Help a Disabled Youth in Need
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Hi, I'm Kyran. I'm an 18-year-old disabled transboy that's hit a rough spot.
I live with my mom, grandma, and stepdad. Both my mom and my grandma are disabled, and my mother has stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer. Her cancer medication causes muscular decay which makes moving and day-to-day life difficult on top of debilitating Chiari malformation that causes nerve damage and eventual paralysis that prevents her from working. My grandmother is 72 and has been in several car accidents as well as suffering from late-stage arthritis of the knees and spine, a heart attack in May, and type 2 diabetes. My stepdad is currently in the process of legally immigrating to Canada from the US and cannot legally work. I myself suffer from a more mild form of Chiari malformation that causes debilitating and life hindering migraines and nerve problems that prevent me from working or even going to school.
When I turned 18 in March, my mother lost child support. This caused our already difficult financial situation to become worse. We lived paycheck to paycheck before on less than $17,500 per year to less than $13,500 per year. This has resulted in my mother, stepdad and I having to go more than a week at a time eating only one meal a day, and some days we don't eat at all to ensure my diabetic grandmother has enough to eat to avoid further health complications.
Currently, my mother doesn't get paid until the 19th at earliest and I have gone a few days without eating to the point that I'm suffering from low blood sugar, dizziness, and even weightloss bordering on extreme. Anything at all to put towards groceries would be so very, very appreciated. I have nothing to offer but my gratitude and many thanks.
I live with my mom, grandma, and stepdad. Both my mom and my grandma are disabled, and my mother has stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer. Her cancer medication causes muscular decay which makes moving and day-to-day life difficult on top of debilitating Chiari malformation that causes nerve damage and eventual paralysis that prevents her from working. My grandmother is 72 and has been in several car accidents as well as suffering from late-stage arthritis of the knees and spine, a heart attack in May, and type 2 diabetes. My stepdad is currently in the process of legally immigrating to Canada from the US and cannot legally work. I myself suffer from a more mild form of Chiari malformation that causes debilitating and life hindering migraines and nerve problems that prevent me from working or even going to school.
When I turned 18 in March, my mother lost child support. This caused our already difficult financial situation to become worse. We lived paycheck to paycheck before on less than $17,500 per year to less than $13,500 per year. This has resulted in my mother, stepdad and I having to go more than a week at a time eating only one meal a day, and some days we don't eat at all to ensure my diabetic grandmother has enough to eat to avoid further health complications.
Currently, my mother doesn't get paid until the 19th at earliest and I have gone a few days without eating to the point that I'm suffering from low blood sugar, dizziness, and even weightloss bordering on extreme. Anything at all to put towards groceries would be so very, very appreciated. I have nothing to offer but my gratitude and many thanks.
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Kyran Moore
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Ladysmith, BC
