Cancer bills and Car Hardships.
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My name is Pat and I reside in Columbiaville Michigan. For two years I was doing well working and living in Bay City. In July 2014 I managed to get a car and good job as a painter but I got a call and heard that my mom had a sizable tumor. I dropped what I was doing and moved downstate to help her out. With the passing of my dad that same year I knew she would be sick and alone. Which was unacceptable.
After 6 days of living downstate while my mom was at the UofM getting tested for cancer I fell over at home with a perforated bowl. After a large emergency surgery I was told they had to remove a huge tumor and had to resection my bowls. The tumor came back as being Stage 4 colon cancer. My dad had stage 3 colon cancer a few years back that was treated successfully. I was put on disability and started on chemo soon as I recovered from the major surgery. My moms cancer was diagnosed at the same time. For treatment we drive regularly to the UofM in Ann Arbor. They treated my dads cancer. So we have good faith in them
The last year of chemo has been really tough on me. Side effects from the chemo and the cancer have left me unable to work with very little income. Even my passions and hobbies have suffered.
Two times in the last few months I've hit a crisis point with money. The first time was when I was nearly ready to go to the hospital over bowl issues and my toilet was flooding from the houses plumbing being wrecked. Which is the worst when you have bowl problems. I almost started a gofundme to get that fixed but we where lucky to have a friend fix it for free
Now my only car I own that is needed to get to and from appointments is nearly wrecked. A gas line fell off and got messed up in the rear tire. All I want to do is go back to work as a painter earn the cash and fix all this stuff myself but with my health I can't. So I'm here asking for help. I hope to get enough to cover repairs and enough to partially pay for a car for my mom. Her cancer is almost in remission. My progress with the cancer fight has not been the best. In case of the worst I'm doing this to make sure she is taken care of. Anything helps thanks. If anyone need validation of this story I can provide Id, pathology reports, photo evidence of my bowl resection.
After 6 days of living downstate while my mom was at the UofM getting tested for cancer I fell over at home with a perforated bowl. After a large emergency surgery I was told they had to remove a huge tumor and had to resection my bowls. The tumor came back as being Stage 4 colon cancer. My dad had stage 3 colon cancer a few years back that was treated successfully. I was put on disability and started on chemo soon as I recovered from the major surgery. My moms cancer was diagnosed at the same time. For treatment we drive regularly to the UofM in Ann Arbor. They treated my dads cancer. So we have good faith in them
The last year of chemo has been really tough on me. Side effects from the chemo and the cancer have left me unable to work with very little income. Even my passions and hobbies have suffered.
Two times in the last few months I've hit a crisis point with money. The first time was when I was nearly ready to go to the hospital over bowl issues and my toilet was flooding from the houses plumbing being wrecked. Which is the worst when you have bowl problems. I almost started a gofundme to get that fixed but we where lucky to have a friend fix it for free
Now my only car I own that is needed to get to and from appointments is nearly wrecked. A gas line fell off and got messed up in the rear tire. All I want to do is go back to work as a painter earn the cash and fix all this stuff myself but with my health I can't. So I'm here asking for help. I hope to get enough to cover repairs and enough to partially pay for a car for my mom. Her cancer is almost in remission. My progress with the cancer fight has not been the best. In case of the worst I'm doing this to make sure she is taken care of. Anything helps thanks. If anyone need validation of this story I can provide Id, pathology reports, photo evidence of my bowl resection.
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Pat Kowynia
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Columbiaville, MI
