Hi I am Wanda, for those who know me and those who don’t, please know that this is extremely difficult for me. Asking for help. I’m much more comfortable volunteering to help. As a matter of fact, if I could survive volunteering, that’s how I would spend the rest of my days because I love people, I love animals, and I love planet earth. I can’t stand to watch any living being suffer. I have leukemia. I found out by accident. A random blood test came back funky and my whole life changed. After the numbness wore off, I started making plans to financially survive this life challenge. I went to work every day and I bought every kind of supplemental critical illness insurance I could find at work that might save me from losing what I worked my whole life for. Financial security. I paid my premiums for four years until one day, my doctor said “it’s time Wanda”. “You need to start treatment”. Hence I set out to take some time of work and fight for my life. I should be ok I thought...I have insurance. I’ve been doing the right thing and preparing for this. I was Wrong. Seriously wrong. I could no longer work and very quickly, the insurance adjusters were more than willing to point out the “pre-existing illness” clauses in very tiny print that would exclude me from the very help I desperately needed. I could go on about the blood chilling panic I went through and the injustice of it all, but I didn’t have the luxury to wallow in fear and suffering. I needed treatment. So by now, 5 treatments in, thank goodness you lose your appetite during chemo because buying groceries is a luxury and I have been sent to countless collection agencies for bills that will take me months to figure out who sent me to collections. I hate to say this, but this kind of disaster can hit at any moment to anyone, and even though you think you did all the right things to cover yourself, there is probably a “clause” somewhere that will keep you up at night with worry and an upset stomach. Will you consider helping me stress out just a little less, and help me focus more on trying to survive this battle for my life. Anything you can do would be so very appreciated. Thank you, Wanda