to replace both my front tires entirely at the beginning of the year, and I understand that’s not the worst issue to have. I also, however, had to replace my spark plugs a few months after my tires. This is a bit of a bigger issue. And of course, with my luck, a deer ran into my car while I was going 75mph the week after I got my spark plugs changed. This repair took $423 out of my bank account because I don’t have liability on my car insurance. Which took a huge toll on my moving plans and therefore my mental health. I was so close to moving I could taste it, but I had to pay for my car. Then, to add to that, my roommate told me she didn’t want to move less then a month before we were planning on moving. We had looked at apartments for months. We even went to a few stores and looked at decorations and other “new apartment” items. In the past I had another friend lined up as a roommate, but she canceled as well. 

The second reason I’m coming to this website for help is because my step-dad got laid off from a really great paying job. I’d really like to get out of my parents’ hair to give them one less thing to worry about. They are both super stressed about my dad being laid off. My mom has a job, but we’re in a small city and she cleans for people. As you could imagine you don’t make too much money from cleaning in a small town and that’s all of their income right now. I have a younger brother who lives with us too and I can only imagine how he’s feeling. It’s scary when your parents, the hardest working role models in your life, are squirming and struggling to stay above water. I’d love to be able to help them and move out at the same time.

I’d like to give a future thank you to everyone who donates right now. Every single penny helps, and I couldn’t be more genuinely grateful to anyone who helps me and my family. If you want to know more information about me, please feel free to email me at the link below. Just know I try to be as genuine and real as possible in every situation. I hope you have a great day. Below are my links and some images of me & my bills I’ve paid and have to pay monthly

My Paypal

Whether I get any help or not, thank you to everyone whose helped anyone in a hard time!! I wish I was rich and could help people who deserve it. But alas, after being independent for so long, I’m finally caving in and asking for help.
My name is Haley. I am a 27 year old woman and someone who is currently disabled due to me having osteopenia (bone loss) in my right foot. I hurt it a few years ago. At first, I couldn’t walk without crutches for 4 months. For the next 6 months, I couldn’t walk without a really big boot on my foot. Since then, almost every doctor trip was them telling me, “Oh you’ll be fine its just an swollen ankle that is taking it’s time healing.” While thinking it was just my ankle healing, I started going back to work. I took 2 delivery jobs at a food delivery service called Waitr and Domino’s. It was actually still too much walking for me and actually started reversing my healing process. Sadly, it also destroyed my car. Eventually, they took me a little more seriously and did another xray. This was when I found out I had osteopenia in my right foot. I am filing for disability, but it is taking much longer than expected. I can’t get any job outside of working from home because not only will it mess with my disability case, but I’m too much of a liability risk. My foot is so bad now that I can barely walk around my house without almost my right foot making me collapse. The money I saved up from previous jobs before hurting myself along with the money I saved from the delivery jobs has all been spent on bills as well as my mother’s sudden funeral. I’m currently months behind on all my bills. My friends and family won’t help me out with anything. All the money I manage to make is on third party websites and apps such as Inbox Dollars, Lucky Winner, K.O Trivia, App Station, Gift Loop, etc, whatever I can find. These apps help, but I’m barely making $40 a month with all of them combined. These apps are meant for people to make some extra money, not to rely on them for a paycheck like I am. I am not someone who likes to ask for any help, especially money wise; but with none of my friends or family unable to help me out, I really have no other choice. Please someone help me pay my bills. Any little bit will help. I am so tight on money that I don’t buy fast food, do anything fun, hang out with anyone, or even get a hair cut. While I am just trying to get buy, I am forced to see my friends and family living their best life and never helping me out. Please, someone please help me. Every little bit helps, and I promise every penny of it will go to bills only. I am over $1000 behind in bills at this point.
If I can make this picture/video uploader work correctly, its a picture& a video of the ankle brace I have to wear to keep my foot in place. The picture of me in my car was taken about 2 years ago. My hair is now longer, and that is the vehicle that broke down due to me having two delivery jobs where I drove over 100 miles almost everyday.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me out in any way. Every little bit is greatly appreciated.

