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My friend would kill me if she knew I was doing this, but it’s all the more reason for it to be done.
My girlfriend is someone that many of you know and love but who must remain anonymous for now. She is struggling with battles that you on social media never see, but as her friend, I do. And it’s breaking my heart.
A few years ago this woman found out she had an autoimmune disease that would change her life. It’s not something she contracted, it’s something for her location in the world and history, is very rare. No hereditary history, none of the common denominators if you will. She was sick for six months and then bam....you have this thing that we can’t cure and we don’t know why. But here are injections for it that will leave you bruised everywhere every day (she stopped those) and check in with the Neuro every few months.
She will tell you herself that she’s “fine” if you ask her but she’s not. She’s trying to raise her daughter as a true single mom (has never received support for her nine year old child) and keep a roof over their heads. Putting food on the table on a single income that has decreased immensely since she was taken out of work a few months ago for her disease is weighing on her. Add the cost of medicine and treatments and surgeries to manage her disease and the tremendous amount of pain that comes with it and there is more month than money right now. Her medical treatments monthly even with her paid insurance are around $500 out of pocket. Higher when she has to have a surgery. Plus her total cost of living (rent, utilities, food, school supplies, credit cards, etc, ect, ect)
She’s so far behind and I’m really worried about her. I’ve never seen her so upset but she’s worried about losing her house, her everything. Rent is due tomorrow and I know for a fact her bank account is short $200 of the $950 due. I know because she called me crying not knowing what to do. She is not someone that slips with her bills. She is not someone who goes out and parties and uses every free cent up. She is suffering and I will not stand by and watch without doing something.
And while I can’t help much financially, I’m hoping that this site that has helped Authors and travelers and Artists get to their next big thing....that it can help her just get to tomorrow. She doesn't need a cruise. She needs help. She is not a beggar; she is someone who will fight for what she believes in and work hard for it. I ask you now, to stand for her. Because she can't stand, very well for herself.
Her vision has been going a bit lately too. She's beautiful, in her thirties and can't see even with her glasses which is integral to her passions in life. She's hoping with the next round of MRI's that there aren't lesions on her spine causing this, though its a slim chance they havent moved to the spine. The brain ones she says are good to go. Lesions on the cervical spine are completely not good. Blindness, disabled to the point of not walking, etc. is what happens when those bastards go from the brain to the spine.
No, we don't want to go there. But seeing them sooner is the key. If she has an MRI that shows active lesions there, she can go get massive superman steroids by IV in the hospital that make her feel like shit for weeks but stop the progression of the disease for a time. Those steroids reduce the inflamation and could reverse the damage done by the lesions. ((No blinding, please!))
While Superman status rocks, she doesn't quite feel like that when they are pumping her full of those steroids. She feels really, really sick actually. But going blind to a single mother or an artist is not an option either. Even if it's only six months or a year of darkness. So the tests must move forward. As well as the treatments. And with her health insurance that she pays for, neither will be an easy feat. What happened to your $5,000 deductible being met and everything after that is paid for? Her family deductible is met. 20% of every treatment, medication, Dr visit or procedure is hers to deal with. Unless it's a specialist, then it's more. *Sigh* ((Thank you Obamacare? - She swears it wasn't like this a few years ago but isnt political and cant be sure. Deductible met before? No out of pocket for these treatments and surgeries and Dr visits after deductibles are met.....but...those days are gone.)) Apparently paying $400 per month for insurance and paying 5K out of pocket annually is still not enough. There is more they need to bleed out of her. And she can't afford it. She is also too proud to ask for help.
But I am not.
I hope that some of you will look into your hearts and donate anything you can to help her. She’s a great mom, a great person and would give the world to any of you if she could. In a heartbeat she would. Right now, I’m really hoping the world can give back a little and end what has become months of struggles that you will never hear her talk about online. She’s so optimistic and a beautiful kind of crazy and so, so loving. If I told you whose story this was you would balk. You would never believe it. You may hear a whisper here and there from her, but she is not the type to talk about her world on social media, especially the epic battles she fights against.
Where she is right now mentally is hell. She has worked her ass off to provide for her little girl and this has really been the roughest few months for her. That little girl in the picture? Yep, that's hers. This mom has never gotten any assistance of any kind and is trying to get some now on her reduced income but they will likely still say she doesn’t qualify. She needs help NOW. Not 30 days from now when the US will condemn her for working and being an active part of this culture and say no, you don't meet our requirements. She needs it now. Later may be too late. Too late is not a damn option.
Help. Please.
Thank you all for reading and any donations no matter how big or small, are welcomed with gratitude.
