Helping Mia's Surgery/Recovery

Hello! ‎♡


So...I don't know where to begin and I also don't know what to say...I have never asked for help before and I feel guilty for doing so, but I am at a point where I don't know what to do anymore. Before I explain what happened, I want to first state this...

PLEASE DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO DONATE TO ME.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST.

DO NOT DONATE MONEY IF YOU FINANCIALLY CAN’T.

I want you all to be taken care of! That's what is most important to me. If you don't have money but want to somehow help, a simple share is extremely powerful and would mean the world. I don't expect this goal to be filled; I will just use anything that's given toward my surgery debts. Even if it’s just $1 -- that is $1 that helps relieve the stress from all of this.


What Happened?

Eight months ago I signed up at a fitness place to work on getting healthier and try to get a healthy lifestyle going. Two weeks in, I ended up getting injured. A lady had accidentally thrown a medicine ball and when I had landed coming down from a jumping jack -- it hit the side of my knee/leg. She ended up denying it all. The room this happened in also had no cameras. In the end I had to go to the ER where I got an x-ray, CAT scans, MRI, and had other doctor appointments scheduled. I didn't have health insurance last year so everything had to come out of pocket and was putting me more in debt. On top of that, it put me out of work for almost two weeks. That meant no pay and my job doesn't have any benefits so it put me more down in the hole than before. I ended up having my ACL/Meniscus torn and cartilage damage. I needed surgery, but I couldn't get it because I didn't have the funds to do so and wasn’t in a position to take more work off. I finally have health insurance and am trying to hurry to get my leg fixed & get PT done because paying for health insurance alone is difficult and expensive. I’m paying $400 a month for it and it's not really helping at all, it’s just been stressful. I just want to get off of it when I can.


What Do I Mean By “Debt”?

I also feel like I should explain what I mean by my "debt" I have to pay off. I don't want you guys to think that I’m in this situation because I don't know how to manage my money or because of any other silly things. My ex that I used to live with put me $6-7k in debt and by the time I found out he was cheating on me, I was already kicked out. No money to my name alongside my already existing debt.

On top of that already horrible situation, I ended up having to put one years worth of rent on top of it all due to the roommate I lived with. She was my "best friend" at the time and they bailed on paying rent, leaving me with $1.2k a month and promising that she was going to pay me back. However, she was going through things and it was hard for her and her child; so I trusted her at the time and figured we would help each other get out of our low points together. I was mistaken; it left me more in debt and she took several of the house items I had bought alongside my personal belongings. So, I was already in a lot of debt and I had some medical issues that happened on top of that.

I do want to stress that I work full-time. I am constantly working towards paying off my existing debt and also trying to pay for this surgery, PT, doctor visits, and the effects of being out of work for two weeks while having my hours cut to recover. I've been actively trying to take care of myself, but any time I begin moving up in life, something always happens to push me back down. With having to find a place to live in a few months, surgery, being out of work, and being put more in debt for an accident that wasn't my fault -- I'm drowning. I don't know how I am going to pull this off...My friends and loved ones suggested I make a GoFundMe, so I’m putting this together. I have a commission based job so income isn't steady, but I do work open to close and am trying my best.

Due to the massive amount of debt I already have, I can’t afford to take this hit from medical expenses both mentally and financially. I’m at my wits end and I feel like this is my only option…I am used to doing things on my own so this is a very big step for me.

I hope I haven't offended anyone and I am sorry for asking for help...I just don't know what to do at this point. If you have gotten this far, thank you so much for taking time out of your day to read this. ♡

If you do donate or even share this story, thank you. It really does mean a lot to me. My surgery is at the end of May and I will be working on paying everything off for it starting now and after the surgery.


Again, thank you for your time.


Please take care ♡