Aid a Resilient Life: Overcoming Debt and Disease

I am a chronically ill patient, dis/abled since 2006, who suffers from 6 incurable diseases: four autoimmune and two rare lung diseases, as well as serious secondary conditions. I am totally without family since my parents passed in the last few years—both close to a century old. My father fought in WWII and was indeed in the first Allied landing on continental Europe: Salerno, Italy. He fought through Italy, France, and Germany, and re-enlisted in Japan. My mother worked for the US government from the Peace Corps to the Diplomatic Corps. I was raised around the world and lived for 15 years in Paris, where I attended and taught grad school. Due to my mother's lengthy illness, all money went to pay her nursing home bill, and I have no inheritance.

I was stricken with a catastrophic case of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2006 that immobilized the right side of my spine and my body. It took me ten years to learn to walk again, but willpower prevailed with Physical Therapy. I am ambulatory and drive the used Honda Civic (2010) my mother gave me in 2015. I also have an autoimmune (non-alcoholic) liver disease for 35 years: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). I am currently in my 5th year of cirrhosis and have two elevated cancer/tumor markers. One biopsy came back benign, but doctors are still searching. Transplant for lungs or liver is not possible due to multiple comorbidity factors.

Although I have a few subsidies to help with food, rent, and prescriptions, and I am capable of living on Social Security, my mother often helped me with small amounts to make ends meet. Since her passing in late 2022 and the increase in my medi-gap health insurance, I have accumulated debts on my one credit card that include OTCs ("Over The Counter" Medications), cleaning products, etc. I buy nothing for myself.

I have worked hard to manage my monthly finances and succeeded. If I pay off my credit card debt (and the monthly payment which I always make), I will be able to continue without further need of monetary assistance. For this, I humbly ask your help. I apologize for requesting help, but there is no one and nothing left in my life. With the government chages in the USA presently, nothing is certain. I would so appreciate any donation to help me lift the weight of debt from my very weary shoulders. Thank you and many blessings.

(The picture is my Beloved Jesse, 1998-2015)