<div>It's me again, trying to get some things under control so maybe we won't drown this year atleast.
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<div>I'm chronically ill, have scoliosis and endometriosis that effects every aspect of my life. We've had a rough decade. Bounced around from NC to SC, Oregon homeless and sick trying to figure things out. In 2016-2017 we moved in with my poppa after being unable to pay our rent by $60.
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<div>Poppa got cancer and an agreement was made that we would inherit his house if we stayed and took care of him/lived there. We were told we could save money, that never happened. My husband has worked full time since 2017, paying bills and paying rent to live at poppas. Through out all of this had our son and then a hysterectomy to hopefully help with me being ill. It did for awhile and then I became very ill for weeks out of every month again.
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<div>During the time my poppa was alive we payed rent, got no assistance and bought whatever was needed and we also gave him money to save as it was his house, his rules or no house. Poppa died in November 2022, we soon found out that the money we had given him to save was stolen, the little bit of money he had left for our kids was gone too. It was the only way we had to pay for absolutely everything to transfer and keep the house up for the first year until we could figure it out. We all got covid from the amount of people in and out after his death. I've lost a lot of ability in the last year that's made it so much harder to get anything done.
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<div>Then our car started to break down more and more. Replaced the starter. Then tires. Since his death it's been nonstop issues with my health, trying to cover Drs and new emergencies coming up constantly. Our car is on it's 3rd transmission, is leaking oil everywhere all the time so I try to avoid driving.
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<div>Our son (5) developed HSP and lost the ability to walk a month ago. It was terrifying. Thankfully a beautiful friend helped us get a walker to help him when he's able to be mobile. We had to take him to 4 doctors before we got a diagnosis and the bills are piling up even with insurance on top of my new bills. During the time he's been sick I haven't made any income doing art or any of the ways I try to help. As most of our bills have doubled from inflation.
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<div>On top of all of this we have my mom waiting on disability with no state assistance and her ex, my step dad struggling to get by. There's no way my partners one income can cover all of us for food or anything for that matter. Hopefully she'll get disability soon as then it'll be easier to manage my copays for Drs and maybe get mom into a Dr again finally too. It's $500 for the orthopedic to even see her. (She was hit by a car and disabled over a decade ago)
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<div>This fundraiser is for medical bills in collections or trying to keep them out, our son's office bill for his pediatrician. I'd love to be able to get my bad teeth pulled before something worse happens. I have atleast 4 that need extraction immediately. Was told I needed 9 pulled 3 years ago.
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<div>We have no one besides the small community and strangers on the internet who try to make a difference where they can. I appreciate any and all help we ever receive or received, just want to be above the water and not terrified.
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<div>I'm not including my older medical bills in collections that are at about 8k, I cannot get assistance because of how old they are. Makes no sense. We just got out of probate with my poppas house, trying to keep the insurance on it so we can atleast get some things fixed since the money to fix anything is gone. There's a lot of issues in the house we just can't afford to fix but I don't trust people a lot these days either. Just trying to pay everyone's bills and still hope things get better has gotten impossible.
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<div>Above are the photos of the teeth that need to be pulled. You'll see two holes in the gums, there's gum grown over broken teeth that bleed anytime I eat or brush. It's gotten extremely painful just existing with the back ones that are left being exposed like they are. Last time with our dental insurance it was still atleast $150 per tooth and I need a minimum of 4 pulled right now, more like all of them but I can't deal with it much longer. Because of the Endo I've puked alot in the last decade, with the acid erosion and simply being too sick to take care of myself it's gotten bad. My front teeth are not much better but I know how expensive teeth are. 
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<div>One bill for the 12 xrays our son got, waiting for more 
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<div>For our son, it's a total of 305.26
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<div>Tried to start a payment plan and our prepaid debit card wasn't good enough. Going to collections on the 28th. 
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<div>This my pt bill for my endometriosis, I had to do the pt to even get a referral for the surgeon I'm seeing soon. But that bill is in collections. I meant to start a payment plan and have been too stressed to think straight, this hospital always comes after me if they can. Somehow can never get financial assistance from them. 
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<div>I can always provide the proof with my name just don't like posting photos of all the info 
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<div>I'll be coming back in and adding more photos of bills along with photos of the teeth. 
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<div>I appreciate any help with the bills or going towards having enough to get my teeth pulled. Once poppa died we thought we'd be able to pull it together, November is one year since he died and I just want to prove everyone wrong somehow. That we can make it. Hopefully we'll hear soon if mom is denied or accepted for disability this time.
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Juliet Demarco

Rosalie Geiger

Bonnie Smith

Medical bills, teeth and surviving

Still $1,739 to go. Help us build momentum.