Hi, my name is Jim Alexander. I'm 72 years old, 100% disabled from a serious automobile accident a long while back when I was a stronger young man.

I was a successful dentist after putting myself through college and dental school. I graduated a year early from each and was in practice by the age of 23. Life was going well, until a lady ran a red light and hit my car head on.

After my initial recovery I tried to go back into practice, but it was way too soon. My neck and low back never recovered and the trauma of the day to day strain, sitting over patients 10 hours a day took a real toll on me

Eventually my doctor's advised that I sell the practice and accept a disability status.

I didn't want to give up on my dream and the ability to provide for my family. I should have listened, I never really made a strong recovery.

Hardship breeds only more hardship.

Soon I found myself all on my own. All my dreams were slipping away. But I was an optomist and felt I would recover or start a new career. I worked as a national lecturer, and also a practice consultant for a few years. But all the driving and the accumulation of chronic pain and increasing disability put an end to all of that

I got along okay not stressing my body daily and trying to sleep at night was alright for awhile...and then I had a stroke in bed one night. That was really a challenge to overcome, and costly as well.

I had good insurance early on, but quite a surprise was awaiting me. As I aged and could get less and less exercise, I became more and more week.

On a first visit to a new physician, I suffered an acute coronary spasms and aortic narrowing. It was a few days short of my 65th birthday. And to my great surprise, the bigger of two disability policies "aged out"! I lost nearly $40,000 per year from then on. I was already just getting by, but that pushed me over the cliff.

The economy crashed with the onset of the pandemic. And sure enough, I was the high risk senior they warned would be most at risk. And of course it hit me hard. Blood clots filled my pulmonary artery to nearly 80%. On my birthday! I had to have life saving emergency vascular surgery on my heart and surrounding blood vessels. It really knocked the wind out of my sails, and I wasn't financially able to move to a smaller home on my reduced income. I thought cutting back on my "lifestyle" would see me through the hard times ahead. And it might have, if exactly one year later on my next birthday, a reaction to a COVID Vaccine caused blood clots to obstruct both legs, from the pelvis to my toes on both legs. I spent 15 hours in the ER with one heart attack after another the entire time. They estimated 20 of them and since the blood clots in the legs were responsible for the massive back pressure causing the heart to shudder and collapse, the decision was to therapeutically amputate both legs.

Fortunately at the last minute my vascular surgeon from the previous year vetoed the plan and set to removing the obstructions. He saved my life and my legs, but left my legs and heart very weak for the rest of my life

Living on my own, trying to get along on just Social Security income and a small private disability policy was all I had to live on, and no way to earn more in my condition. Prices went up as did my rent and soon my income fell below my costs of living.

With no way to battle the economic down turn, I struggled with money every day. Until a month ago when I was evicted from the house I had lived in for many years.

Now I live in a one room senior efficiency apartment where boxes from moving in sit still unopened as lifting and carrying are beyond my capability. I encured a lot of expenses that moving here have yet to be replaced.

This is a nice place and the only one that would take me, and my only family, my two Siberian Huskies. They are all I have to comfort me, but I need to raise money to pay off the moving expenses, and get caught up with the rent here. (It's actually more than what my old home was, but the expense covers all my utilities and meals).

And here's where I need some help. I need to cover the move in costs and other left over expenses, so that my actual income will cover my new living costs and honorably see to my expenses not covered at my doctor's and hospitals. It bothers me to not be able to pay them or stock my pantry.

Will you help me please?

I have had no luck with charities and my church has done a fantastic job of getting me here, but it's not designed to be an income stream, and I would like to repay them, so they can help the next family in need.

So once again I ask sincerely, will you help me?

God Bless you and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Jim