Erik’s Multiple Sclerosis Fight

Hello all and thank you for being here, I am a 43-year-old husband and father that is fighting M.S. Over the past 12 months I have taken a dramatic turn and I'm feeling the progressive effects of this disease daily. I am following in the footsteps of another one of my Union Brothers, and I am going to Russia for HSCT  (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy). I will be out of State for about 1 month and in quarantine once back for about 2 months. Total I expect this treatment to cost about $70,000 I can borrow against my retirement but I'm still short 20k. I'm trying to get things in place to go early 2020. It really breaks your spirit to ask for help, but I need it and I'm asking. I don't want huge things, I want to walk around the park with my wife and play with my 10-year-old. Things like that mean everything to me.