
I need help, I have fallen behind due to economy
Hi, my name is Barbie and I need help. Little backstory, I have worked at my current job for 17 years and absolutely love what I do. I work in the oil and gas industry and since the economy has taken a hit, I have taken a hit. We had to take out first pay cut last year in September and our 2nd paycut at the start of the year. At first I was ok, but over the last couple years, I have racked up over $7000 in medical debt. It started back in 2019 when I went in for a normal doctor visit. They did blood work and all my numbers were off. My liver enzymes were off the chart and so my dr started sending me to specialist to figure out what was going on. I now see a hematologist, rheumatologist, gastrointerolgist and have had 2 procedures done, countless blood tests, multpile medication tries and still dont have definitive answer as to what is going on with me. I have been diagnoes with sjorgens syndrome for part of it, severly anemic, non fatty liver disease and now my body is jot absorbing vitamin d and they still cant figure out what the underlying cause is. I get tired easily, have no energy, I sleep for long periods of time and still exhausted when I do try to function normally. This has made working extremely hard. I work 3 days a week at my regular job, thats the job that we had to take the pay and hour cut at. Ive tried to work parttime, it lasted a month and then I got to the point that I couldnt work that much. I was working the other 4 days a week and was only making $8 an hour. It helped a little but wasnt working out, I was so exhausted all the time and it made driving dangerous as I live 90 minutes away from my regular job. I have made cuts to everything, I turned cable off, cut service to my tablet on my phone bill, stopped eating out, my dogs dont get their extra snacks and treats, I dont go anywhere but to work and Im struggling bad. Ive fallen behind on my car payments and if I cant get some money paid, they are going to repo my car. Im fortunate that I dont have a house payment, I took care of my grandparents when they were dying and they left me their house and its paid off, but I havent been able to afford to pay the taxes and am now behind on that. I have a couple bills that take a huge portion of my paycheck and if I could pay those off, I would be fine. Im at the point that I literally dont know what to do. I habe tried to donate plasma but was turned away, I have tried to pick up odd jobs here and there and my cousin has let me use her credit card to help offset things but Im struggling. I need help. I would just like to raise enough to pay a couple bills off, get my car payment up to date and pay for 6 months insurance. I havent been to the grocery store in I dont know how long, I usually stop at the dollar store and grab a few items when I have extra money, which isnt often. It has taken a lot for me to make this post, I have been eating ramen noodles for the last week because I cant afford anything else. I would greatly appreciate any help that I can get.