Jenn's Fight: Medical Bills and Job Loss

Hi FB family!

I thought I’d have a job by now but the market is so saturated in my field. I’m open to outside my field as a recruiter but I haven’t heard back from those either. I wouldn’t ask for help if it wasn’t an emergency. I hope you read my story. When I’ve had the money I always shared or gave. all I want is to provide a home for my kids. If it was just me I wouldn’t care. But I need to keep this home for them. Believe me I wish I was on the other side of this helping others.

Unfortunately in 2020 I ended up in the hospital with a dermoid cyst that ended up rupturing. Once I was home healing I noticed the pain was not going away. I went back to my obgyn and he decided to do a partial hysterectomy but refused to take my left ovary because he said it would put me into menopause.

After healing from that I noticed the pain still was not going away. The obgyn scheduled me for surgery to have scar tissue removed but again refused to take the left ovary. After that I ended up dislocating my knee and well back in surgery to have a very invasive knee surgery to make sure my knee would stay in socket. During all of this I continued to work and support my family. However, the pain in my stomach was still not going away. It was 24/7 and I looked 9 months pregnant.

Luckily my mom had an obgyn appt for herself and explained to the obgyn what I was experiencing. She said sadly a lot of it had to do with insurance and that a lot of the dr’s just wipe their hands from these types of situations. She was able to schedule me with an oncologist surgeon who took my case. She was going to remove my left ovary. When she got in there she was shocked to find my ovary was under my bowel area and had a massive cyst on it which thankfully was benign.

Because of all of this I was laid off from the job I loved. Since then I’ve been consulting as I continue to find a permanent job. Unfortunately with consulting you do not get benefits and when the company is closed for holiday you don’t get paid.

I’m applying to jobs like crazy. I wish things were different because I’ve always been on the other side helping others. But I have to keep this home for my kids. I will keep fighting but sometimes in life you just need others to give you the help and believe in you.

I feel so embarrassed to even have to put this out there. I pride myself on being able to handle it. Take care of it all. And I would give the shirt off my back for others. If you know me then you know that my kids are my world. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and do whatever you need to for your kids. If this was just about me I wouldn’t care. But those kids of mine deserve the best.

Knowing so many of you on here personally, I hope you know that I truly appreciate this with all of my heart. Any bit will help. And even if you can’t donate, thank you for reading my story. All funds will go to keeping my home, and paying for all medical bills. My goal is $6,000. I am so embarrassed to put my personal struggles on here but I truly believe in the good of people and that no one would make fun of my situation.

Love you all,

Jenn