
Help Hans Live With Cancer
I'm here to beg for money. Whatever dignity or delusions of dignity I may have had, cancer has stripped of that. The fact is I'm dying. With treatment they hope to give me some quality of life before I go. I don't like chemotherapy and all it's never-ending side effects, but I'm not ready to die yet. After 2 1/2 years of misdiagnosed symptoms, this past Christmas I was diagnosed with Stage IV Prostate Cancer. My prognosis is that my cancer is treatable but not curable. I filed for Social Security Disability. Initally I was approved and then denied,(apparently I'm not dying quickly enough) which has created alot of financial problems. I'm right in the middle of my chemo treatments. Number 4 of 8 is on June 5th. Chemotherapy is every 3 weeks. I also get lupron (testosterone suppression) shots every 4 months. In addition to this there are shots and prescriptions to build my immune system and white blood count. We're hoping not to have to get into blood transfusions for my red blood count, but that might be unavoidable. Chemotherapy is horrible. At times it's worse than the cancer. I may have 3 days every 3 weeks where I feel tolerable...but then I'm so weak that I can't do anything even if I wanted to. With Soial Security denying my claim, my Medicaid was terminated, consequently all my medications, and possibly my treatments, are now out of pocket. To say the least, IT'S OVERWHELMING. And then there's the regular living expenses,like rent and utilities, that can't be forgotten or ignored. They say God doesn't give us more than we can handle.....sometimes I wonder. Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you can give, even a little, it will be gratefully appreciated.