Paris Needs Us: Fired for Doing the Right Thing

Hi Everyone,

My name is Paris Jamal. For those who don't know, I am an End Stage Renal Disease patient. I've been doing dialysis for the last 9 years. This journey has been rough but I always try to persevere.

If you have gotten to know me or get to know me, I pushed myself to be independent and driven while dealing with this disease. To stay positive and not let this disease hold me back. Unfortunately, life comes with hard times.

For the past 3 years, I have been trying to make it on the Kidney Donor list or be healthy enough to receive a living donor. Going into 2025, I find myself extremely close to this reality with only a parathyroid surgery needed to be done. Although I am close, this process came with a delay.

December 2024, a week before Christmas, i was fired from my job of 7 years for trying to stop a thief. It was something I usually didn't do. For a first time offense, the consequences was major. I didn't just lose my income but my health insurance as well. My first instinct was to just find another job. However, my doctors, family, and friends advised I need to focus on my health. To take a step back a realize that I have a lot going on. Beyond the parathyroid surgery, my body has taken its toll from 9 years of dialysis which is developing into ailments that are not getting better under treatment.

Assitance from unemployment, disability, Medicare/Medicaid, & Food Stamps has been slow processing and strenuous. I have had to pause doctors appointments and buying medication just to feed myself and save what I can. I am late on my rent and don't know if I will have the upcoming month or so. I find myself in a corner. And I must ignore my instinct to work in order to save my life.

It's hard for me to ask for help. Not just money but stuff with my medical. I don't even know how to ask for a Living Donor. I've lived with this tremendous fear of being a burden. But the 1 thing I know above that is I want to survive. I want to live as comfortably as I can going through my kidney journey

Whatever you can give is fine. I'm gracious for any help during this time. And please for any more details, message me.

Thank you with Love,

Paris J.