Please help a disabled WOC afford medicine & food
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Hey. My name is Emma. I am so sorry for making this, but I don’t know what else to do because I need help and the current healthcare system in the U.S. is a mess, especially for the treatments that I need. I’m a disabled WOC and due to being disabled, I cannot work to save the money that would allow me to receive the medical care for my mental illnesses, Endometriosis (chronic pain condition), and Hepatitis C. I recently got a surgery from a specialist (thanks to all of your help) to remove the tissue that grew in my pelvic area and abdomen from the endometriosis. Before surgery, my pain levels were extreme 24/7 and I could barely walk. I have to take multiple meds for the endometriosis so that it doesn’t grow back as fast (so I’m basically being put in medically induced menopause because estrogen is what causes the tissue to grow.) I added the photos from my diagnostic laparoscopy & a paper that says I have endo- I took a photo of them and added it as an update photo on here)
I am desperate and need help. I don’t know what else to do except to ask for help... again... so this is me asking for help from those who are able to.
I am so sorry. (Currently waiting to go through the approval process for state benefits; however COVID is slowing it down, when you’d think it’d be the opposite.)
As previously mentioned, I have Hepatitis C. I have screenshots of the bloodwork results; one was an antibody test, which shows that the antibodies are present & the other was a viral load test that shows the Hep C virus is still active in my body-(some people ask for proof, so I took screenshots from my patient portal that show my test results.) I had to put raising funds for the hep C treatment on hold which is scary but I didn’t know what else to do & I didn’t really have a choice. I need(ed) the hep c treatment just as bad. But the surgery was a little more accessible, for the lack of a better word, because... it was just financially impossible to do both. And the amount of pain the endometriosis was causing me to be even more disabled than I already am due to very bad declines in my mental health.
The hep c treatment costs $60-85 thousand. With a GoodRX coupon it can range from $14-$15 thousand.
I have found a “Hep C Buyers Club” thats run by a man in Australia, and I’ve been watching his blog for close to a year and it all appears to be legit. If I went that route, it’d only be around $1,000 to have it shipped to me from India. It is all legal. It’s just the generic brand because the makers of the treatment gave India the rights to make the generic version of the treatments. He has testimonial videos on his blog and everything. He requires you to have a doctor that can check on you and he says a doctor can legally write you a script for the generic treatment but Big Pharma scares them so a lot don’t do it. He also requires proof of diagnosis, which type you have, and your viral load. I have sent him an email inquiring how it would happen if I did get the medication this way and I will keep you posted.
Thank you if you read this whole thing. I am very thankful for you all. I hope you’re all staying safe and well out there.
As previously mentioned, I have Hepatitis C. I have screenshots of the bloodwork results; one was an antibody test, which shows that the antibodies are present & the other was a viral load test that shows the Hep C virus is still active in my body-(some people ask for proof, so I took screenshots from my patient portal that show my test results.) I had to put raising funds for the hep C treatment on hold which is scary but I didn’t know what else to do & I didn’t really have a choice. I need(ed) the hep c treatment just as bad. But the surgery was a little more accessible, for the lack of a better word, because... it was just financially impossible to do both. And the amount of pain the endometriosis was causing me to be even more disabled than I already am due to very bad declines in my mental health.
The hep c treatment costs $60-85 thousand. With a GoodRX coupon it can range from $14-$15 thousand.
I have found a “Hep C Buyers Club” thats run by a man in Australia, and I’ve been watching his blog for close to a year and it all appears to be legit. If I went that route, it’d only be around $1,000 to have it shipped to me from India. It is all legal. It’s just the generic brand because the makers of the treatment gave India the rights to make the generic version of the treatments. He has testimonial videos on his blog and everything. He requires you to have a doctor that can check on you and he says a doctor can legally write you a script for the generic treatment but Big Pharma scares them so a lot don’t do it. He also requires proof of diagnosis, which type you have, and your viral load. I have sent him an email inquiring how it would happen if I did get the medication this way and I will keep you posted.
Thank you if you read this whole thing. I am very thankful for you all. I hope you’re all staying safe and well out there.
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Emma Gajera
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Methuen, MA