Thank you, so very much in advance.
My girlfriend is someone that many of you know and love but who must remain anonymous for now. She is struggling with battles that you on social media never see, but as her friend, I do. And it’s breaking my heart.
A few years ago this woman found out she had an autoimmune disease that would change her life. It’s not something she contracted, it’s something for her location in the world and history, is very rare. No hereditary history, none of the common denominators if you will. She was sick for six months and then bam....you have this thing that we can’t cure and we don’t know why. But here are injections for it that will leave you bruised everywhere every day (she stopped those) and check in with the Neuro every few months.
She will tell you herself that she’s “fine” if you ask her but she’s not. She’s trying to raise her daughter as a true single mom (has never received support for her nine year old child) and keep a roof over their heads. Putting food on the table on a single income that has decreased immensely since she was taken out of work a few months ago for her disease is weighing on her. Add the cost of medicine and treatments and surgeries to manage her disease and the tremendous amount of pain that comes with it and there is more month than money right now. Her medical treatments monthly even with her paid insurance are around $500 out of pocket. Higher when she has to have a surgery. Plus her total cost of living (rent, utilities, food, school supplies, credit cards, etc, ect, ect)
She’s so far behind and I’m really worried about her. I’ve never seen her so upset but she’s worried about losing her house, her everything. Rent is due tomorrow and I know for a fact her bank account is short $200 of the $950 due. I know because she called me crying not knowing what to do. She is not someone that slips with her bills. She is not someone who goes out and parties and uses every free cent up. She is suffering and I will not stand by and watch without doing something.
And while I can’t help much financially, I’m hoping that this site that has helped Authors and travelers and Artists get to their next big thing....that it can help her just get to tomorrow. She doesn't need a cruise. She needs help. She is not a beggar; she is someone who will fight for what she believes in and work hard for it. I ask you now, to stand for her. Because she can't stand, very well for herself.
Her vision has been going a bit lately too. She's beautiful, in her thirties and can't see even with her glasses which is integral to her passions in life. She's hoping with the next round of MRI's that there aren't lesions on her spine causing this, though its a slim chance they havent moved to the spine. The brain ones she says are good to go. Lesions on the cervical spine are completely not good. Blindness, disabled to the point of not walking, etc. is what happens when those bastards go from the brain to the spine.
No, we don't want to go there. But seeing them sooner is the key. If she has an MRI that shows active lesions there, she can go get massive superman steroids by IV in the hospital that make her feel like shit for weeks but stop the progression of the disease for a time. Those steroids reduce the inflamation and could reverse the damage done by the lesions. ((No blinding, please!))
While Superman status rocks, she doesn't quite feel like that when they are pumping her full of those steroids. She feels really, really sick actually. But going blind to a single mother or an artist is not an option either. Even if it's only six months or a year of darkness. So the tests must move forward. As well as the treatments. And with her health insurance that she pays for, neither will be an easy feat. What happened to your $5,000 deductible being met and everything after that is paid for? Her family deductible is met. 20% of every treatment, medication, Dr visit or procedure is hers to deal with. Unless it's a specialist, then it's more. *Sigh* ((Thank you Obamacare? - She swears it wasn't like this a few years ago but isnt political and cant be sure. Deductible met before? No out of pocket for these treatments and surgeries and Dr visits after deductibles are met.....but...those days are gone.)) Apparently paying $400 per month for insurance and paying 5K out of pocket annually is still not enough. There is more they need to bleed out of her. And she can't afford it. She is also too proud to ask for help.
But I am not.
I hope that some of you will look into your hearts and donate anything you can to help her. She’s a great mom, a great person and would give the world to any of you if she could. In a heartbeat she would. Right now, I’m really hoping the world can give back a little and end what has become months of struggles that you will never hear her talk about online. She’s so optimistic and a beautiful kind of crazy and so, so loving. If I told you whose story this was you would balk. You would never believe it. You may hear a whisper here and there from her, but she is not the type to talk about her world on social media, especially the epic battles she fights against.
Where she is right now mentally is hell. She has worked her ass off to provide for her little girl and this has really been the roughest few months for her. That little girl in the picture? Yep, that's hers. This mom has never gotten any assistance of any kind and is trying to get some now on her reduced income but they will likely still say she doesn’t qualify. She needs help NOW. Not 30 days from now when the US will condemn her for working and being an active part of this culture and say no, you don't meet our requirements. She needs it now. Later may be too late. Too late is not a damn option.
Help. Please.
Thank you all for reading and any donations no matter how big or small, are welcomed with gratitude.
Thank you, so very much in advance.
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