Please help me with medical bills
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As many of my friends know, I have had a bad internal bleeding problem for over 2 years. I know this is disgusting but has been a part of my every day, two to 3 times a day and after seeing 3 specialist, no one could give me a diagnosis. 
So I was sent to a Digestive specialist in Michigan city which is almost an hour away 1- way. The specialist said if I let this go I would be dead in 2 years and that an A-scopy and a C-scopy needed to be performed right away. He was kind enough to do the procedure without being paid up front but now I have a $12,900.00 medical bill that must be paid before I can get follow up labs which are crucial with me being diabetic.
This picture is gruesome and I apologize but I feel that if you are even considering helping me out, You deserve to see the proof that the surgery was done.
Forgive me for my vocabulary, I am not a doctor, what the surgeon did and what happened was, He slit me from the back side of my testicles, through my anus and then another 3/4" of an inch above that. He said when he did that, a tumor fell out of my lower abdomen and that is why I have been bleeding out. The pain is immense, I can hardly walk, I cant drive, I cant walk up and down stairs or lift anything that weighs more than 8-10 pounds. The cost of the medication is $100.00 every 5 days.
We have tried to go this alone but we are broke, I have to go see the surgeon every 5 days which is in total a 2 hour drive so the gas costs add up very quick, Then there is car insurance, Utility bills and grocery's for me, my wife and my copper pup.
I have no idea how I am going to pay rent and the stress level around here is at an all time high. Many of you know me from EarCandy pro Audio, however, I cannot work for another 2 weeks, minimum according to my army of medical specialist.
The great news is, the surgeon found the problem and fixed it. He told my wife this is the most brutal surgery a man can go through. He is right! I have had dual kidney surgery with large stones, carpel tunnel surgery and a colon and sigmondoscopy (sp?) along with diabetic kedo acidosis and those 4 combined do not come close to the pain from this tumor removal.
I just need a small leg up so I can get back to work. Everyone who donates will get a little something hand made by me in the earcandy shop. I cant say what because money is basically non existent at this point. I have been told by 2 specialist, this is the final problem and once healed, I will feel better and have more energy than I have had in years.
The situation is rather urgent because if we get evicted, we have no where to go. My wife was told not to get a job because she is my temporary care taker and to have a nursing assistant come in once a day would cost more than she could make in a day. I have no one left in my immediate family, they have all passed away with the exception of my brother who recently suffered his own tragedy by falling off a ladder, crushing all the ribs on his right side, smashing his pelvic bone and obtaining a massive concussion with bleeding on the brain.
Look, I love charity, that is being on the giving end of it, not the receiving end of it. I am 44 years old, so half time is coming up where I will give myself a serious pep talk and come out working harder than I did during the 1st half. I sincerely thank you for your time and am humbled by any help you could administer in my direction.
I Thank you & my wife thanks you!
So I was sent to a Digestive specialist in Michigan city which is almost an hour away 1- way. The specialist said if I let this go I would be dead in 2 years and that an A-scopy and a C-scopy needed to be performed right away. He was kind enough to do the procedure without being paid up front but now I have a $12,900.00 medical bill that must be paid before I can get follow up labs which are crucial with me being diabetic.
This picture is gruesome and I apologize but I feel that if you are even considering helping me out, You deserve to see the proof that the surgery was done.
Forgive me for my vocabulary, I am not a doctor, what the surgeon did and what happened was, He slit me from the back side of my testicles, through my anus and then another 3/4" of an inch above that. He said when he did that, a tumor fell out of my lower abdomen and that is why I have been bleeding out. The pain is immense, I can hardly walk, I cant drive, I cant walk up and down stairs or lift anything that weighs more than 8-10 pounds. The cost of the medication is $100.00 every 5 days.
We have tried to go this alone but we are broke, I have to go see the surgeon every 5 days which is in total a 2 hour drive so the gas costs add up very quick, Then there is car insurance, Utility bills and grocery's for me, my wife and my copper pup.I have no idea how I am going to pay rent and the stress level around here is at an all time high. Many of you know me from EarCandy pro Audio, however, I cannot work for another 2 weeks, minimum according to my army of medical specialist. The great news is, the surgeon found the problem and fixed it. He told my wife this is the most brutal surgery a man can go through. He is right! I have had dual kidney surgery with large stones, carpel tunnel surgery and a colon and sigmondoscopy (sp?) along with diabetic kedo acidosis and those 4 combined do not come close to the pain from this tumor removal.
I just need a small leg up so I can get back to work. Everyone who donates will get a little something hand made by me in the earcandy shop. I cant say what because money is basically non existent at this point. I have been told by 2 specialist, this is the final problem and once healed, I will feel better and have more energy than I have had in years.
The situation is rather urgent because if we get evicted, we have no where to go. My wife was told not to get a job because she is my temporary care taker and to have a nursing assistant come in once a day would cost more than she could make in a day. I have no one left in my immediate family, they have all passed away with the exception of my brother who recently suffered his own tragedy by falling off a ladder, crushing all the ribs on his right side, smashing his pelvic bone and obtaining a massive concussion with bleeding on the brain.
Look, I love charity, that is being on the giving end of it, not the receiving end of it. I am 44 years old, so half time is coming up where I will give myself a serious pep talk and come out working harder than I did during the 1st half. I sincerely thank you for your time and am humbled by any help you could administer in my direction.
I Thank you & my wife thanks you!
Organizer
Tim Paulsen
Organizer
Valparaiso, IN
