Help With Medical Bills/Debt

In September 2016, I began having never ending seizures due to a “benign” brain tumor that was discovered after I hit my head. Seizure medication would not help and after almost a year of seeing a neurologist who refused to help me or refer me; I decided to find a brain surgeon on my own to see if I could get the tumor removed. All I wanted was my life back. When I met my surgeon, he looked at me and said “You are 22 years old, you do not deserve to live your life like this. Let’s get this thing out of your head.” So after a few weeks of staying in the hospital and undergoing numerous tests, my surgery was finally scheduled. I underwent a craniotomy on November 15, 2017 and had my right temporal lobe, hippocampus, amygdala, and half of the tumor removed. On November 28, 2017 I had to have my stitches removed and that is when my doctor told me that my “benign brain tumor” was in fact cancer. I was diagnosed with an astrocytoma- one of the most deadly and rarest kinds of tumors.
My doctors informed me that the reason I have such a rare cancer at such a young age is because I grew up in the same city where the largest nuclear meltdown in U.S. history took place. The meltdown took place in 1959 in the hills of Simi Valley and the site was NEVER cleaned up. The Santa Susana Field Lab is less than 10 miles from where I grew up. So my whole childhood I was constantly exposed to radiation and toxic chemicals without ever knowing.

I had to undergo a second craniotomy on May 3, 2019 after moving to Oregon to remove the rest of that nasty tumor. I am now CANCER FREE and all I have to do is learn to control my seizures and recover from surgery. I am very weak on the left side of my body and I have trouble walking without assistance. I am hoping to start rehab soon so that I can continue to get stronger.
Just to make sure there is no regrowth, I have to be closely monitored with MRIs, tests, and doctor visits every 3 months for the rest of my life.

I am still in constant pain and I struggle everyday because I suffer from chronic migraines. I also have started seizing again since the surgery. I’ve been taken to the ER twice by ambulance and I had to undergo inpatient EEG testing after an emergent ambulatory ride to the ER on 5/22. I owe thousands of dollars in medical expenses and I lost my entire savings to all of my previous bills. So I am asking for help from anyone who can. Even just $5 would be a help! I have never been the kind of person to do this and I hate to do it, but I feel like I have no other options at this point. I need to focus on recovery and getting better, but I am under so much stress from all of my debt. Everyone has been such an amazing help and so supportive during all of this, I don’t know where I would be without all of you❤️

Thank you for your help and for reading my story❤️