In February I had a cough that just wouldn't clear up. On the first of June I was diagnosed with lung cancer which had metastasised to my adrenal glands and brain.

I was immediately sent for radiation on my brain, 5 days a week for 3 weeks. It compromised my eyesight and short term memory. The prognosis was I had 3 - 6 months.

Just as I finished the treatment I was told that one of the three inch tumors in my lung had breached the lung wall and I was given four weeks to live.

There is not enough time to get everything in order and settle my life before cancer takes it from me. I have thousands of dollars in medical bills I can never pay and I don't have any money for my funeral or burial.

I'd like to pay out my car and have the money to be buried so I don't leave too much debt for my 22y.o. son to deal with. As it is he's paying my rent and car payments. I can't pay him back and I have nothing to leave him. Except my car.

He should be having fun with his friends, not supporting me while I linger on becoming an even more expensive burden on him.

I have so far exceeded the four week use-by date. But I can't relax knowing what my son will have to deal with if I die now.

It's hard to ask for charity from strangers but it's even harder to live knowing I can't even pay my bills or bury myself.

I am at peace with the idea of death, I just hope I can leave my son memories instead of debt.