
Reluctantly asking for help with urgent issues
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Thank you for reading this. I want everyone to know that doing something like this is not in my character at all. I would much rather work hard to make money. I recently lost a job that i loved. But things happen and life moves on so i can't dwell on that. There are so many amazing people who work there and i honestly wish them nothing but the best. I have always kept my personal life out of work, and i'm just a quiet person in general so i didn't divulge much about myself. But i have a pituitary adenoma which is a tumor on my pituitary gland in my brain. My endocrinologist believes that it is not cancerous, which is a good thing. But, due to the tumor being on my pituitary gland, it stops all flow of testosterone to my body, which means that i have to take weekly injections of testosterone. Not only that, it also causes massive migraine headaches in which i also take medication for. Both of those medications are very expensive and i don't have insurance. Before i was let go, i was able to afford them. But i was also living paycheck to paycheck. Now, I don't have a way to pay these prescriptions. I was employed through an agency while at my previous position, and that place did not offer insurance. Now that i am not working, I am going to try to sign up for Medicaid, but that also takes time. Not only do i have to worry about medications, i have to worry about rent and bills. As of now i am emailing my resume to any companies i can think of and i am working very hard to find something asap. But the road ahead of me is unknown. The one thing that truly bothers me about being let go is the timing. This time of year can be very difficult for people, and that is an understatement in my case. I don't have any family, and i have always been a quiet person which means i don't have any friends. I have always been a very independent person and reaching out for help like this is something that i am ashamed of but i am swallowing my pride and asking. I am praying that i will be able to find a good position asap, because i want to work, and i am no stranger to working hard. I am the type of person who will stand on the corner and hand out resumes if i have to in order to find something asap. But in the mean time i don't know what else to do and i am scared. I know that conveying emotions through text is hard, but i hope that you can see the kind of person i am. If you can help or if you could share this, i would be forever grateful.
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James Warden
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Chicago, IL