
Kidney fund to get my life back, please help
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Hi my name is Andrew I’m 31 years old, and I normally have a really hard time asking for help, absolutely hate asking for money, but I am at the point in my life now where I have no choice… I have end stage renal failure, for those that don’t know that means I need a kidney transplant or I will die. There is no cure for this disease just temporary fixes and my temporary fix did not last nearly as long as we hoped it would. I have had kidney disease since I was 18 years old, due to a freak tumor that almost killed me. I was able to get a kidney transplant in 2018 but after visiting family in 2023 I got Covid and lost my transplant. Since the sudden and unexpected loss of my transplant my life has been turned upside down and more or less ruined in every aspect… I’ve lost my job, I have run out of money trying to keep up with bills and most recently had my truck repossessed. I am so far behind on bills (both regular and medical) I have no choice other than to file bankruptcy, but I can not even afford to do that. I can’t work right now because I spend 4.5hrs 3 days a week in hemodialysis and when I’m not there, I’m so physically exhausted or sick I can’t even imagine trying to work on top of everything. It has been over a year now since this nightmare has started and I’m working as hard as possible to get back on the transplant list with no luck yet. This disease has successfully taken everything from me at this point and I’m at my wits end, a few times now I’ve thought about taking “the easy way out” and honestly don’t know why I haven’t yet… I have no one I can lean on for support and the only person I could (my mom) has nothing left to give. I am asking for help of any kind to start trying to get my life somewhat back in order… I will try to post updates as frequently as possible, for those that decide to help, and to those that do you are literally saving my life I can’t thank you enough.
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Andrew Blackmon
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Chesapeake, VA