Doug Needs Your Help: Fighting Cancer and Hardship

Hey everyone, I'm Doug, and I have had a very difficult year, and it seems to keep getting rougher. I have had kidney stone issues for years and decided to have a couple of procedures done earlier this year. I had to miss some work due to these procedures, and after having the second procedure, I became sick with a UTI, and it jumped into my bloodstream as well. I spent a week in the hospital and then took another couple of weeks to recover from it all.

Then, about a month later, I became sick with COVID, and I battled that for several weeks. During that illness, I was let go from my job due to excessive absences, even though I had short-term leave for some of the days and had doctor excuses for most as well. I've been searching for a job since the end of July and have not had any luck at all. I have applied for approximately 90 jobs and had 2 interviews. My unemployment benefits have expired now, and luckily, I was able to qualify for some assistance through SNAP. Somehow, I also became eligible for Medicaid, luckily, because now I have been diagnosed with choroidal melanoma cancer on my right eyeball. So that has slowed my job search due to surgery coming up for my eye. It will be treated by them placing a disc-like thing with radiation on it behind my eye, and it takes four days for it to go through the radiation. I will be in the hospital from a Friday to the following Tuesday.

I am in dire need of some financial help. I am ashamed and embarrassed to have to ask for some help, but if any of you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. And I ask for your prayers and good thoughts during this time. Please share this with as many people as we can. I thank you all in advance for any assistance you might be able to provide, especially your prayers and good thoughts.