Crohns disease prescriptions/treatments.
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First, I'll give you a basic breakdown on why I started this page since I'm sure some people would think that's it's stupid to start a crowd funding page to pay for your own medicine.
I'm sick very often, to the point where I'm bed ridden at least 20 days of the month. I'm only able to leave my house about 5 hours a week since i'm this sick. Being sick for me means that I can't hold down a job. Not being able to hold down a job means I have no steady income. It also means I can never work long enough to be eligible for insurance through a job. Not having a steady income leads to me being broke 24/7. Being broke all the time leads to me not being able to afford the prescriptions and treatments I need. Not being able to afford these basic things leads to me becoming very sick. Once I raise enough money I can hopefully get the help I need and then become healrhy enough to worl again. It's always a huge circle for me and I can't deal with it any longer. For a longer detailed version, check out what I posted below. Thank you.
As most of you reading this know, I have crohn's disease. Along with gastritis, a hiatal hernia and several other gastro/stomach problems. Most people who suffer through this horrible disease don't get sick as often as I do and it's usually because they have insurance. Most can afford their prescriptions and whatever else they may need to keep the disease in remission. Unfortunately I am not that lucky. Over the past year or so i've had 20 + people tell me that they would be willing to help me out with my prescriptions by sending me money and I always turned them down because I thought it was a jerk move on my part. But, now i'm more than willing to accept anything that comes my way since I need it more than ever. Since April 2012 when my insurance dropped me I have been extremely ill and unable to stay healthy or maintain a job. I'm in and out of the hospital more than anyone I know. In february it got worse than ever when I lost 60 pounds within a months time and lost my ability to walk, eat, or even drink anything. I couldn't leave bed for over two months. At certain times I actually wished death would come and put me out of my misery. Luckily my friends wouldn't let that happen and got me admitted to the hospital once they saw how bad it had gotten. After physical therapy I finally gained back my ability to walk and now I will never take it for granted again. Unfortunately, if I don't get help soon then I could be getting back to that point of sickness very soon, and i'm more scared than ever. I live in a house with my mother and stepdad and both of them suffer through some pretty serious diseases as well. They end up spending thousands of dollars each month to pay for their prescriptions and they can not afford to help me anymore. I understand that and I do whatever I can to help them out when theyre sick because they do the same for me. My other family members live very far away and I don't like asking them for help anymore since they've done so much to help me in the past. The issue for me is that I can't stay healthy once I get out of the hospital and it's all due to me not getting any of my prescriptions filled when I get released from the hospital. I wish I could, but I can't afford it and I have refused to ask for help until now. I don't know how much longer I can make it without getting help from someone else. Once I raise enough money to stay on top of my prescriptions for at least 6-12 months I truly believe I can live a normal healthy life just like everyone else and that's all I truly want. I just want to be normal. I want to be able to work like a normal person. I want to be able to travel like a normal person. I want to be able to maintain relationships like a normal person. Unfortunately I can't when I'm going through a crohn's relapse and it's really unfortunate. I'm not sure what my final goal will be money wise. But, I'm hoping to have enough to stay healthy long enough to get my disability claim won. Then all will be taken care of from there. I'm hoping that once my disabilty goes thrugh I can finally start my humira treatments seeing as how it's helped out so many others who have this disease. Any money donated will go towards something great and it will go to someone who truly needs it. If I have any money leftover I will be helping out other friends and people in need who can't afford prescriptions or treatment they need. I hate to resort to asking for hand outs on the internet. But, honestly it's my last option. Thank you for reading this. I really appreciate anyone who has donated. Please leave your name and contact info so I can thank you all personally, as it truly does mean the world to me that you're willing to help me out.
I'm sick very often, to the point where I'm bed ridden at least 20 days of the month. I'm only able to leave my house about 5 hours a week since i'm this sick. Being sick for me means that I can't hold down a job. Not being able to hold down a job means I have no steady income. It also means I can never work long enough to be eligible for insurance through a job. Not having a steady income leads to me being broke 24/7. Being broke all the time leads to me not being able to afford the prescriptions and treatments I need. Not being able to afford these basic things leads to me becoming very sick. Once I raise enough money I can hopefully get the help I need and then become healrhy enough to worl again. It's always a huge circle for me and I can't deal with it any longer. For a longer detailed version, check out what I posted below. Thank you.
As most of you reading this know, I have crohn's disease. Along with gastritis, a hiatal hernia and several other gastro/stomach problems. Most people who suffer through this horrible disease don't get sick as often as I do and it's usually because they have insurance. Most can afford their prescriptions and whatever else they may need to keep the disease in remission. Unfortunately I am not that lucky. Over the past year or so i've had 20 + people tell me that they would be willing to help me out with my prescriptions by sending me money and I always turned them down because I thought it was a jerk move on my part. But, now i'm more than willing to accept anything that comes my way since I need it more than ever. Since April 2012 when my insurance dropped me I have been extremely ill and unable to stay healthy or maintain a job. I'm in and out of the hospital more than anyone I know. In february it got worse than ever when I lost 60 pounds within a months time and lost my ability to walk, eat, or even drink anything. I couldn't leave bed for over two months. At certain times I actually wished death would come and put me out of my misery. Luckily my friends wouldn't let that happen and got me admitted to the hospital once they saw how bad it had gotten. After physical therapy I finally gained back my ability to walk and now I will never take it for granted again. Unfortunately, if I don't get help soon then I could be getting back to that point of sickness very soon, and i'm more scared than ever. I live in a house with my mother and stepdad and both of them suffer through some pretty serious diseases as well. They end up spending thousands of dollars each month to pay for their prescriptions and they can not afford to help me anymore. I understand that and I do whatever I can to help them out when theyre sick because they do the same for me. My other family members live very far away and I don't like asking them for help anymore since they've done so much to help me in the past. The issue for me is that I can't stay healthy once I get out of the hospital and it's all due to me not getting any of my prescriptions filled when I get released from the hospital. I wish I could, but I can't afford it and I have refused to ask for help until now. I don't know how much longer I can make it without getting help from someone else. Once I raise enough money to stay on top of my prescriptions for at least 6-12 months I truly believe I can live a normal healthy life just like everyone else and that's all I truly want. I just want to be normal. I want to be able to work like a normal person. I want to be able to travel like a normal person. I want to be able to maintain relationships like a normal person. Unfortunately I can't when I'm going through a crohn's relapse and it's really unfortunate. I'm not sure what my final goal will be money wise. But, I'm hoping to have enough to stay healthy long enough to get my disability claim won. Then all will be taken care of from there. I'm hoping that once my disabilty goes thrugh I can finally start my humira treatments seeing as how it's helped out so many others who have this disease. Any money donated will go towards something great and it will go to someone who truly needs it. If I have any money leftover I will be helping out other friends and people in need who can't afford prescriptions or treatment they need. I hate to resort to asking for hand outs on the internet. But, honestly it's my last option. Thank you for reading this. I really appreciate anyone who has donated. Please leave your name and contact info so I can thank you all personally, as it truly does mean the world to me that you're willing to help me out.
Organizer
Tyler Brace
Organizer
Panama City, FL
