Expenses, needed home repairs, for James M. Tobin

APRIL, 2024,

This is Jimmy Tobin.

I am in DESPERATE NEED OF YOUR HELP!

For all who know me, you all have followed my rare, neoplasm, terminal, metastatic, "Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Tumor" cancer, diagnosed in 2005.

I previously had a goal amount of, $50K. but today's economic reality dictates that people just do not have enough to donate, to help me, when I need your help the most! .I desperately need home repairs, and enough money to help me afford the next six or more years of my survival with this rare cancer, if only, I can get more exposure, and ask for donations. maybe a crowdfunding venture, to ask my friends, classmates, yes, even complete strangers, to please, "SHARE" my story, maybe other social media, because, I have been through, and continue to be, at a critical crossroads, has been taking a toll, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

With my recent car repair issues, leaking roof, I have been presently experiencing extreme anxiety, depression, uncontrollable shaking from nervousness, worried sick to my stomach, the constant feeling of throwing up, clammy skin, heart pounding from my chest, fight or flight mode, feeling like the end of my rope, just asking generally, where is all the help at, for seniors, in their 70's, running out of their precious life's savings?

NEED HELP, DUE TO A RARE, TERMINAL CANCER THAT I HAVE NEVER, EVER ASKED FOR, AND THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY, I AM IN NEED OF YOUR HELP, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME.

AND, if there is no life line, I will only continue to suffer, worrying, and feeling perplexed on how am I to survive all of my future financial responsibilities, without the willingness, the kindness and compassion of others, to help me and my life's journey, dealing with a terminal, rare tumor cancer.

I really hate to ask this of you, but could any of my friends, high school classmates, possibly even complete strangers, to possibly donate more than once? 

That sounds crazy, I know, to be asking for assistance in today's very high inflation-fed economy, with everyone's rents, costs of goods and services, increase higher and higher, there is far more credit debt, and in my case, I will need to depend on the goodness of strangers!!!

I’ve known I’ve needed a roof, with water stains from rains before, I’ve been climbing up and down on the roof, laying tarps down, every time it rains, or whenever the Santa Ana winds blow.

The last few severe rain storms has found its way into my bedroom ceiling, also, the interior kitchen wall, from ceiling to counter, water got into the wall, damaging the paint, texture, and drywall, and other interior ceiling damage areas. I’ve waited for ten years for Habitat to have this program, to help Seniors with their home repairs, but two of the old guidelines written back in 2020, preventing me from selling the house, or even get a room mate, for the next five (5) years, or will have a lien slapped against my house, through the City of Anaheim. So that fell through.

Ten years ago I had the money, from an inheritance my dear Mom left me, but as time passed, the cost of living has exponentially increased, and sadly, so did all my savings.

Since the end of Covid, labor, lumber, roofing material costs, and all services have also increased, and a new roof today in 2024, will sadly cost as much as my parents bought this mobile home back in 1976, which was, $20K!!!

Recent roof estimates in 2024, are now hovering over the, $17,500 - $18,600 amount. Ten years ago, the estimate was less than half of today's roofing costs.

Not one of you owe me anything at all, not one bit, and when I ask if my classmates, good friends if they could please, please, donate to my cause, as much as you possibly can, maybe once or twice, maybe more, if you can not afford to financially help, then could I ask you to keep me in your prayers? I realize, prayers do not help me pay my expenses, but they might help me cope a little more, with my life with cancer, and all of it's good or bad circumstances, that this has put me through.

I will need ongoing support for years to come, so maybe, when you think of me, feel free to donate freely, I beg of you.  I am very fearful of being homeless, and losing everything in a flash. I’m shaking uncontrollably, with fear as I write this. I am a nervous wreck, AND I NEED YOUR HELP!!    

Also, if you have any ideas on how I can expand this funding, or post this cancer story and the links, onto other platforms, that I may get the exposure needed through donations, for the sanctity, emotionally and spiritually betterment of my overall health, and to my future survival, living with a cancer, which over these years, no anti-nausea medications have ever helped my condition, I suffer day and night with this unsettling of a life, who needs help, I do not know, how much more of this HELL, that I will be able to handle, without intrusive thoughts of me thinking, that without the kindness of ongoing support from others, I would hate to think what will become of me, with all of my trials and tribulations, a recent bowel obstruction, (second one) seven surgeries, a broken left toe, suspicious cancer under right thumb nail, which they removed the nail, dug around for biopsy, (negative for squamous cell) but was told that the thumb nail will grow back "funky looking," and the doctor was not kidding!

Every day and night, I have feelings that the walls are closing in on me, especially, when I do not see any donations for weeks at a time, thinking, there has to be kind people that still exist, who would want to help me.

What I've lived through since, 2005, since diagnosed, to watch all my life's savings wither away, at 70 years in June, is not very comforting to me at all!

PLEASE HELP, WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN YOU'll EVER REALIZE!

 This is an extremely hard ask but it 'takes a village,' and as much as I would love to accept larger donations, which would really and truly help me considerably, If kind folks would please donate smaller, feasible, more affordable amounts like, $25, or $50, solely because, I will be needing your assistance for years to come!

So if at all possible, with your help, future donations would take care of my much needed household repairs, car repairs, dental, increased rent, to hopefully see my life through to the end, knowing and praying, that I will finally have the resources, the funds available, to experience more happier days, and feeling more content than I have been for many, many years!!!

Once I have enough donations, (which sadly, will never be the case) and see that I have possibly enough in my savings each month, to be able to pay the difference between my Social Security, and annual increasing rent, then to also afford all other day to day, month to month, and year to year expenses looking well into my future.

THANK YOU!

GoFundMe Link -

https://gofund.me/c69c66bc

Zelle - (657) [phone redacted],

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