paypal.me/HaleyM182

Hi, my name is Mia, and I’m currently very worried I might be evicted from my apartment. I was in an abusive household until I was 19, and my alcoholic father kicked me out. I was able to find an apartment, but now I fear I may lose it. I have a job, but my hours have been cut to only 5 a week, and I make less than minimum wage in my state. I had another job as well, but was laid off. My rent was raised without warning, and now I have no money due to paying off my other bills. I’ve been doing my best to do odd jobs, but everyone I know is tight on money right now. I would ask family, but my mother has congestive heart failure and can’t currently work, and I don’t have any other family or friends willing or able to help. I currently need around 900$ just to stay afloat, or else I’ll have an evection on my record and have to go back to an extremely abusive house. I’m currently looking for another job, but I live in Phoenix AZ, where summer is the time when no one is hiring due to everyone leaving the state to be in cooler places. Summer here is also a time when electricity bills skyrocket, so that’s another rising expense as well. I already keep my apartment pretty warm to attempt to keep my bill as low as possible, but the rates go up all over the state so there’s only so much I can do. I also don’t have much to sell anymore, I even sold my car a couple of months ago to pay for rent and my other bills. I’ll still be doing as many odd jobs as I can, but really anything helps. And you wouldn’t be helping just me out, I also have two loving cats as well who don’t deserve to be bounced from place to place.

I’ve attempted to get government help through rent assistance programs, but I don’t qualify for a lot of them, and there aren’t many out there to begin with. I won’t stop trying, but I very highly doubt I’ll be able to get help that way, as there are limited spots and they fill up quickly and tend to go to people with children.

I really hate asking for help through the internet, but my options are getting more and more scarce by the minute. I have no credit, and in AZ evictions are a massive hit to your credit, and they stay on your record for 7 years, which will greatly reduce my chances of being able to find another permanent place to live anytime soon. I really need help getting back on my feet, and I’m confident that if I can get through this month August will be easier, as that’s when companies here tend to start hiring again. Please help me get back on my feet.

I appreciate anyone who took the time to read my story, and thank you so much.

paypal.me/ishatodareku

Three months ago I had my back against a wall and had to quit my 911 dispatching job. There were a few reasons for this decision starting with mistreatment from my management team but the main reason being that my son’s father and I babysitter dropped everything and moved back to Africa without a heads up or notice to us. Being that him and I work night shifts, childcare was a horrible challenge and loosing her was a BIG blow to our situation. We were then forced into a one income, two household situation. I didn’t realize how difficult it would be for me to find a good paying job that not only wanted me to work for their company, but something that was during the day for we desperately needed childcare. Fast forward three months, and I am still jobless and now my son’s father has went MIA. It’s devastating for me because not only did I quite my job, putting my trust into you to care for us until I was on my feet again, but him and I were in the mist of starting a move. My lease ended on July 1st, the leasing office either wants to apartment paid in full by Monday July 7th or be completely out or get put out on Wednesday. I spent the last week exhausting any and all options (so it was a quite daunting holiday week for me) from asking family and friends for donations to seeking loans. All venture leading to a brick wall. It hurts simply because even when your ALWAYS there for others the 1st time you need them, no one can help. Granted, I understand that no one is obligated plus everyone had their own battles they are fighting. But its just a bit devastating. So I came across this today on Google and I’m trying and reaching out to anyone who comes across this as my last chance effort. Any little thing will help. I just did for this rent to get paid to buy myself another month to lock down a job and start a new lease with them (since it doesn’t seem like a move will happen now that his father has disappeared.) Thank you everyone for your time in reading about my situation and thank you are all of found it in their heart to donate.

My PayPal link is: PayPal.Me/AmberLeacock

I’m a young professional living and working in New York City. I’m from a small town in Pennsylvania, excelled in school, went to college in Pittsburgh, and have been living in NYC for 5 years now. I’m an extremely conscientious person – always pay my rent on time, always willing to help any friends who need it, and always putting family first before all else. My mother lost her job recently and in the interim period of trying to find new work, she has leaned on me a lot financially. I don’t begrudge her this; she raised me fairly single-handedly and, as I’m her only son, I owe her a lot. I was happy to help her the same way she’d helped me for years and years, but I’ve needed to help her with her rent, bills, and just costs of living. Unfortunately, this stretched me very thin, and I wound up two months behind on my own rent. My current situation makes it difficult to come up with this money, plus normal month’s rent, in a brisk amount of time. My landlord has been very understanding, but I want to get this settled. All I want is to get those months paid, so I’m up to date and don’t owe anybody any money. This is a one-time thing, and I’m asking for $1,000. I would greatly appreciate any generous souls who would be willing to help. It’s not my nature to be comfortable asking for help like this, but I know once I get this settled I will have greater peace of mind and can move forward positively. Thank you so much for your time.

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