Emergency Funds Needed for Medical Care

Family and friends,

Update:

I personally thanked the generous donors and want to thank them here as well.

I was able to pay the electric bill, some of the credit card bills and some of the medical bills.

I'm still short, need help getting one credit card closer to paid ($1,700 balance) so that I can start over and make an affordable budget.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Many of you know that I am on disability for the condition Stiff Person Syndrome.

I am receiving immune globulin IV infusions every four weeks. My neurologist started these because of disease progression.

He said NO to me returning to part-time work.

The treatments seemed to be helping, but for over six months, I have been worse.

I do still have good days, but bad days are worse than before.

This has resulted in many more doctor and ER visits.

I'm now quite stressed financially.

I've had to use credit to pay bills and have fallen behind.

After wavering about asking for help, I received an electric shut-off notice that is $1,500. A program to pay an emergency electric bill was ended. I only found out after the bill went unpaid for 7 months.

The shut-off is paused due to my medical condition, but only for 10 days. There is a long wait for assistance, and the electric company wants a minimum of $1,500 to stop the shut-off.

My medical bills currently total $4,415. One ER visit was written off with the hospital's charity program. I am trying to work with them.

I will be grateful for any donations.

Thank you for reading.