Help Grumpasalty Afford Life-Saving Treatment

I'm sure more than a few of you have noticed that I've been absent from the server lately, what more can I say other than life is kicking me while I'm down right now.

The short story: I'm basically screwed, I have developed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and I need your help in treating it, I realize it's an incurable disease meaning it will eventually be the thing that kills me but with treatment I can possibly have a few more good years before I succumb to this fate.

The long story: Over the past month or so I started showing symptoms that were flu like in nature, I thought nothing of it at first maybe a cold or COVID-19 it would go away eventually, but a week went by, then two, then three and nothing changed.

It was obvious to me that this was something more serious and so I started pondering the question of do I let this illness take me or do I ask for help and attempt to fight it? About a month of this going back and forth led me no closer to making a decision and so I reached out to people close to me and asked for their thoughts, one of these people, Paul aka The Mighty Jingles when I asked him if he would have my back if I choose to fight this said that he would absolutely back me up.

This and the words of the few others I spoke to telling me to fight on inspired courage in me to do so, I went to see my GP who suspected that what I have is a case of COPD and recommended that I go to see a Pulmonologist which by a stroke of luck I was able to do on the same day, they drew some blood, ran some tests and confirmed the GP's suspicions.

I was issued a script for a Xopenex inhaler but they told me that it would only offer temporary relief and for a more stable treatment plan to be put into effect I would need a piece of equipment called the Inogen One G5 Oxygen Concentrator, unfortunately these devices are ludicrously expensive and the only reasonable way of obtaining one is through this.

That's where you come in, I realize this is not the first time I've asked for your help and it probably wont be the last but I'm practically on my knees begging as much as I hate being in this position I've been forced here by the hand I've been dealt. I will state for the record, that none of you are required to donate anything, you do so of your own free will I wont think any less of you, you will always be my friends no matter what happens.

But if you have the means to help me and you choose to do so, I will be ever grateful as I am always whenever you come to my rescue. You're all my heroes and I cannot possibly thank you enough.

You're friendly old gasbag Grumps, Kyle Rodgers (former PO1 FC USS Missouri BB-63 1985-1992)