Since February, I've been in a lot of pain, and my doctor and I thought it was either a pulled muscle or a hernia. So, he wanted to give it time to see if the muscle would heal. The pain continued to get worse, and a number of tests were done to figure out what was going on, running up my medical bills with no answers. Even a CT scan said everything inside of me was fine. At this point, the pain was so severe and relentless, I started losing hope. I have to work through it as much as possible to make my rent and bills since it's just me doing it on my own. Working in a kitchen, I would show up to work and complete all the tasks required of me so I didn't leave them behind and then ask to leave. I've burnt through all my time off options because of this.

On September 14th, I ended up leaving work early to go to the Emergency Room due to the relentless pain and many nights without sleep. They did many tests and an ultrasound of my abdomen and found that I had severe cholecystitis (swelling of the gallbladder caused by gallstones), which they found was starting to really affect my pancreas as well. So, they decided I needed my gallbladder removed, which was a $44,000 surgery, $2,600 after my insurance, on top of all my previous tests that got me nowhere. They expect me to pay $200-350 a month to pay off my medical debt in a year. With all my bills and rent, I hardly make enough to buy myself groceries. This has really made it nearly impossible for me.

I'm recovering from surgery. I expected to go back to work within 5 days, but the doctor wants me out for 15 days to heal. I'm really struggling financially because of this. I don't want anyone to feel pressured to help me, but if you can, it would do a lot for me right now. The last thing I want to do is to ask for help. When I feel like I can move around without being in so much pain, I plan on doing some streaming and recording. Thank you all for reading this.