My story begins in October of 2024. My roommate of 9 years had decided it was time for her to move on with her life. I live in the outlying suburbs of Atlanta, GA, where even most small 1-bedroom apartments start at about $1200-$1600 a month. My complex worked with me to put me in a small bedroom at roughly $1400 a month after amenities are all added in.

Please know that all funds will go to helping me with paying rent, bills, medications I so need to keep moving forward. I have a car that needs to be paid for along with insurance. I really need all the help I can get. Please any and all help is truly appreciated. Even if you can't give of yourself, maybe you know someone who can. Please feel free to pass along to everyone you know. I can't tell you how it feels to be at this stage of my life and feel so helpless because of no insurance and so many issues and having to pay for everything out of pocket and have nothing left for the future.

I have several health issues happening. I have already had 2 back surgeries, I have peripheral neuropathy which was diagnosed in 2020 and will only get worse as I age. This is a disease that affects my feet and hands causing me to either lose sensation or become hypersensitive. Think of sitting on your leg too long and your foot falls asleep and you try to stand; you can't. Then there is the pins and needles feeling. That feeling is what I live with 24/7 and it is so bad some days that it's very painful and when I walk all I can think of is I look like Frankenstein...LOL. I have to keep my sense of humor some days just so I don't lose it and break down. I'm also a type II Diabetic, and I also suffer from mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. I mean, come on, who wouldn't be in my case, but I keep on my meds, which do cost money, which brings me to why I'm here.

The last company I worked for was a good company all in all. They did try to help me as much as they could. They were a small company and I just could not afford the insurance, so I opted out. I have been without any type of health insurance now for 2 years. I have been able to see my primary care doctor because he works with me on the cost of self-pay visits. The company switched over to a new EMS (Electronic Medical System) that basically took over the job I was hired to do. So after a year and a half with a company and some people I really enjoyed working with, I once again found myself in the unemployment line due to my job being dissolved by the company and with no other place to put me. I am 60 years old. I am looking for work, So if you know of anyone hiring, I can't stand on my feet for long so it must be some type of office work. But people are being very skeptical to 1. hire someone my age and 2. with my disabilities. So here I am pleading for help. If you or anyone you know can please help me in any way or if you need to contact me to confirm any part of what I said, please let me know.