My name is Heidi Martin and with much thought and trepidation I have decided to reach out and ask for help. Some very close friends have encouraged me to do so as I struggle asking for help but am in a very difficult situation. Over the past few years I have been on and off short term disability for a chronic illness. I then attempted to go back to work and had moved to Northern California only to experience a horrific drawback in my life, first losing my job, then losing everything I own, as well as my health insurance forcing me to move back to Southern California where I thought things would be easier. Well, I was put on medi-cal and my new doctor pulled me off a medication I had been on for eleven years which caused me to start having seizures. I then lost my drivers license indefinitely due to this. Over the past year I have progressively become very ill and was living in a very abusive situation while I was waiting for my disability to be approved. I was recently just denied. My attorney assures me this is a normal part of the process even for a person with a chronic illness. I am now basically homeless bouncing around staying with different people as I am trying to heal as I taper from benzos which was the cause of my seizures. Right now I have no income to support myself and am not well enough to work as my withdrawal symptoms combined with my other illnesses makes some days almost unbearable.  I don't like to be a burden wherever I am at, so I like to contribute, so anything you can donate would be such a blessing and greatly appreciated.