Steve Kay
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Dear Friends,
I’m writing this request for help with some angst and embarrassment. In these very trying times, with so many people suffering (both physically and emotionally), it is difficult to ask for help. However, I must.
My story is two-fold.
I have been “retired” for about 14 years and, during that time I sat at home a lot, bought a franchise (that failed quickly due to incompetent corporate ownership), lost all my savings, sat home a lot, and then Uber appeared. For the past almost 4 years, I have been driving for Uber and Lyft (7 days/week) in order to just break even on my monthly bills.
That was helping me pay the recurring monthly debt but not giving me enough to pay down the larger debt. As of March 4, 2020, that income stopped since I’ve been self isolated since then. As a pre baby-boomer with pre-existing conditions I felt it to be too dangerous to continue to carry people around all day and risk getting the virus.
Part 2 or the two-fold is my beautiful and brilliant daughter.
She is 24 (yes, I started very late) and has been house (room) bound for the past 3.5 years. She suffers from debilitating migraines and a myriad of other conditions (heart rate of 180 standing and 120 resting). She was diagnosed with POTS (a type of tachycardia) but we now think it may be something entirely different. She is showing all the signs of Cushings Syndrome (look it up) and has gone from 120lbs to 170lbs in the past few months. A C/T shows a pineal cyst (in the brain) and an MRI scheduled for next week will probably show a pituitary tumor. All of this has been a nightmare for me since her main source of information is the internet and various chat groups for whatever condition she thinks she has. I’m not mocking that effort, because it has yielded some significant insights to some of her issues. But it has delayed any kind of true diagnosis and resolution.
With all that being said, bills need to be paid and her potential surgery has to be successful. And, with that, more bills.
So, anything that you can do to help (whether financial, moral support, green stamps, bitcoin, etc.) will be more than greatly appreciated.
I’m writing this request for help with some angst and embarrassment. In these very trying times, with so many people suffering (both physically and emotionally), it is difficult to ask for help. However, I must.
My story is two-fold.
I have been “retired” for about 14 years and, during that time I sat at home a lot, bought a franchise (that failed quickly due to incompetent corporate ownership), lost all my savings, sat home a lot, and then Uber appeared. For the past almost 4 years, I have been driving for Uber and Lyft (7 days/week) in order to just break even on my monthly bills.
That was helping me pay the recurring monthly debt but not giving me enough to pay down the larger debt. As of March 4, 2020, that income stopped since I’ve been self isolated since then. As a pre baby-boomer with pre-existing conditions I felt it to be too dangerous to continue to carry people around all day and risk getting the virus.
Part 2 or the two-fold is my beautiful and brilliant daughter.
She is 24 (yes, I started very late) and has been house (room) bound for the past 3.5 years. She suffers from debilitating migraines and a myriad of other conditions (heart rate of 180 standing and 120 resting). She was diagnosed with POTS (a type of tachycardia) but we now think it may be something entirely different. She is showing all the signs of Cushings Syndrome (look it up) and has gone from 120lbs to 170lbs in the past few months. A C/T shows a pineal cyst (in the brain) and an MRI scheduled for next week will probably show a pituitary tumor. All of this has been a nightmare for me since her main source of information is the internet and various chat groups for whatever condition she thinks she has. I’m not mocking that effort, because it has yielded some significant insights to some of her issues. But it has delayed any kind of true diagnosis and resolution.
With all that being said, bills need to be paid and her potential surgery has to be successful. And, with that, more bills.
So, anything that you can do to help (whether financial, moral support, green stamps, bitcoin, etc.) will be more than greatly appreciated.
Organiser and beneficiary
Art Sklar
Organiser
Boca Raton, FL
Stephen Kay
Beneficiary