
Help pay specialty medical fees and deductibles
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I am Becky Myers, I’m disabled, and I’m fundraising to help pay specialty medical fees and deductibles not covered by Medicare since my Medicaid was dropped last October. My Social Security Disability income is insufficient to cover these fees, as I was a veterinary nurse or assistant for 22 years and compensation was low. I volunteer as my illnesses allow time here and there, for my local animal shelter and rescue, senior rehabilitation and memory care, church outreach feeding our low income community, and active in my local nonprofit cemetery.
I have autoimmune liver diseases and systemic autoimmune disease that affects other organ systems including my eyes, heart, lungs, etc. There is no cure, but there is symptomatic treatment including the Rituxan infusions recently authorized by Medicare. The side effects of these treatments are managed by more meds and physical therapy/yoga. I have already outlived the predicted lifespan stated by my first hepatologist at Duke. Now, a stellar team at Johns Hopkins is in charge of my major diseases, and University if Maryland and independent clinics manage my lesser disease processes. I am hopeful for a longer life under their care. Living in Maryland is expensive compared to North Carolina, but I’m adjusting and resources emerge for housing and housing/car related bills from the county and by God’s grace. Thank you for your generosity! God bless you and your loved ones!
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Rebecca Myers
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Centreville, MD