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Help my dad afford his medication

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Hey everyone. This is my dad:

He is kind of a bad ass, haha. His entire life and career he has traveled the world as a lighting technician on tour with some music legends including:

- Slayer, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Tracy Chapman, Gojira, Rammstein, Stained, Rage Against the Machine, Korn, and so so many more.

In December 2016, he called me just before I left for my first company Christmas party, to tell me he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Since it has worsened, he has had a hard time working. Here is an example of a lighting board he has to use and you can see how it would be difficult with this condition:

This all said, he has an extremely hard time asking for help and in the last few years he not only has had to ask myself but many others for financial assistance. He was even so overcome with anxiety that he missed traveling from California to New York for my wedding in 2019 due to his illness and not being able to afford the medication regularly.

His monthly cost for prescriptions without insurance is $400 and not much cheaper with insurance which he does not always have due to lack of work. COVID and the pandemic has made things even more difficult for his industry and in the last two weeks his car broke down AND their apartment had a burst pipe damaging some of their belongings and they were without water for a time.

So I am asking for help for him since he is too stubborn to do so himself. I just want him to not have to worry about the medication for a few months and allow him to catch up in any ways that he can. It means the world to me that anyone would be willing to help us.

I have not seen my dad in person in almost 10+ years due to neither of us being able to afford the trip and his illness. My wife and I planned to travel as part of our honeymoon but COVID prevented us from doing that.

I would like to get this money to him as soon as possible because he is talking about taking liens out on his most prized possessions like his motorcycle he has had for over 30 years and wishes to pass onto me:

So thank you all so much in advance. It means the world to me that anyone donate even the smallest amounts. They add up quickly and go a very long way.

I love my dad very much and I have just run out of personal resources. Thank you all with all of my heart.

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    Kacey Keel
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    Syracuse, NY

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