
JP is Sick of Being Sick
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I hate asking for help. I absolutely hate it. It makes me feel like a failure, like a leech, but... in this case, it's necessary.
Last year, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I had surgery, was fitted with an ostomy for a few months, which I had reversed in February. The ostomy recovery has been incredibly hard on me, as my body tries to remember how it actually is supposed to work. On top of that, I've just been told I have some kind of autoimmune disorder (they're looking at lupus, but who knows at this point).
This is in addition to the host of other medical problems I'm dealing with, all of which leave me completely fatigued, dizzy, and just a complete train wreck of a human a lot of the time. I lost my last job for being sick too much, and while I'm trying desperately to find other work, nobody is hiring me, at least not for something that's in my medical restrictions.
We are working on getting me a diagnosis, so I can hopefully file for disability, but that's a slow process, and right now, I'm just trying to survive, which is why I've broken down and am asking for help. The goal is to give me a couple months' wiggle room for groceries and gas and stuff, and the medical bills that keep piling up. I've set the goal at 1,500, but if we can raise more than that, the more time I have to get my health sorted out and my feet under me in this rather rough new life I'm living.
For whatever you can do, I truly, greatly appreciate you I'm sorry to have to ask, but I'm trying to be kinder to myself and acknowledge when I need help.
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Jasper Holcomb
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Apopka, FL