Hi, I'm Robert Thompson, and I'm raising money to start my life over.

This is a hard one for me, and if I wasn't backed into a corner, I wouldn't be asking. I need to get funds to get a place to live since the place I'm currently residing in is going to my wife of almost 18 years in a divorce.

Let me break my situation down for ya. Ever since my health took a turn and I became disabled, my wife (soon to be ex) has been the one beside me during all the medical issues. For starters, I had open-heart surgery to replace my aortic valve. I have a permanent pacemaker because of a failed ablation, so now my heart's top and bottom chambers don't communicate with each other. I had a colon resection because my bladder and colon fused together, and then the colon perforated, causing sepsis. I ended up getting more of my colon cut out and ended up with a colostomy bag that wasn't supposed to be permanent. In turn, a hernia started to appear. The doctor always said he could fix it but never did.

After about a year, my primary care doctor did a CT and found out that my left kidney had an issue. After several different types of CTs and a urologist consult, my left ureter was completely obliterated, so my left kidney was no longer viable. In the process of this last surgery, I lost my kidney. As of now, I have a permanent colostomy with a parastomal hernia that no one in the state will help with. Imagine having half a melon sticking out of the side of your body. It makes doing things very hard.

At age 45, I never thought I would have so many diagnoses: heart blockage, aortic valve replacement, parastomal hernia, essential tremors, COPD, severe sleep apnea, anxiety and depression, and bipolar II and diabetes.I take a total of 15 pills, two inhalers, and a breathing treatment throughout the day and sleep with a bipap machine to sleep at night. I can barely walk around the store just to do normal things a person would do. Up until now, I had someone to help me through my day-to-day things. Now, I no longer have my somebody to help me. I would have never thought this would happen to me. Now, I need to start over at my age, having all these health issues but lacking the funds until the divorce is final. I need to try and move on now, which would help my psychological warfare. Thanks for looking.